In order to understand the HR issues involved in HPs migration failure, I started by looking at the company’s corporate culture from origins to date. I needed to determine what had changed as Hewlett Packard already had numerous successful implementations previously given their vast experience in the computer industry and there long established relationship with software provider SAP. The current study identified that the founders of HP, Bill Hewlett & Dave Packard created an effective management style which contained a set of values that defined how they wanted the company and its workforce to perform. This was known as “the HP way”. The main emphasis was on innovation through creating new quality products that added value to their customers’ requirements and secondly to create a supportive corporate culture as HPs employees where seen as the company’s biggest resource who together their capabilities accomplished something for the greater good of the organisation. HPs employees where seen as the company’s biggest asset and in turn they were given the opportunity to share in the company’s success through profit sharing plans, they were given tuition to upskill, and the company offered flexi-time and job sharing programs to its employees. Having researched the concept of “the HP way” I have discovered that many companies have also adopted this approach into their own business practices the following points are my understanding of Hewlett Packard’s core values
1. Describe the HP organizational Culture. What are some implications of this culture for developing new innovations? What is evidence of R&D’s dominance in HP?
Hewlett-Packard has a very interesting strategy that at the end is going to give them the respect of their clients. They say: “We believe in the talent and creativity of our people to develop and harness technology and services that can stimulate economies, elevate people from poverty and sickness, and help solve the world’s environmental challenges. We achieve this by fully integrating citizenship into our business strategy.”
HP did many things correctly when addressing the challenges for disruptive change. For instance, they organized a smaller team of “hungry” individuals from marketing, manufacturing, and research and development that moved the project away from the core group essentially acting as a small startup business. The smaller group was motivated to establish itself and prove their product was worthy of funding and upper management support. They also differentiated themselves by choosing team members that were uninterested in maintaining status in the company mainstream way of thinking. HP allowed a lot of leeway to the Kitty Hawk team in making decisions and providing financial backing to the project’s
HP, an expert in the hi-tech industry understands the fiercely competitive environment where technological and innovative advancements could create turbulent
• HP culture was innovation-driven and had an incentive structure that rewarded innovation and not the commercialization of the investment.
The culture of ownership is great strategy to motivate employees because the owners try harder than employees, both to improve the customer satisfaction and to save costs. This can be done in 2 ways
Most important, the employees can earn stock, which gives them voice within the company to make pertinent decisions.
Termination, Relocation and Assimilation; three words used by the United States government to describe programs designed to solve the “Indian problem”. These policies would provide the Indians an escape from impoverished reservations and a chance to live the American Dream. To the Indians, these three words described the incalculable loss of the “old ways” which included their culture, heritage and language. Without the support of their communities, thrust into urban life, many Indians found the experience demoralizing. Despite the unduly positive assertions made by those supporting the policies, in reality, termination and relocation
On April 15th, 2017 I interviewed a member of the Tongva tribe, which present day Long Beach now inhabits. The tribal member, who asked to not be named, told me all about Long Beach’s long history as it was once a tribe and religious center and of CSU Long Beach’s history as an ancient burial site named Puvunga. The interview changed my understanding of my college campus and the city that I now live in. It has made me more sensitive to the struggles that Native Americans faced and still continue to face.
Changing Market Conditions In the early 1990's, while technological innovation continued to drive the company's success, many business units were being forced to compete on other dimensions. In consumer product lines, low prices, broad availability and ease of use had become competitive requirements. Lew Platt, HP's current President and Chief Executive Officer, once acknowledged the importance of improving customer service and responsiveness, We're not doing as good a job in order fulfillment as we need to. In fact, it's where we get our lowest marks from customers. We have to be a lot easier to do business with. Improvement in order fulfillment will strengthen HP's competitiveness, increase customer satisfaction and reduce expenses, so this is an
Hewlett-Packard: Develops, assembles, and sells computer hardware and printers. The firm outsources many of its computer and printer components.
This leadership style can be reflected from her first moves after joining HP. Firstly, she required the marketing department to launch a re-branding advertising campaign in 6 weeks, which, considered the size and the circumstances, was quite a high requirement. Secondly, she set a growth target of 20% to be met in 2002 and started to initiate rapid organizational changes. The changes included consolidating power, as well as attempting to clearly define the roles
HPs business model is advantageous because their customers have more choice in purchasing options, they can buy online, but if they need more assistance they can buy from a store where advice will be provided. Although this is good for the customer, it has detrimental effects on HPs traditional
The intention of the following individual action plan is to recognize my leadership strengths and identify areas where I am able to further develop and strengthen my leadership qualities. The challenge within the action plan is to be cognizant of my strengths and weaknesses within the context of my professional and personal life allowing for me to constructively work towards strengthening my weaknesses. The deeper subset to the challenge will require that truth and sincerity of my experiences both professionally and personally be disclosed. The sense of urgency is present and current, I have personally
As the world is turning out to be more aggressive and unstable than any other time in recent memory, producing based enterprises are looking to increase upper hand at all cost and are swinging to more inventive sources through HRM practices (Sparrow, Schuler, & Jackson, 1994). HR practices has been defined by (Smallbusiness.chron.com, 2016) as “the means through which your human resources personnel can develop the leadership of your staff.”