STRATEGIC AUDIT WORKSHEET FOR APPLE INC. Prepared by: MGMT 4480 FALL 2009 I. CURRENT SITUATION A. Current Performance: Apple announced financial results for its fiscal 2009 fourth quarter ended September 26‚ 2009. The Company posted revenue of $9.87 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.67 billion. These results compare to revenue of $7.9 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.14 billion‚ in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 36.6 percent‚ up from 34.7 percent in the year-ago
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B1 – Ethics‚ fraud and internal control at Bern Fly Company The main purpose that a good internal control must fulfil is to protect the firm’s assets from fraud and theft. As we can see from the description of Bern Fly Company’s case‚ the internal control within the company leaves much to be desired. As it can be read in the case the salespersons get commission promptly after each order taken by their customers without any control to check if that order is real or only a fictitious one. This
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Apple and employee motivation Ideally‚ Apple wants to have a workplace that fosters creativity from all the employees. Apple combines extrinsic and intrinsic motivation in order to empower their employees to be innovative. There are numerous methods Apple employs to motivate its employees. Once‚ Apple rewarded its executives by giving them a recognition bonus of 3 to 5 percent of their base salary. This motivating incentive occurred despite the fact that they recently missed their target on
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Apple Michael Rauchut BUS400 – Prof. J Santanella M 8-10:40 Date: 9/24/2012 Assuming that the development of Microsoft’s Window XP operating system is an accurate example for most of their new operating systems‚ Microsoft’s break even analysis is as followed. On page 46‚ it is said that Microsoft sold 17 million units of the Windows XP in the first 8 weeks and incurred for developing at $1 billion. Revenue for the XP was between $45 and $60‚ which makes the median at $52.50. Assuming the
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Corporate Strategy Apple Report Team C Margy Rizkalla Ibrahim Tawakol Pauline Kitur Soukeyna Gaye Kareem Abouelnaga Ehidiamhen Alikah First‚ we have to analyze the situation at which Steve Jobs has taken the decision of disabling Adobe from operating Flash on ipods touch‚ ipad‚ and iphones. Flash has been used in 95% of desktops even Mac itself. At one point in time‚ Apple owned a 20% stake in Adobe and had been working closely together for years. Apple had its doubts about Adobe’s reliability
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The Apple I‚ Apple’s first product‚ was sold as an assembled circuit board and lacked basic features such as a keyboard‚ monitor‚ and case. The owner of this unit added a keyboard and a wooden case. Steve Jobs began working on the Apple Lisa in 1978 LISA became the first personal computer sold to the public with a GUI‚ In 1984‚ Apple next launched the Macintosh. The Macintosh Portable was Apple’s first "portable" Macintosh computer‚ released in 1989. Apple introduced the PowerBook in 1991. The Macintosh
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“The Apple Tree” Essay Prep Literature and Your Life Reader’s Response: Were you surprised by the ending? Why or why not? Thematic Focus: Why do you think that eagerly anticipated events so often fail to live up to people’s expectations? Written Discussion: Discuss why the children mislead their father about the taste of the apple. What would you have done in that situation? Why? Check Your Comprehension 1. What does the friend from England tell the father about the apple
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Apple strategija Kiekviena kompanija‚ norėdama įsitvirtinti rinkoje turi turėti strategiją‚ kaip tai padaryti‚ ir ne vien vienos strategijos jai užtenka‚ būti lyderiaujančia tarp konkurentų‚ ar kaip patenkinti vartotojų poreikius. Specializuota veiklos strategija Tai tokia strategija‚ kuri leidžia suformuoti sugebėjimus‚ koncentruojant visus organizacijos resursus ir pajėgas bei vadybinę kompetenciją siekiant tapti firma ‚ vienoje veikloje pasiekiančia tobulumo. Apple kompanijos pagrindiniai
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• An iNNovative idea that can be implemented by Apple in the coming three years • Target buyers for the product‚ their needs or desires and a way how the product or service would address those needs. • The product details‚ its Unique Selling Point(USP) and customer benefits. • € Expected sales as a result of the product or service and the expected revenue.Apple Revenue Growth is spectacular! Since 2000‚ Apple sales has grown 1‚200%‚ profits have skyrocketed 3‚000%
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Program evaluations primary purpose is to improve teaching and learning. There are four levels of evaluation required in order to successfully assess the program 1. Reaction evaluation 2. Learn evaluation 3. Behavior evaluation 4. Results evaluation Reaction evaluation is the gathering of information from the program participants. Specifically‚ what they most liked and least liked about the program and any positive or negative feelings they may have. Learning evaluation is the
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