often applied to an organization, we hear: "Headquarters."But what does it mean?
Prevent once: the headquarters are not dwellings;defining this phrase is the first part.
What's headquarters?
headquarters called the place where concentrated most of the basic functions of a company, organization, enterprise, where, as a rule, are its executives and top managers.Headquartered carries out corporate management and is responsible for both the success of the corporation as a whole and for individual corporate functions: strategy and planning, communication, financial policy, marketing, legal support and others.
Of War world
definition of "headquarters" "flew into" into civilian life of military practice.Staff (from the German Stab) called the center, managing personnel in wartime, as well as responsible for his education and training in peacetime.This term can refer to various units of the armed forces;it is not only the manager but also the brain, strategic center, the location is called the headquarters.
must be said, the strategy of large business corporations in many ways similar to the military.Before civilians too often face challenges offensive on all fronts, there is the problem of protecting its secrets from enemies (competitors), there is a clear need for cooperation with other organizations.Apparently, so typical military term "headquarters" caught on so well in the business environment.But the advantage of this concept is not only a business structure: the more successful it is for the institutions of state and interstate.
Let's get acquainted with the most famous headquarters.
UN Headquarters
United Nations (UN for short) - is established in 1945 an international forum.The principles of functioning of the participants developed anti-Hitler coalition representatives, even when thunder of battle and to victory was more than three years.The purpose of the United Nations - development of fruitful international cooperation, confidence building and security, peace in the world.
Initially, the UN does not have its own permanent place, and the meeting of its structures were in London.Later, it was decided to place the headquarters in the vicinity of New York, where the organization is located to this day.I must say, not all believe it is a good and fair decision.Many politicians and still advocated the transfer of strategic and control center from America to other continents.In addition to the main complex of buildings, the UN uses its work even more auxiliary headquarters in Europe and Africa.Yet most of the meetings of the Security Council and the UN General Assembly being held in New York, where he received the fateful decisions for peace.
NATO Headquarters
It was not long after the victory over Nazism, and between the USSR and its allies started the confrontation, later called the "cold war."The UN is no longer a reliable guarantee of peace: the right of individual countries to veto any repeal could even vital decision.The North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) was created in 1949 with the purpose of collective defense against external enemies.The founders of this military-political organization began 10 European countries and the United States with Canada.Since then, the bloc has repeatedly replenished by new States Parties.The main principle of NATO - "all for one", ie collective defense.
NATO Headquarters is an administrative, political and military center of the union, a place where representatives of the countries - members of the bloc - are going to work out a joint decision.Here there is a close interaction between military and civilians, aimed at achieving stability and strengthening security.Location of headquarters - Brussels, Belgium.Here are arranged the delegation of members of the alliance, as well as the Bureau of cooperation with partner countries (or their diplomatic missions).Every year at the headquarters of NATO carried out about 5000 meetings at which decisions are taken by consensus.
headquarters of many well-known organizations - it is often more interesting and beautiful buildings, which had a hand in the best architects.Not by chance in tourists coming to the location of these buildings, there is a desire to examine them more closely, to assess as a regular tourist destination.
