Whitacre Tower , also known as One AT&T Plaza , and formerly known as One Bell Plaza , is a 37-story high-rise in Downtown Dallas , built adjacent to the Akard Street Mall in 1984.
19-399: The building is the headquarters for AT&T and Southwestern Bell Telephone , which operates as "AT&T Southwest". It is 580 feet (177 m) tall, the 13th-tallest building in the city. The Continental Buff Travertine (provided by Idaho Travertine, now Yellowstone Rock) and glass skyscraper has over 1,000,000 square feet (93,000 m) of office space. The site of the modern day tower
38-416: A larger business entity. An SBU may be a business unit within a larger corporation , or it may be a business into itself or a branch. Corporations may be composed of multiple SBUs, each of which is responsible for its own profitability . Companies today often use the word segmentation or division when referring to SBUs or an aggregation of SBUs that share such commonalities. General Electric (GE)
57-494: Is a small group of staff and communicators. Usually very mobile, they exist to allow the commander to go forward in an operation, and command the key parts of it from a position where they can see the ground and influence their immediate subordinates. The main HQs (known as 'main') is less mobile and is involved in both the planning and execution of operations. There are a number of staff assembled here from various staff branches to advise
76-406: Is an example of a company with this sort of business organization. SBUs are able to affect most factors which influence their performance. Managed as separate businesses, they are responsible to a parent corporation. GE has 49 SBUs. Business writer Michael Porter has developed a value chain model which focusses on the business unit, i.e. a firm's activities within a particular industry. A SBU
95-524: Is generally defined by what it has in common, as well as the traditional aspects defined by McKinsey : separate competitors; and a profitability bottom line. Four commonalities include: There are three factors that are generally seen as determining the success of an SBU: The BCG Matrix , a chart designed by Bruce Henderson for the Boston Consulting Group in 1968, may help corporations to analyze their business units or product lines. This helps
114-477: Is in London . In Japanese budō martial arts such as karate , judo , aikido , kendo , etc., there is usually a headquarters for each organization or region. The Japanese word honbu (本部) is generally used for that, also outside Japan . Sometimes they refer to these headquarters as honbu dojo (本部道場) in which dojo (道場) is a facility provided for practicing discipline, the training ground. Sometimes honbu
133-589: Is to carry out purposeful regulatory capacity. The term is also used regarding military organizations . A headquarters is the entity at the top of a corporation that takes full responsibility for the overall success of the corporation, and ensures corporate governance . The corporate headquarters is a key element of a corporate structure and covers different corporate functions including strategic planning , corporate communications , tax , legal operations , marketing , finance , human resources , information technology , and procurement . This entity includes
152-483: Is written as ho m bu , the way it is pronounced, but the Hepburn transcription is honbu in which the 'n' is a syllabic n . Business unit A strategic business unit ( SBU ) in business strategic management , is a profit center which focuses on product offering and market segment. SBUs typically have a discrete marketing plan , analysis of competition, and marketing campaign , even though they may be part of
171-743: The Russian Orthodox Church is in Danilov Monastery , Moscow . The World Council of Churches , including Orthodox Churches, has its headquarters in Geneva , Switzerland . The headquarters of Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople is located in Istanbul , Turkey . The headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is located in Salt Lake City , Utah . The Anglican Communion Office
190-611: The chief executive officer (CEO) as a key person and their support staff such as the CEO office and other CEO-related functions; the "corporate policy making" functions, including all corporate functions necessary to steer the firm by defining and establishing corporate policies; the corporate services encompassing activities that combine or consolidate certain enterprise-wide needed support services, provided based upon specialized knowledge, best practices, and technology to serve internal (and sometimes external) customers and business partners; and
209-633: The "Whitacre Tower" after Edward Whitacre Jr. , a former chairman and chief executive, in 2009. AT&T moved Spirit of Communication , a gold statue, from its Bedminster, New Jersey , offices to the Whitacre Tower. 32°46′46″N 96°47′56″W / 32.77944°N 96.79889°W / 32.77944; -96.79889 This article about a building or structure in Texas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Headquarters Headquarters (commonly referred to as HQ ) denotes
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#1732845198749228-425: The bidirectional interface between corporate headquarters and business units. A headquarters normally includes the leader of a business unit and their staff, as well as all functions to manage the business unit and operational activities. The head of the business unit is responsible for overall result of the business unit. A headquarters sometimes functions at the top of a regional unit, including all activities of
247-446: The commander, and to control the various aspects of planning and the conduct of discrete operations. A main HQ for a large formation will have a chief of staff (CoS) who coordinates the staff effort; in a smaller HQ this may be done by the second-in-command . The rear or logistic headquarters is some distance from the battle or front line in conventional operations. Its function is to ensure
266-403: The company allocate resources; brand marketing, product management, strategic management , and portfolio analysis can use it as an analytical tool. When using this matrix, SBUs can appear within any of the four quadrants (Star, Question Mark, Cash Cow , Dog) as a circle whose area represents their size. With different colors, competitors may also be shown. The precise location is determined by
285-552: The location where most or all of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. In the United States , the corporate headquarters represents the entity at the center or the top of a corporation taking full responsibility for managing all business activities. In the United Kingdom , the term head office (or HO) is most commonly used for the headquarters of large corporations. The intended benefit of headquarters
304-563: The logistical support to front line troops, which it does by organizing the delivery of combat supplies, materiel and equipment to where they are needed, and by organizing services such as combat medicine, equipment recovery, and repair. The headquarters of the Catholic Church is Vatican City . The World Headquarters of Jehovah's Witnesses is relocated in Warwick, New York , from its former location, Brooklyn , New York. The headquarters of
323-454: The tower from a location in San Antonio , Texas , in 2008. Mayor of Dallas Tom Leppert said then he hoped AT&T would stay in the central city. Most of the around 700 workers moving to the Whitacre Tower were moved into 17 floors that were being refurbished. In August 2008, AT&T sold the tower to Icahn Enterprises and took a long-term lease in the tower. AT&T renamed the tower
342-537: The various business units, taking full responsibility for overall profitability and success of this regional unit. Military headquarters take many forms, depending on the size and nature of the unit or formation they command. Typically, they are split into the forward, main and rear components, both within NATO nations, and those following the organization and doctrine of the former Soviet Union (see Isby, 1988). The forward or tactical headquarters, known as "tac" for short,
361-632: Was originally a plot of land purchased by Missouri real estate developer Thomas Field in 1887. In 1893, Field opened the $ 500,000 Oriental Hotel on the site. In 1924, the Oriental Hotel was torn down and the Baker Hotel was constructed on the same site in 1925. The Baker Hotel was imploded in 1980 to make room for the Southwestern Bell Telephone headquarters, which eventually became the Whitacre Tower in 1982. AT&T moved its headquarters to
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