The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company
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Summary
Much more personal than standard corporate histories， David Packard's The HP Way provides insights into managing and motivating people and inspiration for would–be entrepreneurs。 This bestselling classic joins the Collins Business Essentials line–up with a new Note from Steve Jobs。
From a one–car–garage company to a multibillion–dollar industry， the rise of Hewlett–Packard is an extraordinary tale of vision， innovation and hard work。 Conceived in 1939， Hewlett–Packard earned success not only as a result of its engineering know–how and cutting–edge product ideas， but also because of the unique management style it developed – a way of doing things called 'the HP way'。
Decades before today's creative management trends， Hewlett–Packard invented such strategies as 'walk–around management'， 'flextime'， and 'quality cycles'。 Always sensitive to the needs of its customers and responsive to employee input， Hewlett–Packard earned massive steady growth that far outshone its competitors' vacillating fortunes， even with radically different products from those responsible for its initial boom。
For entrepreneurs and managers alike， the wisdom found in these pages is invaluable if they want their businesses to gain steady growth and consistent success。
From a one–car–garage company to a multibillion–dollar industry， the rise of Hewlett–Packard is an extraordinary tale of vision， innovation and hard work。 Conceived in 1939， Hewlett–Packard earned success not only as a result of its engineering know–how and cutting–edge product ideas， but also because of the unique management style it developed – a way of doing things called 'the HP way'。
Decades before today's creative management trends， Hewlett–Packard invented such strategies as 'walk–around management'， 'flextime'， and 'quality cycles'。 Always sensitive to the needs of its customers and responsive to employee input， Hewlett–Packard earned massive steady growth that far outshone its competitors' vacillating fortunes， even with radically different products from those responsible for its initial boom。
For entrepreneurs and managers alike， the wisdom found in these pages is invaluable if they want their businesses to gain steady growth and consistent success。
Reviews
Nguyen Gia
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Lots of valuable lesson about how an amazing workplace should be
Anthony
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Ideas I have found useful: - also realize that the individual who is doing a worthwhile job is working because he feels he is accomplishing something worthwhile。- We must realize that supervision is not a job of giving orders; it is a job of providing the opportunity for people to use their capabilities efficiently and effectively。- Attention to detail is as important in manufacturing as it is in engineering。- That was a very important lesson for me—that personal communication was often necessar Ideas I have found useful: - also realize that the individual who is doing a worthwhile job is working because he feels he is accomplishing something worthwhile。- We must realize that supervision is not a job of giving orders; it is a job of providing the opportunity for people to use their capabilities efficiently and effectively。- Attention to detail is as important in manufacturing as it is in engineering。- That was a very important lesson for me—that personal communication was often necessary to back up written instructions。 That was the genesis of what became “management by walking around” at the Hewlett-Packard Company。- Profit。 To recognize that profit is the best single measure of our contribution to society and the ultimate source of our corporate strength。 We should attempt to achieve the maximum possible profit consistent with our other objectives。- Those firms that did not borrow money had a difficult time， but they ended up with their assets intact and survived during the depression years that followed。- To my mind， flextime is the essence of respect for and trust in people。 It says that we both appreciate that our people 。。。more
Ryan
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Very interesting progression of the building of HP。 A lot of it seems like it was a stroke of luck with good managing （I guess I just really hope that it was as stated in the book and not made to look pretty in the rearview mirror）。 From working at HPI as an intern， it seems like a lot of the ideals are still around from this book， so that is at least a good thing！
Michael Aloo
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It's a great book if you are looking for small bits of wisdom here and there and for sure， it is not like those other ordinary biographies that I have seen and read because the author is mostly talking about the various ways he influenced and the "HP Way" Influenced his working life up and until 1994 It's a great book if you are looking for small bits of wisdom here and there and for sure， it is not like those other ordinary biographies that I have seen and read because the author is mostly talking about the various ways he influenced and the "HP Way" Influenced his working life up and until 1994 。。。more
Tobias Sell
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Eine kleine Zeitreise in die Anfänge des Silicon Valley。 Das Buch zeigt， wie wichtig eine gesunde Firmenkultur ist und wie sich dadurch nachhaltig und gesunde Unternehmen gründen lassen。
Mike Ncube
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A good book but reads more like an annual report to shareholders - a lot of marketing speak。
Daryl Henry
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It’s fine。 Simplistically written。 Feels like it hits the high points of a long career and nothing else。 Does contain some good ideas
Aiman Adlawan
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HP Way is really one of the best ways to run a company。 Its core business principles centered not only among the owners and proprietors but also for the customers and more importantly the employees who create ideas for a sellable product and the employees who build that product for shipment and selling。 My brother used to work in HP company and they have that 'picnic' or get together regularly。 Its one of the ways to take care of employees。 Also， not like Edison who takes credit for all of his e HP Way is really one of the best ways to run a company。 Its core business principles centered not only among the owners and proprietors but also for the customers and more importantly the employees who create ideas for a sellable product and the employees who build that product for shipment and selling。 My brother used to work in HP company and they have that 'picnic' or get together regularly。 Its one of the ways to take care of employees。 Also， not like Edison who takes credit for all of his employees invention， HP gives credit to his employees which is great。The book is like an easy read and David Packard， as the author， is really writing this with his own true experience。 。。。more
Dan Allen
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A great look at the principles that made HP a great company from the start until the time they retired。 An enjoyable read。 They had such an emphasis on quality， honesty， integrity， and their great products showed it， like their RPN calculators， their atomic clocks， and their HP Basic machines。 The depressing part is that since they retired， the company has gone way downhill。 It is a good thing that they both died before a string of bad CEOs ruined the company。
Fabian
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Interesting but don’t fall prey to the narrative fallacy by trying to predict future billon dollar companies on the things done right by HP 。。。 people often search for „success rules“ forgetting that the larger context， the people， the economy， technology state etc。 can’t be replicated。Other then that it’s unfortunate how HP lost its way by playing not to lose instead of playing to win （innovate）。 Once the founder leaves companies almost always seem to lose their innovative DNA （see Apple today） Interesting but don’t fall prey to the narrative fallacy by trying to predict future billon dollar companies on the things done right by HP 。。。 people often search for „success rules“ forgetting that the larger context， the people， the economy， technology state etc。 can’t be replicated。Other then that it’s unfortunate how HP lost its way by playing not to lose instead of playing to win （innovate）。 Once the founder leaves companies almost always seem to lose their innovative DNA （see Apple today）。 。。。more
Soumya Sreehari
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It is a lucidly written， easy to read， first-person narrative。 Some business lessons are timeless， got insights that I could use in my organisation。 Also， good to read the story from the Founder's perspective。 Recommended for people in management。 It is a lucidly written， easy to read， first-person narrative。 Some business lessons are timeless， got insights that I could use in my organisation。 Also， good to read the story from the Founder's perspective。 Recommended for people in management。 。。。more
Metin Ozsavran
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Although Mr。Packard conveniently skips and omits less savoury details like how clueless they were what product to make first， and started with some pretty dumb stuff， it sure is worth reading from an actual player himself。 Not to be missed。
Justin
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Didn't finish， as I needed t oreturn it to the person who loaned it to me。 Didn't finish， as I needed t oreturn it to the person who loaned it to me。 。。。more
Chua
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Good insight on how David Packard and Bill Hewlett started their company that started Silicon Valley。 A lot of their principles were revolutionary and started the trend in other Silicon Valley companies。
Juan Manuel Sotelo
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A book full of memoirs and good management principles。
Christopher Lewis Kozoriz
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"Everywhere I look I see the potential for growth， for discovery far greater than anything we have seen in the twentieth century。" （David Packard， The HP Way， Page 192）David Packard， the founder of HP， autographs the founding of his company and his relationship with Bill Hewlett， the co-founder。 Both are credited with starting Silicon Valley。This book takes you from the early days of them starting off in a garage， then expanding into other product lines and then becoming a multi-national corpora "Everywhere I look I see the potential for growth， for discovery far greater than anything we have seen in the twentieth century。" （David Packard， The HP Way， Page 192）David Packard， the founder of HP， autographs the founding of his company and his relationship with Bill Hewlett， the co-founder。 Both are credited with starting Silicon Valley。This book takes you from the early days of them starting off in a garage， then expanding into other product lines and then becoming a multi-national corporation。There is much management advice in this book。 For example， two of the principles that he mentions are:* Management by Objective （MBO）; and* Management by Walking Around （MBWA）He then talks about his stint in the public service and becoming Deputy of The Department of Defense。 Then coming back to private practice and resuming work on his business。 Then getting involved in philanthropy， which he explains is defined from the Greek word that means "lover of mankind。"At the end of his book， I inwardly chuckled when he said， "Recently there has been much discussion about developing an information superhighway。" Of course， he was speaking about the internet， but the book was published when Windows 95 was just coming out。 。。。more
Darshan Pala
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The HP way is a brilliant， succinct narrative of everything right that happened with the company with the coveted title of "the birthplace of Silicon Valley" by the supremely talented co-founder， Mr。 David Packard。 A book such as this is an inherently rare and precious opportunity to dive into the heads and thinking process of the founders of the companies that were built to last。 Mr。 Packard being a brilliant and not to mention an extremely privileged kid himself teamed up with another similarl The HP way is a brilliant， succinct narrative of everything right that happened with the company with the coveted title of "the birthplace of Silicon Valley" by the supremely talented co-founder， Mr。 David Packard。 A book such as this is an inherently rare and precious opportunity to dive into the heads and thinking process of the founders of the companies that were built to last。 Mr。 Packard being a brilliant and not to mention an extremely privileged kid himself teamed up with another similarly talented and privileged Bill Hewlett when they were undergrads at cradle of silicon valley- Stanford University to start a company not with a clear product in mind， but definitely with a clear vision of how they are going to manage the company。 It was quite interesting to learn that today's computer company started out as an instrumentation company and was one for a long time before revolutionizing the printer industry。 Dave Packard gives away several gems of managing a creative team of talented engineers such as Management by Objective and Management by Walking Around（MBWA）。 As a creative design engineer myself who worked at a firm which had MBWA， I cannot tell you how much beneficial that technique is in shaping and guiding the careers of young creative engineers- Mr。 Packard was onto something in 1939 when he brought this lesson with him from the shops of GE to HP。 He also shows how a technology company was able to survive many rounds of revolutionary changes- from being an instrument company servicing the scientific company to being the number one printer company to go on and dominate the personal computer business， by adapting and embracing change。 Mr。 Packard is self-confident enough to give credit to his employees for coming up and fighting for the technologies that shaped HP's success going so far as admitting HP management's lack of vision when they shut down a project that invented the 32-bit computing system。 Mr。 Dave Packard also laid down what is now a commonly accepted road map of the Corporate - Society Relationship program when he included in his HP way， the principal of the company being a good neighbor。All in all， this one of that rare gem of a book that provides a compass for anyone starting a company that is built to last。 。。。more
Rohit Nallapeta
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A very good read， the book's written straight from the Founders' heart and he does a fantastic job of articulating the company's story， ethics， and values。 It's a business-centric storytelling without too much focus on the timeline。 The only sad part is that the company today is not reflective of its past beliefs， values， and innovation。HP truly deserves to be in the pantheon of tech giants that paved the path to Silicon Valley and rightfully so。 A very good read， the book's written straight from the Founders' heart and he does a fantastic job of articulating the company's story， ethics， and values。 It's a business-centric storytelling without too much focus on the timeline。 The only sad part is that the company today is not reflective of its past beliefs， values， and innovation。HP truly deserves to be in the pantheon of tech giants that paved the path to Silicon Valley and rightfully so。 。。。more
Mathew Lodge
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A little dry， but a good summary of how the founders built up the company， their management practices， and how they thought about scaling the business。
Ahmed Ismail
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Great insight on how to do business and overcome challenges
Max Lapin
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A very simple straightforward and plain vanilla honest confession。 Hard work， tenacity and down to earth attitude is all you need。
Timeo Williams
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I was curious about this book ever since reading about how inspirational these guys were to Steve Jobs。
Jason Orthman
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Good insight into how to lead and succeed through a focus on detail and people。 Limited focus on the business challenges they faced。
Coleb Ataho
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what a nice book。 It covers each an everything。 To mention but a few。
Liliana Garcia
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I picked up this book as reference material for a leadership class and kept reading because I found the story entertaining and the information valuable。 In it David Packard describes his management methods and leadership theories。 He tells the story of how he and Bill Hewlett built the Hewlett-Packard Company from their garage to the global company it is today。 A good read for burgeoning entrepreneurs。
Ralph Nicole Andalis
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The HP Way book is something worth reading for all entrepreneurs， managers and even engineers out there！ I myself read this book because at first I was so curious how the Hewlett-Packard Company started and became a conglomerate over the years。 As an HP employee， the HP Way always ring in my ears and it made me so curious what it really is so I decided to buy and read this book。 With no doubt， this is a good read since it helped me understand what my current employer， HP， is really about and its The HP Way book is something worth reading for all entrepreneurs， managers and even engineers out there！ I myself read this book because at first I was so curious how the Hewlett-Packard Company started and became a conglomerate over the years。 As an HP employee， the HP Way always ring in my ears and it made me so curious what it really is so I decided to buy and read this book。 With no doubt， this is a good read since it helped me understand what my current employer， HP， is really about and its history。 I love the way how Dave Packard and William Hewlett built this company from ground up to be one of the top companies in the world in terms of its products， innovation and people。 HP had its humble beginnings and even have humble founders unlike other companies I've read and heard that their CEOs or founders are not that humble like Bill and Dave。 Truly， the Hewlett-Packard Company is the birthplace of Silicon Valley and I am proud to work here。 。。。more
Saqib Shaikh
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Over All good book written in simple and lucid manner。 Specially Speech at the start by owner is amazing telling about policies and objectives of the company。 V。good over all。
Osvaldo Vargas
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Excelente libro que muesra parte de lo que ha permitido a Hewelt Packard el éxito que tiene。 No es solo una empresa， es una forma de pensar y actuar。
Tom
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A short， yet powerful book about the core ideals， principles and vision behind the company that founded Silicon Valley。 Bill and Dave's principles are timeless and can be applied to any company or business unit within a company。 Another reviewer pointed out that there's not much revolutionary here， however I would argue that much of what is discussed in the book has not been embraced as part of many companies DNA， with the exception of some of the more successful technology startups。 This is a m A short， yet powerful book about the core ideals， principles and vision behind the company that founded Silicon Valley。 Bill and Dave's principles are timeless and can be applied to any company or business unit within a company。 Another reviewer pointed out that there's not much revolutionary here， however I would argue that much of what is discussed in the book has not been embraced as part of many companies DNA， with the exception of some of the more successful technology startups。 This is a must read for anyone thinking about starting a company or looking to organically transform an existing company。 。。。more
Dan
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