Executive to oversee revamping at I.B.M

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David E. McKinney is selected for a special assignment to improve the efficiency of IBM's business-support operations, which are operations that are not directly involved in the manufacture, development or sale of computers. McKinney, currently the chairman and chief executive of Europe/Middle East/Africa, will report directly to John Akers, IBM's chairman. McKinney's efforts will be part of an ongoing attempt to improve productivity at IBM, which has cut its business-support staff from 55 percent of total employment to 45 percent during the past five years. McKinney's new job reportedly reflects the importance IBM attaches to a restructuring of business-support operations.

Office machines, not elsewhere classified, International Business Machines Corp., IBM, Executive, Computer Industry, Organization Structure, McKinney, David E.

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When + Adds Up to Minus

Article Abstract:

The board of Hewlett-Packard convened special meetings which excluded CEO Carly Fiorina in order to arrange the details of her ouster.

United States, Management dynamics, Executive changes & profiles, Management, Microcomputer industry, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Hewlett-Packard Co., Company business management, Fiorina, Carly, HPQ

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