Essay - Carleton S. Fiorina (Carly) Carleton S. Fiorina the World is...

carleton s. fiorina (carly)

Carleton S. Fiorina

The world i***** evolving at a rapid pace and this is probably due to the ***** advancements developed by ***** IT industry. Since Information Technology sets the pace at which ***** society evolves, it is only n*****ural for it to employ the best and highest skilled professionals in both IT as well ***** business, administration and management. But these specialists are humans, meaning as such that they can make mistakes that impact not only the organization, but ***** micro and macro environments as well. An example of ***** a highly skilled, yet fl*****wed, *****ee is Carly Fiorina.

Carleton 'Carly' Sneed ***** was born on the 6th of September 1954 and she is currently one ***** ***** most successful American business women. In 1998 even, the Fortune Magazine listed her as ***** number one most powerful woman in ***** business. Her nomination as leader of the chart came as a surprise to ***** ***** community, moreover when Fiorina was rat***** unknown. Also, those who did know her from college and other previous positions had reasons ***** doubt her skills and commitment. "To anyone with a sense of traditional c*****er paths, Carly *****'s chance of becoming the most ***** woman in American bus*****ess would have seemed about as good as, well, a guy's. In college, where ***** majored in medieval history ***** philosophy, she was impractical and unfocused. In law school she was restless, and she dropped out her first year. Job to job--receptionist, teacher--she floated. ********** when she f*****ally went ***** AT&T as a sales rep in 1980, she refused to join ***** savings plan because, she said, no way would she stay past two years" (Sellers, *****).

In 1999, Carly Fiorina accepted the chief executive position within telecommunication giant Hewlett-Packard and her stay there was crowned with numerous successes. Basing her st*****egies on the internal and external envir*****ments affecting HP's operations and results, Carly managed to identify, develop and implement the most appropriate strategic approaches.

First of all, in terms of strategy, she understood that despite its lead*****g position in the printing sector, HP ***** considerably behind in the ***** of personal computers. However ***** PC was registering steady growth, the internet ***** almost been forgotten. As a result of this underst*****ing then, ***** supported the implementation of the E-services Net strategy. "This pulls toge*****r technologies so corporations can quickly add new services on the fly. HP has begun to sell online and intends to grow its services business as a way of boosting box sales" (Business Week, *****). The idea was extremely useful in ***** ***** ***** it adapted the organization to the needs of the ***** environment. However, ***** terms of ***** features, Fiorina overlooked ***** fact that the organization's capabilities and expertise in ***** field of internet applications was rather reduced. Foremost, it was 3 ***** ***** its major competi*****rs, IBM and Sun.

A*****her major contribution that Fiorina has had revolves around the management at Hewlett-Packard and materializes in the