Although these made perfect strategic sense, the business unit leaders perceived the shifts as a potential loss of autonomy, power, and control.

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On his first day at H-P in 2005, he held an all-company meeting and, without notes, proceeded to outline on a white-paper flip chart the current and expected numbers for each H-P business unit and their strategic goals.

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