The use of E-Commerce in Hewlett-Packard.

Hewlett-Packard Co. develops electronic-commerce applications and products with BEA Systems Inc. They are doing this simply because they can foresee the groovy future of E-commerce in the world. They can see that business management always requires adapting to changing environment for survival of business, telecommuting, a kind of business information system, may help the growth of the whole organization. This shows that the executives in the above mentioned companies are aware of the external environment, …

…two-way communication. It encourages employees to speak up. It encourages managers to listen. As a result, vertical and lateral communications within an organization are greatly improved. Computing technology, a better way for exchanging ideas and information between employees and managers, encouraging questions and advancing two-way communication. To conclude, computing technology increase the efficiency of delegation and communication, this allows managers to seek and accept more tasks with higher responsibilities and more concentrated on strategic planning.