Apple Inc. Business Analysis MGT/521 October 4‚ 2011 Apple Inc. Business Analysis Part I Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics‚ computer software‚ and personal computers. The company ’s best-known hardware products include the Macintosh computers‚ iPod‚ iPhone and iPad. As of August 2010‚ the company operates 301 retail stores in ten countries‚ and an online store. In September of 2010‚ Apple had 46‚600 full time employees and 2‚800
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Apple Inc. Strategic Choice and Evaluation Paper STR/581 University of Phoenix Apple Inc. Strategic Choice and Evaluation Paper This paper serves to present some insight of a company that has been named Fortune magazine’s most admired company in the world for three consecutive years from 2008 to 2010. A strategic analysis will examine the opportunities‚ and threats in the general environment‚ and the company’s strengths and weaknesses. Apple works in many facets of consumer electronics‚
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Strategic Plan‚ Part III: Balanced Scorecard Strategic Plan‚ Part III: Balanced Scorecard A balanced scorecard is the comprehensive collection of ongoing activities and processes that organizations use to systematically coordinate and align resources and actions with mission‚ vision and strategy throughout an organization making it a strategic planning and management system. (Balanced Scorecard Institute‚ 1998-2010). The scorecard exposes financial‚ customer‚ employee learning and growth‚ and
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Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases‚ 13e (David) Chapter 1 The Nature of Strategic Management 1) Strategic management focuses on integrating management‚ marketing‚ finance/accounting‚ production/operations‚ research and development‚ and information systems to achieve organizational success. Answer: TRUE Diff: 1 Page Ref: 6 Topic: Introduction Objective: 1.01 Describe the strategic-management process. 2) Optimizing for tomorrow the trends of today is the purpose of strategic management. Answer:
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Strategic Plan‚ Part I: Conceptualizing a Business Marcia Cortez MKT 475 August 13‚ 2012 Michele Dougherty Strategic Plan‚ Part I: Conceptualizing a Business Creating a business is a difficult task that requires essential strategic management. “Strategic management is defined as the set of decisions and actions that result in the formulation and
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Strategic Plan‚ Part II: SWOTT Analysis Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats Trends Strategic capabilities Leadership Strong culture Skilled human resources Competitive advantage (differentiation-focused strategies) Effective supply chain management Limited financial resources Emerging consumer needs Many national brands have reached their maturity in their lifecycle Larger organizations have economies of scale strategies (no differentiation‚ no focus on local
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Case Analysis: Apple‚ Inc. Krista Geisler-Gnirk Kaplan University GB520-04N: Strategic Human Resource Management Unit 1 April 26‚ 2011 I. Introduction & Background Apple Inc. has been at the forefront of innovation and creativity in the computer industry. In 2001‚ they entered into the digital music player industry with the launch of the iPod (Slind & Yoffie‚ pg. 10). Another product line they created is the iPhone‚ which is controversial with its high costs and limitations
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Apple Case Study Historical Timeline of Apple Inc. Apple Incorporated has come a long way over the years‚ starting more than 3 decades ago in 1976. Apple was founded by Steve jobs‚ Steve Wonzniak and Ronald Wayne initially entering a niche market in the production of the first computer‚ the Apple I‚ followed by the Apple II in 1978. Apple began its career as a successful company based upon strategic innovation‚ and they remain that way today‚ but it wasn’t always sunshine and lollipops‚ they
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Discuss how Leadership in Apple Influenced Strategic Innovation 8 Part Three – Critically assess Steve Jobs as a strategic leader at Apple 12 Conclusions 15 Appendices 17 References 20 2 Executive Summary “Increasingly‚ though‚ we live in an irregular world‚ where irregular people take advantage of irregular events and use irregular means to produce irregular products that yield irregular profits.” – The Future of Management: Gary Hamel; Bill Breen
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Athol Memorial Hospital Strategic Health Care Plan Report of Melissa LaFountain Harrison College Online Designing the Health Care Services Organization 03/15/2013 Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………3 Executive Summary……………………………………………………………………………………4 Internal Analysis………………………………………………………………………………………….5-9 External Analysis…………………………………………………………………………………………10-11
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