Answer:A. Define the business mission
Explanation: Define the Business mission is the processes involved in tying to understand a given business,it helps to know the aims and objectives,the present situation and the impact a given business has.
In the case of Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) acquired Palm Computing Inc., HP will try to know how Palm computing has fared through the years and what impact will it have on his own business objectives when it is fully acquired.