LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: A REVIEW IN CONTEXT David V. Day* The Pennsylvania State University Interest in leadership development is strong‚ especially among practitioners. Nonetheless‚ there is conceptual confusion regarding distinctions between leader and leadership development‚ as well as disconnection between the practice of leadership development and its scientific foundation. The present review examines the field of leadership development through three contextual lenses: (1) understanding the
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Galileo‚ Through a Clear Lens Many people remember Galileo Galilei as simply the inventor of the telescope‚ and an important figure in science. However‚ Galileo’s life and pioneer thinking challenged the old world beliefs of the Church at a time when their word was law; and demonstrated his great courage‚ his strong convictions‚ and his thirst for knowledge. Galileo began his studies as a young boy at a monastery near Florence‚ Italy. In 1581‚ he gave up the monastic life at the request of his
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SWOT Analysis: iPhone and Apple as Apple Inc’s view Strengths • Recognition Brand. • Good reputation. • Integration iPod in iPhone. Use brand iPod as base in order to grow iPhone market. (Customers buy iPhone and also get iPod in the same device) • Good business strategist‚ Apple is using App Store in iTunes as a tool to drive the iPhone’s market. And Apple makes it more attract by cutting application prize in App Store off 30% and almost a half of application in the App Store are free
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Lydia Butler Board of Directors Apple A. Board of Directors 1. William V. Campbell Chairman Intuit‚ Inc. (external) 1983 Tim Cook CEO Apple (internal) 2011 Millard S. Drexler Chairman and Chief Executive Officer J. Crew (external) 1999 Albert Gore‚ Jr. Former Vice President of the United States (external) 2003 Andrea Jung Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Avon Products‚ Inc. (external) 2008 Arthur D. Levinson‚ Ph.D. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Genentech
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(Borys and Jemison‚ 1989; Powell. 1987; Thorelli. 1986). In order to access more international market and reduce risks‚ the hybrid organizational forms are mainly realized by contractual agreement‚ strategic alliance and joint venture. Compared to some casual cooperative arrangements between companies‚ strategic alliance is refer to a long-term‚ substantial collaboration‚ which is ‘an agreement characterized by the commitment of two or more firms to achieve a shared goal entailing the pooling of their
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Csr in Apple Inc. Table of Contents 1 Executive Summary 2 CSR Background 2.1 Definition of CSR 2.2 Evolution of CSR 2.3 Emergence of CSR 3 Literature Review 3.1 Carroll’s CSR Pyramid 3.2 Purpose of the firm and how that shapes views on CSR 3.3 Arguments for and against CSR 3.3.1 Arguments Against 3.3.2 Arguments For 3.3.3 Summary of the key debates 4 Methodology 5 CSR at Apple Inc. 5.1 Apple’s profile 5.2 Reasons to engage in CSR 5.3 CSR policies at Apple Inc. 5.4 Type of CSR approach
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to perform a strategic and financial analysis. During the project we will also be able to exercise the financial and IT knowledge we acquired during the 4th semester. The financial analysis reveals that Apple has been undergoing an impressing growth in the net sales for the past few years. Furthermore the financial analysis showed that a big part of the net sales is generated by complementary products which can be connected to the sales of Macs‚ iPhones and iPods. The strategic analysis revealed
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used to be about radios and antennas and things like that. We think‚ going forward‚ the phone of the future will be differentiated by software.”2 -Steve Jobs‚ CEO of Apple Inc.‚ in August 2008. INTRODUCTION In July 2009‚ a press release from Apple Inc. (Apple) stated that about 1.5 billion applications (apps) for the Apple iPhone had been sold from its App Store‚ within a year of its launch. This was considered quite an achievement considering the fact that Apple‘s highly popular ‗iTunes
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Apple Inc. (Apple) Apple’s leadership interlocked with innovative technologies would be hereby analyzed‚ synthesized and possibly eviscerated for scholastic continuous learners. Apple inventively used technological situational happenstances (TSHs) to risk sales of its existing line of products by introducing new innovative products to the market. These new innovative lines of products’ have disrupted the existing technology internally‚ externally and globally. That‚ even if internally Apple
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Company Overview 1976 - Apple was founded by college dropouts Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak 1980 - Apple went public 1985 - Jobs left after tumultuous struggles with then CEO Sculley‚ and founded NeXT 2000 - Jobs became the CEO 2001 - Introduced a digital music player‚ the iPod 2007 - Apple Computers Inc. became Apple Inc. ‚ unveiled the iPhone. Apple has 4 main divisions: Laptop and personal computer division
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