HP structure - PO

Hewlette-Packard (HP Inc.)’s structure 1. Organizational structure HP Inc. operates a functional structure. This structure is constructed considerately in order to control authority, communication and dividing responsible aspects to achieve their goals. This form of structure allows HP to departmentalize their work effectively on each stages of the products, especially on product development, innovation, and marketing. Table 1: Organization structure of HP.

Chairman of the board

Personal system group

Technology solution group

SVP research and directors lab

Human resource

Enterprises servers

GM procurement

(CEO: chief executive officer CSO: chief security officer CTO: chief technology officer VP: vice president SVP: senior vice president GM: general manager CMO: chief marketing officer)

CSO, CTO

CTO/VP cloud service strategy

CEO

General counsel

Directors

VP and assistant secretary

Imaging and printing group

General manager graphics and imaging

Procurement manager

CMO

2. Management structure HP has been applying the centralized system for decision-making authority in the hands of their leaders. To be more specific, the company holds centralization on to the R&D and corporate strategy functions (cited in Hill & Jones, 2009). This approach makes it possible for HP to develop an integrated suite of their products and services. HP targets the similar groups of customer: small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) and large enterprises, including customers in government, corporate, health and education sectors. Therefore, using centralized system is crucial in order to keep different products close together and bring more benefit to HP’s clients. Also, by getting the best out of existing relationships and the technology base installation at the company’s customers, better results can be seen by the company. HP is running an open communication strategy in order that they can avoid most of communication issues. There are all-employee meetings and management blogs; the company’s managers are quick in respond to every problems as soon as they occur. There is also a corporate intranet designed to ensure the efficient flow of infomation among departments and between geographical units.

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