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Netra Shetty
Hot Topic (NASDAQ: HOTT) is an American retail chain specializing in music and punk/rock culture-related clothing and accessories, as well as licensed music on CD. As of April 2008, Hot Topic had 688 locations in the United States, six stores in Puerto Rico, and two in Canada. The majority of the stores are located in regional shopping malls.[3] The first Hot Topic store was opened in 1988 by Orv Madden, who retired as CEO in 2000 and was replaced by Betsy McLaughlin. The company went public and began trading on NASDAQ in 1996. In 2006 Hot Topic was placed 53rd on Fortune 500's Top Companies To Work For list.
CEO
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Chairman of the Board
Bruce Quinnell
Director
Thomas Vellios
Director
Lisa Harper
Director
Evelyn d'An
Director
Andrew Schuon
Director
Steve Becker
Director
Matt Drapkin
Director
Scott Hedrick
CFO
James McGinty
Merchandising
AK
COO
Gerald Cook
Torrid
CD
CIO
TB
Music
John Kirkpatrick
Distribution & Logistics
BB
Employee Relations & Training
KD
CFO
George Wehlitz
Planning & Allocation
JK
Hot Topic Store Operations
EG
Real Estate & Construction
JN
Store Design & Visual Mercha...
DK
Torrid Marketing
GJ
Organizational planning will, in our opinion, always remain a major management function. The need for effectively functioning organizations is too important to leave planning to organization specialists alone. This statement is in no sense a forecast of a decline in the number of organization departments in the corporations. On the contrary, the growth in the numbers of organization specialists is expected to be rather impressive in the next five years. This is because operating managers, who will continue to be primarily concerned with and responsible for implementing organization plans, will rely more and more on the staff specialist for advice, guidance, and innovation.
Organization planning functions tend to come about when organizations are faced with massive growth or change or increased complexity. And all indications point toward an increasingly complex environment, both in the business community and in society at large; and, thus, organizations will need an increasingly complex set of rules to carry out their missions.
CEO
Elizabeth McLaughlin
Chairman of the Board
Bruce Quinnell
Director
Thomas Vellios
Director
Lisa Harper
Director
Evelyn d'An
Director
Andrew Schuon
Director
Steve Becker
Director
Matt Drapkin
Director
Scott Hedrick
CFO
James McGinty
Merchandising
AK
COO
Gerald Cook
Torrid
CD
CIO
TB
Music
John Kirkpatrick
Distribution & Logistics
BB
Employee Relations & Training
KD
CFO
George Wehlitz
Planning & Allocation
JK
Hot Topic Store Operations
EG
Real Estate & Construction
JN
Store Design & Visual Mercha...
DK
Torrid Marketing
GJ
Organizational planning will, in our opinion, always remain a major management function. The need for effectively functioning organizations is too important to leave planning to organization specialists alone. This statement is in no sense a forecast of a decline in the number of organization departments in the corporations. On the contrary, the growth in the numbers of organization specialists is expected to be rather impressive in the next five years. This is because operating managers, who will continue to be primarily concerned with and responsible for implementing organization plans, will rely more and more on the staff specialist for advice, guidance, and innovation.
Organization planning functions tend to come about when organizations are faced with massive growth or change or increased complexity. And all indications point toward an increasingly complex environment, both in the business community and in society at large; and, thus, organizations will need an increasingly complex set of rules to carry out their missions.