This strategy was simple in conception but heartbreakingly difficult in execution, being based on flawed assumptions, an irreconcilable gap between strategicdesignand execution, and a comprehensive failure of management information systems.
Outsourcing PC manufacturing allows HP to focus on strategic core competencies, including supply chain design, new product and services development, supplier managementand customer relationship management.
Only by mandating, and explicitly trusting, successive levels of management to execute according to his strategicdesign can he release the full potential of his organization.