Few business leaders names get to be highly recognized in the world at large1 or even in the broadest business community like the team of William Hewlett and David Packard. In 1938 they pooled2 ＄ 538 to find their namesake Hewlett Packard in a rented garage. Hewlett focused his energy on leading the technology side of the now ＄ 31 billion high- tech leader. Packard, who died two years ago at 83, wrestled with3 managing the day-to-day4 operation.
Many believe that David Packard's chief legacy5 may be his management style. His employees awarded him a M.B.W.A. Degree--“ Master By Walking Around” for the legwork6 expended in his belief that upper management should remain close to workers.
The “ HP Way” also strived7 to maintain a small company atmosphere even as the workforce expanded to 100,000. Employees were allowed freedom, and internal competition was encouraged, while working toward a shared objective.
Packard's commitment to employees was also legendary. In 1990 he came out of semiretirement8 to help manage a sweeping9 corporate overhaul10 that successfully averted11 the job losses that subsequently hit many other high-tech companies.
The thinking behind that 1990 effort can be tracked back to HP's beginnings, about which Packard said: “ We weren't interested in the idea of making money. Our idea was, if you couldn't find a job, you'd make one for yourself.”
惠普的创业者
在全世界或在广大的商界，没有任何其他的商界大亨比威廉·休利特和戴维·帕卡德两位合伙人更享有盛誉了。1938年他们集资538美元，在租来的一个车库中建立了以合姓命名的“惠普”公司。休利特集中精力抓技术领域，使“惠普”成为现在拥有310亿美元资产的高科技一流公司。帕卡德两年前去世，享年83岁。他耗尽毕生精力负责日常事务运作。
许多人认为，戴维·帕卡德的主要遗产或许是他的企业管理风格。对他的跑腿工作，他的员工封给他一个管理学位：“到处走硕士”。他的跑腿工作中含有他的信念：上层管理人员必须接近员工。
此外，“惠普模式”还表现在当其员工队伍扩大到10万人时，公司仍力争保持小公司氛围。在为共同的目标工作时，员工享有自由，并鼓励进行内部竞争。
帕卡德一心为员工的精神也具有传奇性。1990年，他当时处于半退休状态，在公司进行大改组以适应新形势时，他出山帮忙，成功地使“惠普”避开了此后其他许多高科技公司所遭遇的大裁员的厄运。
1990年的改组工作背后的思路可追溯到“惠普”的创业初期，对此帕卡德曾说过：“我们对赚钱的想法不感兴趣。我们的想法是，如果你不能找到工作，你最好为自己创造一份。”
1.at large整个，大多数
2.pool[pu:l]vt.把(钱)投入集合资金
3.wrestle[5resl]vi.全力对付(与with搭配)
4.day-to-dayadj.日常的，每天的
5.legacy[5le^Esi]n.遗产
6.legwork[le^w\:k ]n.跑腿活儿，外勤
7.strive[straiv]vi.努力，力争
8.semiretirement[9semIrI`taIEmEnt]n.半退休(状态)
9.sweeping[5swi:piN]adj.全面的，广阔的
10.overhaul[7EuvE5hC:l]n.彻底革新
11.avert[E5vE:t]vt.避免，防止
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