Management case study 2 Mott
Question 1
In What ways is Randy Mott trying to change HP’s structure and the way it works? The way that Randy Mott is trying to change HP’s structure is, by replace 85 loosely connected data centers around the world with six. He is pushing to remove 784 isolated databases for one companywide data warehouse. His goal is to have the company operate like a one stop tech superstore rather than a conglomerate of separate companies. The Knowledge outcome he is pushing for is to have all the information to do with HP easy to obtain, this will help the company make more informed decisions.
Question 2
In what ways has he been trying to change HP’s culture?
Mott has been trying to change HP’s culture by taking away the right of the IT workers from purchase their own tech equipment and their ability to telecommunicate. He is causing stress amongst the workers from a hold being put on IT initiatives, thousands of lay-offs and 60 hour work weeks from most employees. His goals involve all lot of change in the way that HP operates. This is guaranteed to upset a lot of people working for HP because they are trying to find better, more efficient ways to produce the work they are doing in a leaner way.
Question 3
Find recent articles online about HP’s recent performance. (In your answer list the article(s) you used to answer the question with the URL) Did Mott succeed in what he wanted to achieve? What is the update on Mott now?
According to the article “HP Goes All In With An IT Transformation” Mott did succeed in consolidating 85 data centers to six, he tripled the bandwidth at half the cost, doubled storage capacity, replaced 784 data marts with one Enterprise data warehouse, trimmed 1200 projects to 500, and cut IT spending from 4% to 2%.(http://www.informationweek.com/it-leadership/hp-goes-all-in-with-an-it-transformation/d/d-id/1074425?page_number=1)
There are three mistakes that Mott admits to making at HP. First mistake was underestimating shadow IT. Mott had
In What ways is Randy Mott trying to change HP’s structure and the way it works? The way that Randy Mott is trying to change HP’s structure is, by replace 85 loosely connected data centers around the world with six. He is pushing to remove 784 isolated databases for one companywide data warehouse. His goal is to have the company operate like a one stop tech superstore rather than a conglomerate of separate companies. The Knowledge outcome he is pushing for is to have all the information to do with HP easy to obtain, this will help the company make more informed decisions.
Question 2
In what ways has he been trying to change HP’s culture?
Mott has been trying to change HP’s culture by taking away the right of the IT workers from purchase their own tech equipment and their ability to telecommunicate. He is causing stress amongst the workers from a hold being put on IT initiatives, thousands of lay-offs and 60 hour work weeks from most employees. His goals involve all lot of change in the way that HP operates. This is guaranteed to upset a lot of people working for HP because they are trying to find better, more efficient ways to produce the work they are doing in a leaner way.
Question 3
Find recent articles online about HP’s recent performance. (In your answer list the article(s) you used to answer the question with the URL) Did Mott succeed in what he wanted to achieve? What is the update on Mott now?
According to the article “HP Goes All In With An IT Transformation” Mott did succeed in consolidating 85 data centers to six, he tripled the bandwidth at half the cost, doubled storage capacity, replaced 784 data marts with one Enterprise data warehouse, trimmed 1200 projects to 500, and cut IT spending from 4% to 2%.(http://www.informationweek.com/it-leadership/hp-goes-all-in-with-an-it-transformation/d/d-id/1074425?page_number=1)
There are three mistakes that Mott admits to making at HP. First mistake was underestimating shadow IT. Mott had