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"Old" Hewlett-Packard mandated that each sub-company should not be larger than X people (I think I've seen mentions of X=100 with X=150 being splitting point)
by p_l 2y ago
"Old" Hewlett-Packard mandated that each sub-company should not be larger than X people (I think I've seen mentions of X=100 with X=150 being splitting point)
- dredmorbius 2y agoAny sources you might have on that?
- p_l 2y agoI can't find the place I originally got the 150 number, but HP's founders were strong believers in "decentralized" setup and used independent divisions as organizational methodology, some of it documented here[1] [1] https://www.hpmuseum.net/display_division.php https://www.hpmuseum.net/display_division.php
- dredmorbius 2y agoThanks!