Akihiko Washington Named Vice President, Staffing and Human Resources Planning for Time Warner.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 1999-- Akihiko (Kiko) Washington has been named to the newly created position of vice president, staffing and human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. planning for Time Warner, it was announced today by Richard Parsons This article is about the businessman. For the U.S. Representative from Ohio, see Richard C. Parsons. Richard Dean Parsons (born April 4, 1948), is the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Time Warner. He is also on the board of directors of Citigroup. , president of Time Warner, and Andrew Kaslow, senior vice president of human resources at Time Warner. Washington, 41, will work with the human resource professionals at Time Warner's divisions to create a career development initiative across Time Warner. He will also work to improve Time Warner's company-wide human resources planning efforts, with the objective of ensuring that a pool of world-class talent is readily available to fuel its growth. He will report to Kaslow, who heads human resources for Time Warner. In announcing the appointment, Parsons Parsons, city (1990 pop. 11,924), Labette co., SE Kans.; inc. 1871. It is a shipping point for dairy products, grain, and livestock. Manufactures include ammunition, wire and paper products, plastics, and appliances. said: "Kiko is an outstanding executive with the right blend of skills and experience for this important new position. The establishment of this function under Kiko's leadership will provide links between Time Warner's various human resources activities. It is also consistent with the objectives of our company's vision and values initiative, which include attracting, motivating and retaining the most talented and creative workforce." Washington joins Time Warner after 15 years at Home Box Office, Time Warner's premium cable television network. As vice president of human resources and administration, Washington was responsible for overseeing HBO's human resources planning and organizational development efforts. He also was responsible for the company's domestic and international staffing, employee relations, training and development and employee communications initiatives. Washington graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania The Wharton School is the business school of University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1881 through a donation of Joseph Wharton, making it the world’s oldest business school. with a B.S. degree in economics. Time Warner Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : TWX (TeletypeWriter eXchange Service) A U.S. and Canadian dial-up communications service that became part of Telex. In 1971, the Bell System sold TWX to Western Union. TWX transmitted 5-bit Murray code or 7-bit ASCII code at up to 150 bps. See Telex. , www.timewarner.com), the world's leading media company, consists of four businesses: cable networks, publishing, entertainment and cable. To receive a copy of this press release through the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the , access Time Warner's corporate website located at http://www.timewarner.com |
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