decisions being made. This can be determined either by hierarchy or departmentalization. Apple is a company that has a successful organizational structure determined by Steve Jobs who passed in October of 2011. Apple’s organizational structure is a combination of both vertical and horizontal. Apple’s infrastructure has been molded and molded again to fit the needs of the huge multi-billion dollar company. Apple began as a small business in 1976 with Steve Jobs and his partner Steve Wozniak by building
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Chapter Seven (Making Decisions) Application Case: “Apple Inc --- Failing and Succeeding” 1) How would you classify each of Apple’s two decisions --- programmed or nonprogrammed? Explain your answer. The decision regarding Apple’s choice to not license their operating system and software to other computer companies was a non-programmed decision because the decision was made solely on the fact they were the first (pioneer) to introduce an operating system and thought that they were superior
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Apple Inc. Case Analysis MB 730 Strategic Analysis Professor McClellan Date: 09/23/2012 Name: Allen (Hanlin) Wang Overview of the PC Industry The personal computer industry came up during the 1970s. A personal computer is one intended for individual use‚ as opposed to a mainframe computer where the end user’s requests are filtered through operating staff‚ or a time sharing system in which one large processor is shared by many individuals. In the 1980s‚ personal computers
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Apple Inc. Global Impact 1 Apple Inc. Global Impact Ms. Laura Alderson MGMT 3510-002 By Gabriela Gonzalez 29 April 2013 Apple Inc. Global Impact Apple Inc. Global Impact 2 The Apple Company has been growing for several years due to changes in technology and by the adjustments to the consumers to their products. Before Apple Company success‚ several music players were more popular than a number of Apple products. In 1958‚ the cassettes were top in the music industry‚ but it was
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Apple Inc. history and important information we came up with from the case that allowed us to successfully determine the “3 C’s and 4 P’s” and potential improvements: April fool’s Day of 1976 would mark the start date of the very powerful Apple Inc. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak‚ two college dropouts‚ began creating a computer circuit board in a garage. The main goal was to bring an easy-to-use computer to the market. By 1978‚ the product Apple II was released‚ and Apple Inc. became a powerful
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group chose Apple as our product because it is one of the most well-known companies in the world. Apple is considered the top-selling brand of electronic gadgets and is well-known for their excellent customer service. Apple makes use of different types of marketing strategies‚ such as television commercials‚ newspaper‚ magazines and official online website to promote their products. Apple is a multinational corporation that designs and sells electronic gadgets and software. Apple electronic gadgets
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Apple Inc. – Rational System Apple Inc. was formerly known as Apple Computer Inc for about 3 decades‚ but removed the word "Computer" in 2007‚ to show the company ’s ongoing progression into the consumer electronics market‚ in addition to its traditional focus on personal computers. Apple Inc is a corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics such as the iPod‚ iPhone‚ iPad‚ computer software such as the Mac OS X operating system‚ and personal computers such as the Mac Book and Mac Book
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WRITING ASSIGNMENT: FINANCIAL ANALYSIS FIN 534 – Financial Management Student Name Instructor Name Abstract The focus of this analysis is to perform a thorough examination of Apple‚ Inc.’s financial performance over the past three years and its growing success since being founded in 1976. Apple’s main focus is on design‚ manufacturing and marketing of personal computers‚ peripherals‚ computer related software‚ digital music player and related accessories‚ and is maintained by. The portfolio
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for Apple computers is finally changing in its favor. While Apple was once a significant rival to IBM and a leader in personal computers‚ it watched its et share slide as it was slow to integrate Microsoft products into its operating systems. Apple had a policy of trying to maintain their current clientele by innovative products‚ but have since began a new aggressive campaign aimed at attracting new customers thus brightening the company’s outlook. Economic Segment Apple Computers Inc. was
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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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