Apple Board of Directors decided to hand over the reins of Apple Inc. to Timothy Donald Cook better known as Tim Cook‚ then Chief Operating Officer(COO)‚ and make him the new Chief Executive Officer of the company. Jobs resigned from the post of CEO and was chosen to be the Chairman of the Board of Directors. Tim cook was also inducted in to the Board. The decision taken by Jobs was not because of any pressure or due to declining sales or problem with the company but because he was suffering from
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Introduction Apple Inc. is a leader in the technology world who is known for innovative products and a very loyal customer base. Started by its visionary leader Steve Jobs and his friend Steve Wozniak‚ Apple has grown through many phases and managed to still remain a world class brand. Steve Jobs who many see as a revolutionary was at some point fired from his own company but he was brought back to rejuvenate the company to success. Apple is one of the few companies that have a very dedicated and
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Bus 447 Steven Saltzman Article Summary Zhiyan Chen 2-16-2013 The Washington Post: Apple’s Tim Cook faces leadership challenge on labor issues by Jena McGregor 03/30/2012 This article talks about the Apple’s challenge on labor issues. A new report from the Fair Labor Association indicates that there are a lot of problems of Foxconn‚ one of Apple’s major suppliers. The study found at least 50 issues related to the organization’s code of conduct and Chinese labor law‚ namely the number of
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Steve Jobs - Leadership at Apple Inc. Organization Synopsis by Mette Sophia Schophuus Katrine Nordby Larsen Maria Nissen Homann EOK XB CBS - Christian Warming December 12th 2011 Number of characters: 11.114 Table of Contents The successful electronic company Apple Inc. has during the last decade grown from being a company almost insolvent to being a worldwide brand. They have succeeded in creating best-selling products that combine software and hardware
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A Study of the Leadership of CEOs at Apple Table of Contents Background information Page 3 & 4 Michael Scott Page 5 & 6 Mike Markkula Page 7 & 8 John Scully Page 8‚ 9 & 10 Michael Spindler Page 10‚ 11 &12 Gil Amelio Page 12‚ 13 & 14 Steve Jobs Page 15‚ 16 & 17 Tim Cook Page 17‚ 18 &19 References Page 20 – 27 Background Information Apple is a company that everyone in the
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Cost leadership Cost leadership strategy has been highly adopted by Apple Inc in its endeavors of ensuring competitiveness and success in the technology industry. The company’s management has been able to draw policies and strategies that are aimed at ensuring that the company is the lowest cost producer and distributor (Roth 2001: 24). By strategizing on cost efficiency‚ the success and sustainability of the company is enhanced. By lowering the cost of production and management‚ Apple Inc has
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2.5.1 Level of Expectations Cook‚ S. (2011)‚ urges customer service providers must recognise that customers have different levels of expectations. The expectations are divided into two distinct categories namely: 1. Primary expectations – are the customers’ most basic requirements of an interaction. Example: When dining at the restaurant‚ our primary expectations are to satisfy our hunger‚ to let someone else do the cooking‚ and pay a reasonable price 2. Secondary expectations – are based on our
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Introduction Leadership has been looked at from various aspects ever since it has been studied and all of the derived theories are relevant to different situations and conditions. A common definition of leadership is; ‘A process of social influence by which an individual enlists the aid and support of others in accomplishment of a task or a mission’ (Chemers‚ 1997). A leadership facet‚ which greatly interests me‚ is ‘Change Leadership’. The scale of competition in the market has increased by leaps
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could build a sandwich but not a birdhouse. Or a beer-can lamp. Which is exactly what I would be doing in shop class‚ which all boys had to take in ninth grade at my junior high school. Girls took home economics. Boys took shop. Girls learned to cook lasagna and bake chocolate cake. I would be learning to use a lathe. I preferred lasagna. So I did the sensible thing: I signed up for home economics. The school counselor called me into her office to tell me that boys weren’t allowed to take home
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LEADERSHIP AND CHANGE Leadership and Management If followers are over budget on travel expenses or fail to come to work on time‚ then managers use various levers in the accounting or performance management system to correct the situation. These systems help followers to behave in both a consistent and an efficient manner. Organizations tend to be more successful when followers exhibit those behaviors most closely aligned with organizational goals. A manager is a person who directs the work
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