History of Starbucks
In 1971, Starbucks was created from three friends, an english and history teacher as well as a writer. The names of the three individuals are Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl and Gordown Bowker. The fist store of Starbucks was opened in Seattle, Washington, with the store selling only one thing, fresh roasted coffee beans.
The partnership and creation of Starbucks began when the trio frequented as well as work for a store named, Peet’s Coffee, located in Berkley, California. The owner of Peet’s Coffee, Alfred Peet, was dubbed the “grandfather” of the specialty coffee industry. Alfred Peet, shared his style of roasting beans to the trio and from then, is where the idea of Starbucks originated from.
By the early 80’s, a man by the name of Howard Shultz, a drip coffee maker salesman, came on board as the Director of Marketing for the Starbuck organization. In Seattle, he had advised the members of Starbucks to sell coffee and espresso drinks because of his experience traveling in Milan. Through Shultz experience, he observed that the cafe businesses in Italy were served as a meeting place and became a central part of the societal fabric. He sought to bring this experience back home and develop it with the Starbucks brand. But Schultz was rejected and it is then he decided to open his own coffee chain called. ll Giornale. ll Giornale became a big success and eventually acquired the Starbucks chain and their roasting techniques for $3.8 million, in 1987. In the 1990's, Starbucks began opening a new store every workday, a pace that continued into the 2000's. Schultz began his global conquest with a Starbucks in every country, on every corner, putting Mom & Pop cafés out of business, and along the way acquiring local café chains and renaming them as his own (Appendix A).

Starbucks & Human Resource Management
Starbucks can be viewed as a polycentric