Univ., Dipl.-Arb.--Fibourg, 1999.

The aim of this diploma paper is to analyze the Customer Self-Repair project in Hewlett-Packard especially from costs and savings point of view that can be expected after the implementation of procedural changes that had to be made in the course of the project, while also indicate where mistakes were made from the perspective of project management and make suggestions on possible improvements in the future. The theoretical and methodological part is summed up a general theory concerning the problems of project management. The third chapter focuses on the practices of project management in the company, the definition stage the project should undergo and the criteria that should meet in order to pass the approval process. In the analysis of the project itself is captured the service model for the repairs of personal computers in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Than identification of error and procedural complications that occurred during the project. . At the end of this chapter is an analysis of actual savings and costs that can be realistically expected in the closing phase of the project. The last chapter contains a summary and suggestions for management of future projects in the company.

Manufacturing activities in the personal computer industry are organised in a complex global production network (GPN) led by a variety of branded global lead firms. Increasingly, considerations on environmental, health and safety governance have emerged as an important element to the management and co-ordination of these production networks by lead firms. Within the personal computer GPN, the printed circuit board (PCB) industry is commonly subcontracted by branded firms to suppliers located in developing countries such as Penang, Malaysia. The activities of PCB manufacturing and assembly involve the use of various hazardous chemicals that pose environmental health risks to workers. This research aims to understand how governance over environmental health is implemented in the GPN led by Hewlett Packard (HP) and in particular with lower tier suppliers in the printed circuit board industry in Penang, Malaysia. The main research question is: how are environmental health concerns managed by governance mechanisms in GPNs that involve the relocation of harmful manufacturing activities to developing countries? Governance mechanisms within the GPN include private standards and codes of conduct, which are supplemented by government regulation in the host country. Governance outcomes are shaped by relations between firms and non-firm actors such as government agencies, civil society organisations and trade unions. Therefore, a GPN analytical framework is utilised to understand more specifically how a variety of firm and non-firm actors and their relationships and power dynamics influence governance practices in the industry. Fieldwork for the research was conducted in 2008 and 2010 and consisted of semi-structured in-person and telephone interviews with thirty seven key actors in Malaysia, Western Europe, and the United States. Key informants included HP; first tier suppliers to HP and second tier suppliers located in Penang, Malaysia; global and Malaysian civil society organisations; an international federation of trade unions and Malaysian trade unions; Malaysian government agencies; and a politician, occupational health doctor and journalist in Penang. The findings from this research show that a combination of factors results in a weak scenario for governing environmental health risks of suppliers in Penang. These factors are resource constraints among suppliers; weak host country capacity and willingness to regulate; weak knowledge of environmental health risks by firms and regulatory agencies; and weak contestation by external stakeholders. Findings from the analysis also show the need to have differentiated views of power amongst different actor relationships in order to understand the complexity of GPN governance.

This presentation contains some common facts about the Utility Data Center by HP as well as my the results of practical work at HP Labs in preparation of my diploma thesis. / Workshop "Netz- und Service-Infrastrukturen" Die Präsentation beinhaltet einige allg. Fakten zum Utility Data Center von HP sowie die Ergebnisse meiner praktischen Arbeit in den HP Labs in Vorbereitung auf die Diplomarbeit.

Topic of this diploma thesis is organizational behavior of various generations with focus on the youngest generation which is present in the workplace. This generation is called Generation Y. The goal is to prove or overcome presumption that Generation Y is very different from previous generations, has different values, working and life style and that organizations will have to put a lot of effort to be able to manage this generation effectively. Thesis include description of graduate strategy which is implemented at Hewlett-Packard. In the end is overall recommendation for companies how effectively lead Generation Y and specific recommendation for Hewlett-Packard, related to current company strategy.

Business functions and processes of all industries are under intense pressure to increase their efficiency and effectiveness which means to deliver better services for less money. HR is no exception. Human Resources transformation aligns with business transformation by facing productivity, reengineering, globalization, services and technology changes. Under the review cost, processes, administration, strategy and expertise in accordance with HR¡¦s transformation, HR shared services is became a HR transactional and administrative to handle standard processes oriented center. By taking Hewlett-Packard APJ as an example, this research seeks for the implementation of HR shared services in Chennai/India to handle all APJ HR transactions by tiers-supporting model. With the ability of technology and self-services, HR shared services can be achieved and located in low-labor rate with high potential labor. There are 14 processes for HP HR shared services to be standardized and reengineered. Moreover, to implement in 14 countries, internal portal, customer relationship management tool, and self-services tools are key to the objective and goal. By observing a whole picture of HR shared services set up, it will be helpful to leave more experiences to other companies to learn and to avoid errors.

The document describes the development of a micro-processor based terminal multiplexer to connect four terminals to a standard Hewlett Packard series 1000 mini-computer. The project was required to fulfill the dual roll of both increasing the number of terminals that the HPI000 could support and of reducing the peripheral load on the host CPU. The final product occupied a standard 200mm square HP size interface card and used an 8085 micro-processor and several 8085 family peripheral chips to provide four full duplex serial channels and a high speed data link with the host. A multi-tasking executive was written to control the multiplexer software which was finally implemented as 15 independent tasks occupying 8 kilo-bytes of eprom. The software was written to perform all terminal interaction and editing in order to reduce the host CPU involvement to a single interrupt per record. The resultant interface proved capable of handling an aggregate throughput in excess of 4000 characters per second which was sufficient to cope with all four terminals running at 9600 bits per second, even when all four were transferring in burst mode. The interface also proved to be between five and eighteen times less demanding on the host than the two standard Hewlett Packard interfaces then available. When compared to the low cost HP12531 interface, the multiplexer increased the 9600b/s terminal handling capability of the host from 3 terminals to 52. / Thesis (M.Sc.-Electronic Engineering)-University of Natal, 1987.

Universiẗat, Diss.--St. Gallen, 2004.

The thesis concentrates on a business valuation of Hewlett-Packard s.r.o., the Czech subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company, the world leading provider of IT goods and services. The thesis includes complex strategic analysis with detailed company inside and outside potential and market forecast. The financial analysis evaluates financial situation of the company, financial plan and a final valuation based on DCF entity method and market approach based on the price trend of publicly negotiable stocks of the parent company.

Hewlett-Packard was the leader of computer for many years but losing its core-competence recent years, this thesis is trying to study the root cause internally based on the strategy management perspective. From external marketing environment to internal functional level analysis to support the key reason on Hewlett-Packard strategy management issues. In the competitive market of computer industry, We can see the old companions like Dell and Sony are no longer as profitable as they were used to be, Dell has gone off market since 2013, and Sony announced they will leave the PC market. In this thesis, we divide chapters into functional level strategy and business level strategy to demonstrate how HP is cope with current trend and what decisions have been made. Hewlett-Packard is gradually losing its competitive strength due to several reasons. For instance, R&D design products with less innovation but cost-oriented, marketing do not position product as premium product in the market, and supply chain controls inventory less efficiently.