Headquarters (commonly referred to as HQ ) denotes 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 is to carry out purposeful regulatory capacity. The term is also used regarding military organizations .
19-720: Not to be confused with H0 (H followed by zero). [REDACTED] Look up Ho or ho in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ho (or the transliterations He or Heo ) may refer to: People [ edit ] Language and ethnicity [ edit ] Ho people , an ethnic group of India Ho language , a tribal language in India Hani people , or Ho people, an ethnic group in China, Laos and Vietnam Hiri Motu , ISO 639-1 language code ho Ho (Armenian letter) ,
38-412: A British and later Canadian warship Stye , a bacterial infection of the eyelid, ICD-10 code H00 See also [ edit ] 0H (disambiguation) Ho (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
57-671: A Chinese surname Ho Hos , chocolate snack cakes Ho ho ho (disambiguation) H0 (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ho . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ho&oldid=1240370239 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Articles containing Korean-language text Short description
76-475: A Chinese surname People with the surname [ edit ] Adrianne Ho , Canadian model, designer, and businesswoman Cassey Ho (born 1987), American social media fitness entrepreneur Coco Ho (born 1991), American surfer Derek Ho (1964—2020), Hawaiian surfer Don Ho (1930–2007), American musician Ho Chi Minh (1890–1969), Vietnamese political leader Michael Ho (born 1957), American surfer Sornsawan Ho (born 1993), Thai member of
95-601: A letter of the Armenian script Names [ edit ] Ho (Korean name) , a family name, given name, and an element in two-syllable given names Heo , also romanised as Hŏ, a Korean family name Ho ( Korean : 호 ; Hanja : 號 ); the Korean term for an art name (or "pen name") Hồ (surname) , a Vietnamese surname He (surname) , or Ho, the romanised transliteration of several Chinese family names Hè (surname) , also romanised as Ho,
114-691: A part of the Japanese writing system Handelsorganisation , a state-owned retail business of the former German Democratic Republic Head office , or headquarters HO scale , a rail transport modelling scale Antinea Airlines , a former Algerian airline, IATA airline code HO Juneyao Airlines , a Chinese airline, IATA airline code HO Slang for a whore or sexually loose woman See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Ho All pages with titles containing Ho Hoe (disambiguation) Hoo (disambiguation) Hou (disambiguation) Hồ (disambiguation) Hu ,
133-497: 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
152-650: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Language and nationality disambiguation pages H0 (disambiguation) (Redirected from H0 (disambiguation) ) Not to be confused with Ho (H followed by the letter O). H0 (H followed by zero) or H00 may refer to: H0 scale , used in rail transport modelling Higgs boson , in physics, symbol H Hammett acidity function , in chemistry, H 0 Hubble constant , in cosmology, H 0 Null hypothesis , in statistics, often denoted H 0 HMS Comet (H00) ,
171-481: 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
190-781: 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
209-614: 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
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#1732765862876228-552: The British Isles Hydroxyl radical , OH, chemical formula HO Heterotopic ossification , a process by which bone tissue forms outside of the skeleton Harmonic oscillator , an elementary physical model of a particle in a square potential Hypothalamic obesity Other uses [ edit ] Ho! , a 1968 French-Italian crime film Hō (EP) , a 2001 EP by Maximum the Hormone Ho (kana) ,
247-550: The Scout Movement Places [ edit ] Ho, Denmark Ho Municipal , a district in Ghana Ho, Ghana Ho Airport Science and technology [ edit ] Tasmanian Herbarium , Index herbariorum code HO ho-mobile , an Italian telecommunications company owned by Vodafone Holmium , symbol Ho, a chemical element Hoxnian (Ho I to Ho IV), a stage of the geological history of
266-425: 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
285-449: 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
304-411: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=H0&oldid=1181759356 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Head office A headquarters is the entity at
323-575: 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
342-446: 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
361-541: 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,
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