Identify at least three ways in which HRM/L&D activities support an organisation in meeting its goals and business objectives Identify at least three ways in which HRM and L&D professionals support line managers and their staff. Task 1 Apple Inc. is a global corporation with its headquarters based in Cupertino‚ California. Steve Jobs‚ Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne established the company in 1976. It is well
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Abstract The branded environment of Apple has made Apple a major leader in the selling of high priced‚ high quality technology. The engineers and designers associated with Apple have created a recognizable icon which is repeated differently throughout the many Apple stores. This recognizable icon is the glass staircases which show the innovation and forward moving design ideas of the Apple Company. The Apple stores have a futuristic environment which tends to the customers every need. In designing
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Apple Stores Name: Institution: The Secrets of Apple Stores: Retail Experience V.s Design Architect Any successful company has a set of factors that get it to a level that other companies aim to be at. This company has not only flourished in designing the best mobile smartphone handsets‚ but other hand held and personal computer devices that have changed the world. The company’s success is also associated with its management and leadership which has promoted its public image
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Apple’s App Store With the release of the iPhone OS 2.0‚ Apple launched the App Store on July ‚10 2008. This third-party application development and distribution platform‚ allowed users to purchase and download news apps to their device. Apple first launched the App Store in 62 countries with 500 apps available. Approximately 10 million apps were downloaded in the store’s first four days. App Store customers have now downloaded over 50 billion apps from Apple’s store and there are approximately
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Chapter 2 Case #1 & #2 Case 1 1. What are the implications of the low internet access rates for citizens of Hyderabad as they become active participants in the world economy over the next five to 10 years? Hyderabad citizens rely a lot on internet-capable phone as their primary access device. In order for them to become active participants in the world economy‚ they have to increase the percentage of population that has regular online access on a computer. As the technology advances
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Apple The picture that will be analyzed throughout this paper is of an Apple store that is completely full of people. As a person views this picture‚ it is obvious that there are a lot of people there‚ either waiting or standing at a Mac‚ iPod‚ or iPad. The reason that this is significant is because this happens daily‚ depending on location. Apple is a company that has been around since the 1970’s‚ but has become very popular within the last 5-10 years. A person may ask why people would want
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Porter’s five forces Porter’s five forces model is an outline for any industry analysis that is used in analyzing an industry. The five competitive forces are; Threats of new entrants‚ bargaining power of customers‚ threat of substitute products‚ bargaining power of suppliers and competitive rivalry within an industry. By applying Michael Porter’s five forces framework‚ it will help establish Apple’s position in the market. Threats of new entrants In situations where it is easier for anyinvestor
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Value Chain Analysis Before making a strategic decision‚ it is important for Apple to understand how its activities or products create values for customers. One way to do this is to conduct a value chain analysis (VCA). VCA “refers to the idea that a company is a chain of activities for transforming inputs into outputs that customers value. The process of transforming inputs into outputs compromises a number of primary and support activities” (Hill and Jones‚ 2001‚ p.133). Each value is considered
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Direct Marketing‚ Electronic Media. These forms are all used to reach out to an audience to help promote a product or service. Below‚ I have prepared an overview of Apple Inc.’s IMC strategy. Advertising Apple Inc. has an impressive image to uphold and their advertisements certainly add more value to the product itself. Since Apple Inc. is an electronic technology company their advertising campaigns deal heavily with Internet mediums and television commercials. My personal favorite are the “Mac
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Apple Inc. has long been a leader in the consumer electronics industry. Apple’s success has lead to fierce rivalries from competitors wanting a piece of the growing industry. Two of Apple’s most notable rivalries are with Samsung and Google. It is worth noting that for the majority of Apple’s existence‚ Microsoft had been seen as their biggest competitor. Although Microsoft is still a competitor‚ Samsung and Google’s successful entry into mobile consumer electronics has left Microsoft lagging behind
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