HP HEWLETT PACKARD

HP an abbreviation for Hewlett Packard is a company that specializes in the production of laptops, printers, mobiles and networks. Etc.

HP MISSION STATEMENT is; "To provide products, services and solutions of the highest quality and a good reputation

 HP operates in other businesses such as

   Information optimization

  Converged cloud solutions

deliver more value to our customers that earns their respect and loyalty."

HP VISSION STATEMEMNT; "To view change in the market as an opportunity to grow; to use our profits and our ability to develop and produce innovative products, services and solutions that satisfy emerging customer needs." 

It meets the needs of its stake holders through its objectives by..

There product is valuable therefore tends to provide loyal customers

Durability; Hp is known for producing durable laptops

Providing more service and solutions lead to market leadership

They are committed to their employees

They appear responsible and loved by mostly all the customers that purchase their product.

Popular: HP is known worldwide and has

   They also sell other products like printers e.t.c

HP seek to achieve competitive advantage through the following.

Uplifting its leadership status through its operating business

Try to avoid risks by doing other business such as cloud computing

They should use advantages such as cost advantage through the large economies of scale.

SWOT analysis for HP

STRENGHT:

a) lots of  money: HP has enough money to do more, bring in new ideas, seek new ideas, hire professionals. HP is capable of hiring good professionals to set them back on track because they are financially stable.

b) Linkages penetration and reputation; HP is an influential organisation, more so people see HP as a responsible company. They are in a good position.

c) Software expertise; HP is known to be experts in their productions i.e the software part, they have various applications. And they have a printer e.t.c Besides HP is a leading software firm.

d) Good brand equality.

WEAKNESSES:

a) Leadership problem; HP has a problem with their leadership. That is, it lacks internal management.

b) Late entry into market: with HPs late entry into market eg networking and mobiles, they started producing mobiles really late.

c) Competition: HP is all about competition and not corporation in the organization.

d) Sackings and layoff of the employees

e) poor innovation

OPPORTUNITIES:

Reputation: HPs reputation is good, HP is fast evolving.

Imaging and printing; HP is known for printing

Product diversification; can also divers their products

Initiative; highly initiative on people and future investors

THREATS

a) Competition; almost every business threat is competition, for HP, they have apple to compete with

b) Late entry into networking and mobiles.

c) Supply disruptions and recall of product like piracy. E.t.c.

 The rationale behind HP’s changes in the scope of its business activities over the last decade – its business level strategy.

HP, which is really known for production of pc, is now gradually changing or moving from PC to networking and phones etc.

Back then, mainframes where shunned for PC which affected the IT as at then. HP also suffered from his change.  It focused on providing services. Personal computers then became slow profit providers because their demand was low, it was a tablet era. HP did not respond adequately to the transformation. HP then decided to enter the tablet business jus like IBM entered PC. They used this strategy by looking at what IBM did.

 The reasons for and against the decision to exit PC manufacturing which contributed to the departure of the last CEO Leo Apotheker

the reasons were.. the personal computer was already a dying industry because of tablets just as though it was to set out mainframes.

b) Also new challenge may arise which will inspire HP’s ranks.

 REASONS AGAINST; considering HPs problems and history it is not sure if there will be any major change or shift from where HP really is.