HP Way corporate culture

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corporate culture management philosophy set of corporate values

HP Way corporate culture is the management philosophy and set of values developed at Hewlett-Packard that emphasizes trust, respect for employees, innovation, and a decentralized, people-focused approach to running the company.

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Hewlett-Packard way of doing business	1
the HP Way	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	corporate culture ⓘ management philosophy ⓘ set of corporate values ⓘ
appliedTo	Hewlett-Packard internal management practices ⓘ
associatedWithCompany	Hewlett-Packard ⓘ
authoritativeSource	David Packard ⓘ surface form: Dave Packard
category	business ethics ⓘ human resource management philosophy ⓘ organizational culture ⓘ
contrastsWith	short-term profit maximization focus ⓘ strictly top-down management ⓘ
coreValue	contribution to customers and society ⓘ high level of trust between management and employees ⓘ profit as a measure of contribution ⓘ respect for the individual ⓘ teamwork and flexibility ⓘ technical excellence ⓘ uncompromising integrity ⓘ
developedBy	Hewlett-Packard ⓘ
documentedIn	The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company ⓘ
emphasizes	customer focus ⓘ decentralized management ⓘ employee empowerment ⓘ innovation ⓘ integrity ⓘ long-term thinking ⓘ open communication ⓘ people-focused management ⓘ respect for employees ⓘ teamwork ⓘ trust ⓘ
focusesOn	employee involvement ⓘ innovation in products and processes ⓘ maintaining a small-company feel ⓘ
goal	build long-term relationships with customers ⓘ create an environment where employees can achieve their potential ⓘ foster innovation and technical leadership ⓘ
influenced	Silicon Valley management practices ⓘ high-tech corporate cultures ⓘ
influencedBy	founders Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard ⓘ
managementApproach	decentralized decision-making ⓘ management by objectives ⓘ management by walking around ⓘ
namedAfter	HP Way corporate culture self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hewlett-Packard way of doing business
originatedAt	Hewlett-Packard headquarters in Palo Alto, California ⓘ
originatedIn	mid-20th century ⓘ
recognizedAs	early model of values-driven management ⓘ

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The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company → describesConcept → HP Way corporate culture ⓘ

this entity surface form: the HP Way

David Packard → knownFor → HP Way corporate culture ⓘ

HP Way corporate culture → namedAfter → HP Way corporate culture self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hewlett-Packard way of doing business