Dubinsky and Apple Computer‚ Inc. Case Analysis Dubinsky’s primary mistake was relying on her position and reputation rather than mounting an effective‚ persuasive‚ and fact-based argument. As noted by Jay Conger in The Necessary Art of Persuasion‚ today’s employees are not content to accept a decree from above and seek to understand the reasons behind a decision. She should have taken Jobs’ JIT proposal seriously from the beginning and‚ as soon as she heard of it‚ worked to make her case affirmatively
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INTRODUCTION Apple Inc.‚ formerly Apple Computer‚ Inc.‚ is a multinational corporation that creates consumer electronics‚ personal computers‚ computer software‚ and commercial servers‚ and is a digital distributor of media content. Apple’s core product lines are the iPhone smart phone‚ iPad tablet computer‚ iPod portable media players‚ and Macintosh computer line. Founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak effectively created Apple Computer on April 1‚ 1976‚ with the release of the Apple I‚ and incorporated
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to let me borrow their Smartphone’s for a few hours so‚ I could make a comparison between the Android by Google and the iPhone by Apple. Now many comparisons have been made between iPhone and Android‚ most of them biased towards one or the other. Android and iPhone are both great phones and essentially computers that you can put in your pocket. I was able to pick up the iPhone and quickly‚ easily understand what’s going on. It’s got one main button on the front of the device‚ and everything you
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Case report on Human resource function of apple COMPANY: APPLE INC. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION OF APPLE INC. 3 Mission Statement 3 Corporate Strategies 3 Apple’s Scope 3 SWOT ANALYSIS 4 Strength 4 Weakness 4 Opportunity 5 Threat 5 TRAININGS AND DEVELOPMENTS 6 Apple Retail Employees Training 6 AppleCare Technician Training 7 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 8 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP): 8 Apple Inc 401k 9 Employee Insurance 10 Parental Leave Policy‚ Sabbatical and Educational Reimbursement 10
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Communication (IMC)" is to maximize the impact a company has on consumers. Apple has done an exceptional job using components from IMC and the AIDA (Attention‚ Interest‚ Desire‚ Action) concept to achieve and maintain long-term customer relationship with their consumers while driving Apple brand value. Apple uses promotional and advertising tools to capture the attention‚ interest‚ and desire of the consumer. Apple capture our attention and interest through innovating and sleek imagery
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individual stock price change‚ Apple (identified as AAPL in the stock exchange market); by studying the statistics generated by market activity (prices) of the stock along with the price changes in Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and the Dow Jones U.S. Technology Index (DJUSTC). Assuming that the changes in DJIA and DJUSTC could be estimated by market moving economic indicators (e.g. updates of GDP‚ Jobless claims‚ Consumer confidence index‚ etc.)‚ this analysis will help an individual investor
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Apple’s Systemic Approach to Innovation Apple is widely considered as the #1 innovative company in the world. The company’s innovation strategy involves terrific new products and innovative business models. The company delivers consumers with a succession of presents – great software in fabulous hardware in beautiful packaging (“really good ideas wrapped up in other really good ideas‚” as Michael Lopp‚ senior engineering manager at Apple puts it). Apple also pioneers into a new business spaces and
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Apple Inc. Beginning in 1976‚ but really exploding over the last decade‚ Apple Inc. has become a well-respected‚ well recognized‚ and profitable company. By looking at the many facets of the company we are able to see what made this a competitive‚ successful‚ and thriving company today. According to Apple’s mission statement‚ “Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is committed
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SWOT Analysis Name Institution SWOT Analysis Apple Inc. Strengths • Strong R&D department. It is laudable that the company invests its resources in research and development. This creates opportunities for employees of the organization to come up with ideas for steering the company forward through innovations. • “Apple Culture” Unique interface. The workforce at the organization has the culture of working as a team when undertaking
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IPhone Identity Prism Week 6 Assignment: Communicate the Value Communicate the Value: Brand Identity Prism and Integrated Marketing Communications Brief Please develop two deliverables that would be used to instruct an external company that would be hired to develop an integrated marketing communications (IMC) campaign for your company. Please select a brand‚ and develop a brand identity prism and an IMC brief. Your deliverables will be presented in two to four PowerPoint slides that together
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