Apple: Human Resource Department Description and Analysis
HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS
© Dr. Catherin Giunta, 2012
BU516
Fall 2012
|HUMAN |DESCRIPTION OF HRM FUNCTION/POLICIES |INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT | EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT | |
|RESOURCE |AND PRACTICES RELEVANT TO THIS ISSUE |CONDITIONS, RELEVANT |CONDITIONS, RELEVANT | |
|DEPARTMENT AND |AT COMPANY, ORGANIZATION (Including |ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS |ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS | |
|FUNCTIONS |KSAs) | | |ADDITIONAL COMMENTS |
|CATEGORIES | | | | |
|SM: STRATEGIC HR AND |Mission - "Clear direction, individual|Collaborative and |In technology, competition|Mission Statement - “Apple designs|
|hr DECISIONS FOR |accountability, a sense of urgency, |cooperative environment |is high |Macs, the best personal computers |
|COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE |constant feedback, clarity of |Command-and-control |Google, HP, Samsung, etc. |in the world, along with OS X, |
|AND /OR RESPONSE TO |mission—and you begin to have a sense |structure |Lawsuits |iLife, iWork and professional |
|INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL |of Apple’s values"(Lashinsky, 2012, p.|Money is not the metric |Labor practices in China |software. Apple leads the digital |
|ENVIRONMENTS |74). |Company gym isn’t even |Samsung and HTC – patent |music revolution with its iPods |
| |Unique - "The ethos at Apple was |free! |issues |and iTunes online store. Apple has|
| |always about
© Dr. Catherin Giunta, 2012
BU516
Fall 2012
|HUMAN |DESCRIPTION OF HRM FUNCTION/POLICIES |INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT | EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT | |
|RESOURCE |AND PRACTICES RELEVANT TO THIS ISSUE |CONDITIONS, RELEVANT |CONDITIONS, RELEVANT | |
|DEPARTMENT AND |AT COMPANY, ORGANIZATION (Including |ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS |ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS | |
|FUNCTIONS |KSAs) | | |ADDITIONAL COMMENTS |
|CATEGORIES | | | | |
|SM: STRATEGIC HR AND |Mission - "Clear direction, individual|Collaborative and |In technology, competition|Mission Statement - “Apple designs|
|hr DECISIONS FOR |accountability, a sense of urgency, |cooperative environment |is high |Macs, the best personal computers |
|COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE |constant feedback, clarity of |Command-and-control |Google, HP, Samsung, etc. |in the world, along with OS X, |
|AND /OR RESPONSE TO |mission—and you begin to have a sense |structure |Lawsuits |iLife, iWork and professional |
|INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL |of Apple’s values"(Lashinsky, 2012, p.|Money is not the metric |Labor practices in China |software. Apple leads the digital |
|ENVIRONMENTS |74). |Company gym isn’t even |Samsung and HTC – patent |music revolution with its iPods |
| |Unique - "The ethos at Apple was |free! |issues |and iTunes online store. Apple has|
| |always about
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