Wilson LDR/531 October 3‚ 2012 Dr. David E. Ferguson Every Organization or business has to have organizational structure in order to succeed because it prioritizes the hierarchy‚ identifies the guidelines‚ policies and procedures needed for a company achieve goals and objectives. The Organizational structure also depicts levels of management from the top down. The organization that I would like to work for is Apple Inc.‚ In this essay‚ I will give a brief overview of the company’s history
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INTRODUCTION OF APPLE Apple Inc‚ is an American multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing consumer electronics and closely-related software products. Headquartered in Cupertino‚ California‚ Apple develops‚ sells‚ and supports a series of personal computers‚ portable media players‚ computer software‚ and computer hardware accessories; Apple is also currently involved in the creation of new technology concepts‚ such as the iPhone‚ Apple TV‚ and many features of its
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Company Background Apple Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively “Apple” or the “Company”) design‚ manufacture‚ and market personal computers‚ mobile communication devices‚ and portable digital music and video players and sell a variety of related software‚ services‚ peripherals‚ and networking solutions. The Company sells its products worldwide through its online stores‚ its retail stores‚ its direct sales force‚ and third-party wholesalers‚ resellers‚ and value-added resellers. In
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Apple Case Study The role of a successful leader in organisational change cannot be overestimated. Organisational culture is significant for each organisation and its successful operation‚ playing large role in whether or not a particular organisation has a happy‚ healthy and comfortable working environment. Organisational culture at any company has to be strong and well-established but able to be changed as well. So‚ in order to establish‚ maintain and improve the company’s culture timely
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Case study “Apple” Organization Apple corporation – “Think Differently” Apple’s Distribution Policy Apple is an American multinational corporation that designs and manufactures costumer electronics‚ computer software and personal computers. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple Computer in 1976 in Cupertino California . The company’s best – known hardware products include Macintosh computers‚ the iPod‚ the iPhone and the iPad. Apple software includes the Mac OS X operating system‚ the
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Corporate Culture at Apple Apple has a very secretive corporate culture. Often employees will choose not to speak out about apple until they are no longer employed there. Apple goes to greater lengths than any other company in the valley to protect its creative and intellectual environment. Apple’s security policy extends to blogs‚ speaking engagements‚ and even what people talk about with spouses. Most employees get the policies and respect them as well. The New York times reported that
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This situation raises a natural need for enterprises that need to create separate impression ‚ a " personality " for their products . So positioning strategy was born . In the book "Visionary Companies"‚ co-authored by two Americans Jerry Porras and Jim Collins writes about the 18 most successful companies in the world 100 years ago‚ may find common ground to bring outstanding success for the this great brand: they never change their brand philosophy throughout the development stage. The strategy
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Company Culture A company’s culture is very important and it is a set of standards that everyone in that organization is expected to follow. Looking at a company’s culture can tell you everything about them‚ such as their beliefs‚ morals‚ goals‚ vision‚ and in a short amount of time it can give you a simple understanding of everything that company is about. The main question that needs to be answered‚ is it important or not to hire employees that fit into that company’s culture? From my opinion
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Report about Apple Company Apple Computers Inc. was cofounded by Steven Wozniak and marketed by Steven Jobs. It was later renamed to Apple Inc. Apple Inc. is involved in the manufacture‚ marketing and design of PCs and related software‚ network solutions‚ services and peripherals. The company is also involved in developing and designing of portable digital music players with related services and accessories. This includes online distribution of audio books and third party music‚ videos and films
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KEY PARTNERS Key partners of Apple include manufactures‚ Apple store developers‚ Cellular services providers‚ Publishers and Music‚ television and movie industries. Some of the partners of Apple are: • AT&T • Verizon • Foxconn Technology Group • TPK Holdings • Quanta Computers • Intel • Samsung Electronics • Toshiba • Catcher Technologies As of late‚ Apple has worked together with specialists in the undertaking including Accenture‚ Cisco‚ Deloitte‚ IBM‚ and SAP. • Accenture makes iOS answers for
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