Motorola Inc.

I. Introduction & History of Motorola

Motorola has long been the global leader in wireless communications, semi-conductors and advanced electronic systems. Lately it has held the majority market share of the cellular telephone and paging devices for business and personal use. It also continues to lead in terms of the aoutomotive, defense and space electronics and computers. In this day and age of fast paced high tech, constantly changing technology, Motorola has had to be quick to change and adept in reading what the market wants and needs. Motorola is know for its quality and leadership development of all its employees. They lead the industry in terms of training, 40 hours annually is mandatory for all Motorola employees. Motorola believes so strongly in this that it even has its own university, called none other than Motorola University, located in Schaumberg, Illinois, just south of Chicago. Motorola is regarded as the standard to people in the Human Resource development and training arenas.

The history of Motorola goes all the way back to 1928, when the founder of Galvin Manufacturing, Paul V. Galvin, invented the “battery eliminator.” Paul Galvin is the founding father of Motorola as we know it today. His first invention was so profound in that it allowed homeowners to operate their radios directly from household electricity rather than the batteries supplied by radio manufacturers. In the 1930’s Motorola became famous for the design and manufacture of car radios. As a matter of fact it was through the combination of “motoring” and “radio” that the name “Motorola” came about. The name of the company officially changed in 1947, to Motorola, Inc.