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HP Says Goodbye to Drama. Peter Burrows in Palo Alto, Calif.. Business Week . New York: Sep 12, 2005. , Iss. 3950; pg.83. Presentation By: Kristine Hass. Hewlett-Packard Co. Carleton Fiorina Mark Hurd, chief executive No major press conferences Todd Bradley, $25 billion PC unit
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HP Says Goodbye to Drama Peter Burrows in Palo Alto, Calif..Business Week. New York: Sep 12, 2005. , Iss. 3950; pg.83 Presentation By: Kristine Hass
Hewlett-Packard Co. • Carleton Fiorina • Mark Hurd, chief executive • No major press conferences • Todd Bradley, $25 billion PC unit • Randall D. Mott, chief information officer • Mott
“The more accountable I can make you, the easier it is for you to show you’re a great performer,” says Hurd. “The more I use a matrix, the easier I make it to blame someone else.” Simple isBest
Simple isBest “On a number of fronts, Hewlett-Packard’s newly minted CEO, Mark Hurd, is steering the company back to its roots as a no-nonsense operator, focused on earnings and management simplicity.”