<P>Much more personal than standard corporate histories, David Packard's The HP Way provides insights into managing and motivating people and inspiration for would&ndash;be entrepreneurs. This bestselling classic joins the Collins Business Essentials line&ndash;up with a new Note from Steve Jobs. </P><P> From a one&ndash;car&ndash;garage company to a multibillion&ndash;dollar industry, the rise of Hewlett&ndash;Packard is an extraordinary tale of vision, innovation and hard work. Conceived in 1939, Hewlett&ndash;Packard earned success not only as a result of its engineering know&ndash;how and cutting&ndash;edge product ideas, but also because of the unique management style it developed &ndash; a way of doing things called 'the HP way'. </P><P> Decades before today's creative management trends, Hewlett&ndash;Packard invented such strategies as 'walk&ndash;around management', 'flextime', and 'quality cycles'. Always sensitive to the needs of its customers and responsive to employee input, Hewlett&ndash;Packard earned massive steady growth that far outshone its competitors' vacillating fortunes, even with radically different products from those responsible for its initial boom. </P><P> 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.</P>