Imc Plan- Apple

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Current Situation 3

1.1 Current Performance 3 1.2 Mission 3 1.3 Objectives 3 1.4 Strategies 3 1.5 Policies 4

2 Corporate Governance 4

2.1 Board of Directors 4

3 External Environment 4

3.1 Societal Environment (PESTDN) 4 3.1.1 Political-Legal 4 3.1.2 Economic 5 3.1.3 Sociocultural 6 3.1.4 Technological 6 3.1.5 Demographic 6 3.1.6 Nature 7 3.2 Task Environment (Porter’s Five Forces) 7 3.3 Consumer Behaviour Analysis 10 3.3.1 Cultural Factors 11 3.3.2 Social Factors 11 3.3.3 Personal Factors 11 3.3.4 Psychological Factors 12

4 Internal Environment 12

4.1 Corporate Structure 12 4.2 Corporate Culture 13 4.3 Corporate Resources 13 4.3.1 Porter’s Value Chain 13 4.3.2 Financial Analysis 16 4.4 BCG Model 21

5 SWOT Analysis 22

5.1 Situational Analysis 22 5.1.1 Strengths 22 5.1.2 Weaknesses 22 5.1.3 Opportunities 23 5.1.4 Threats 24

6 Strategy Formulation 24

6.1 Segmentation, Positioning and Positioning 24 6.1.1 Creative Professionals (Business Market) 24 6.1.2 Education (Educators and Students) 25 6.1.3 Growth Rate of Market 25 6.1.4 Demographic Segmentation 26 6.1.5 Geographic Segmentation 26 6.1.6 Behavioural Segmentation 26 6.1.7 Psychographic Segmentation 27 6.1.8 Market Targeting & Positioning 27 6.2 Ansoff Matrix: Product-Market Strategies 28 6.3 BCG Model Analysis 29 6.3.1 Analysis 29 6.3.2 Recommendations for Apple based on BCG positioning 31 6.4 4Ps and PLC 31 6.4.1 Product 31 6.4.2 Price 32 6.4.3 Place 33 6.4.4 Promotion 33 6.4.5 Product Life Cycle 34

7 Implementation 36

7.1 Short Term (Within 1 year) 36 7.2 Mid-Term (2 to 3 years) 36 7.3 Long Term (3 to 5 years) 36 7.4 Schedule Chart 37

8 Evaluation and Control 37

Conclusion 39

Reference List 40