Hewlett-Packard Case Assignment Iman Abdur-Rahim Prof. Brian Grizzell Principles of Management BUS302 August 19th‚ 2011 The first problem that I noticed when I read the case was the fact it mentioned that HP was under managed. In 2001‚ HP had 84‚400 employees while Carly Fiorina was Chief Executive Officer ¹. This fact lets me know that there should have been various levels of management from the CEO on down to the first level employees. In order for a company to be successful there has to
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Chapter 14 Case – “Hewlett-Packard Company” Deborah Y. Riley Principles of Management – Fall Quarter Professor Camilla Pugh November 28‚ 2010 Question - #1 Discuss the three most serious problems you have identified in the case. Defend why you think they are the most serious. One of the serious problems Hewlett-Packard faced was poor management. Carly Fiorina provided no concrete direction for the company and staff. The vision she implemented for the company digital‚ virtual
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Hewlett Packard began in 1938‚ in a one-room garage in California where Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard started with plenty of energy‚ and a simple plan to invent products‚ which made life better for everyone. Hewlett Packard has introduced a large number of life-changing technologies. They have now developed systems‚ services and solutions that provide industry leading value and enable their customers to get maximum benefits from their computing and printing environments. Hewlett Packard has been
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William Hewlett and David Packard founded Hewlett-Packard in 1945. In the early stages‚ HP has been technologically more advanced than its competitors or the market leader. HP’s earliest product was audio oscillator and technology has been HP’s major focus‚ which can be seen from its various products. Shortly‚ the company began to manufacture a broad range of products for electronic industry as well as agriculture sector. The flexible HP 3000 computers made strong sales but none of the several models
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Case Memo of Corporate Governance Case Assignment: Hewlett Packard (A) 1. Based on your experience and general business knowledge‚ what are the key strengths and weakness of the way Hewlett-Packard structure and supported the Kittyhawk development team? Why do you think that HP made the mistake it did? (***) Key Strengths Culture The HP culture deeply valued technical innovation as a key to success‚ which means that the company encourages innovation. Structure HP favored a decentralized structure
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Hewlett-Packard and Leadership Hewlett-Packard (HP) is an information technology corporation that specializes in personal and notebook computers‚ servers‚ printers‚ digital cameras‚ and many other technological products (Wikipedia‚ 2008). HP has become the first information technology corporation in history to report revenues over $100 billion‚ $104 billion in 2007‚ (Wikipedia‚ 2008). William “Bill” Hewlett and David “Dave” Packard founded HP in 1937‚ and became incorporated in 1947. Their
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Hewlett-Packard Case Study Hewlett-Packard (HP) can attribute much of their success to their initiation of the DeskJet printer in 1988. In 1990‚ even with success of increased sales‚ concerns had arisen over growing inventory levels in the European distribution centers. This concern was raised due to the fact that they inventory had “tracked sales growth closely” (Chase‚ Jacobs‚ and Aquilano‚ 2005‚ p. 625). In the HP cast study‚ the Supply Chain shows the DeskJet product is manufactured prior
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of Hewlett-Packard Asia Pacific Limited‚ was evaluating the division’s strategic options for doing business in Vietnam. The United States had lifted its embargo on Vietnam in February 1994‚ and the country had normalized relationships with many other countries‚ including China. The current economic development in Vietnam is rather slow and limited‚ and the infrastructures and the political-legal systems appear to be underdeveloped. However‚ the long-term prospects appear very bright. Hewlett-Packard’s
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Hewlett-Packard Hewlett-Packard Company or HP is an American multinational hardware and software corporation headquartered in Palo Alto‚ California‚ United States. (from Wikipedia) And HP product lines include personal computing devices‚ enterprise servers‚ related storage devices‚ printers and imaging products. At the same time‚ HP markets products to household‚ small- and medium-sized businesses and large enterprises. HP’s mission statement is that to provide product‚
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Organization Background Hewlett-Packard Company Hewlett-Packard Company is founded January 1‚ 1939. Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard is the partner. They decide the company’s name with a coin toss. Their company built in a Palo Alto garage. The company’s first product was an audio oscillator. One of HP’s first customers was Walt Disney Studios‚ which purchased eight oscillators to develop and test an innovative sound system for the movie Fantasia. HP steadily expands its European operations. Therefore
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