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 | HP – Compaq merger | M&A‚ Finance and Investments‚ MSc. | 29th November‚ 2012 | | | | Authors: Marjan van Lieshout 348050 Bram Piederiet 322688 Jamie Romeo 319954 Patrice Temming 351185 Authors: Marjan van Lieshout 348050 Bram Piederiet 322688 Jamie Romeo 319954 Patrice Temming 351185 1. Executive summary In the spring of 2002‚ Hewlett-Packard Co (‘HP’ from here on) obtained all of the outstanding common shares of Compaq Computer Corp (‘CC’
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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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Webster University November 6‚ 2011 Hewlett- Packard Company‚ referred to as HP‚ is an American multinational information technology company. Its headquarters is based in California USA. The company was founded in 1939 built in a Palo Alto garage by Bill Hewlett and David Packard and is now one of the world’s largest information technology companies operating worldwide in almost every country. It has 87‚000 employees in 120 countries. HP specializes in developing‚ manufacturing computing‚ data
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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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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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Hewlett-Packard – Compaq Strategy Report | | | Major Points The Hewlett-Packard and Compaq merger decision case study provided many points necessary in the understanding of why these two companies would undergo a risky business venture. Compaq was a company that began successfully with record setting financial statements‚ but in an attempt to expand its market‚ threatened company stability. With the acquisition of Tandem Computer and Digital Equipment Corporation‚ Compaq experienced decreased
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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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being ‘visionary’‚ ‘exemplar’‚ ‘innovative’ and ‘cutting edge’‚ Hewlett-Packard has long been recognized as possessing a successful organizational culture. However‚ what the founders could not account for was the changing global economic climate and the ever-present need to adapt their original business model to ensure the company relevance as a leader in the technology sector. As the long-established cultures within Hewlett-Packard were being challenged and new management ideas and personalities
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