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Life Cycle Of A Company
The Company Life-Cycle of presented by Yunus Acar & Jonas Gebremariam

Company Overview
Organizational Life-Cycle

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Case Study – Apple Inc.
Apple Today
Conclusion

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COMPANY OVERVIEW
Apple Inc.

COMPANY

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LIFE-CYCLE

CASE STUDY

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APPLE TODAY

CONCLUSION

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Founded in California 1976
Founders: Steve Jobs / Steve Wozniak / Ronald Wayne
Industry: Computer Hardware
Computer Software
Consumer electronics
Digitial Distribution
Number of Locations: 437 Apple stores in 15 Countries
Employees: 98,000 (2014)
Revenue: US$ 182.795 billion

COMPANY

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LIFE-CYCLE

CASE STUDY

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APPLE TODAY

CONCLUSION

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THE ORGANIZATIONAL
LIFE CYCLE

COMPANY

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LIFE-CYCLE

CASE STUDY

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APPLE TODAY

CONCLUSION

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Organizational efectiveness

Rebirth

 Dangerous lifecycle stage
 Liabiliy of newness Organizational
Birth

 Develop value – creation skills & competences  When an organization fails to anticipate, avoid, neutralize, or adapt to external or internal pressures.

Organizational growth Organizational decline  Organization death is the only exit strategy a company has once it reaches this stage

Organizational death Stages of Life-cycle
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APPLE TODAY

CONCLUSION

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ORGANIZATIONAL BIRTH
Stage 1

COMPANY

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CASE STUDY

Int. Law, Yunus Acar, Jonas Gebremariam,
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APPLE TODAY

CONCLUSION

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Organizational efectiveness

Apple was established on April 1st 1976
Apple´s 1st headquarter was Jobs parents garage
Liability of Newness:
1. Expertise
2. No Labor
3. Resourcefulness
4. Innovative Product
5. No machinery & manufacturing
Organizational
Birth

Stages of Life-cycle
COMPANY

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LIFE-CYCLE

CASE STUDY

Int. Law, Yunus Acar, Jonas


Bibliography: Moritz, Michael, The Little Kingdom: The Private Story of Apple Computer. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1984. Levy, Steven, Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer That Changed Everything. New York: Viking, 1994
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