INTRODUCTION: This project aims to research and understand an 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
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Strategic Planning: The Managerial Agenda If asked what strategic planning is one could interpret it as simply a road map that can guide the organization in the right direction. It is very unlikely that an organization would know which direction to take without a sense of direction. Managers are faced every day with decisions that have a major impact on the direction the organization must take‚ therefore‚ strategic planning can play an important role in guiding managers in the right direction
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Company Overview 1976 - Apple was founded by college dropouts Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak 1980 - Apple went public 1985 - Jobs left after tumultuous struggles with then CEO Sculley‚ and founded NeXT 2000 - Jobs became the CEO 2001 - Introduced a digital music player‚ the iPod 2007 - Apple Computers Inc. became Apple Inc. ‚ unveiled the iPhone. Apple has 4 main divisions: Laptop and personal computer division
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IBA111 Assessment 2: Report Report on Strategic Planning at Valve Prepared by: Jimmy Jo Jo S1234567 Due Date: Monday‚ 4 February 2013 Strategic Planning at Valve Introduction A global leader in the software and computer gaming industry‚ Valve maintains a very unique internal operating environment. The company operates without any managers‚ instead relying on all employees to manage themselves. Grouped into project teams‚ the employees of each team are collectively responsible for the
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General Electric Strategic Planning During the 1980s General Electric’s Chairman‚ Jack Welch‚ became highly influential and equally controversial in the world of strategic management. Although Welch focused on gaining competitive advantage for his organization‚ he also began downsizing and restructuring GE. GE’s strategic planning and operational efforts began a shift toward Total Quality Management and improving productivity. (WriteWork contributors. “Levels of Planning in Management” WriteWork
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Google Inc.: SWOT analysis Introduction: Google was started as a research project by two Stanford PhD students named Sergey Brin and Larry page. They registered the domain name google.com in the year 1997 and in September 1998‚ it became a privately owned incorporate Google Inc. With its extensive research on search algorithms and use of state of the art technology‚ Google successfully established its brand name in internet search engines market. By the year 2004‚ Google came up covering over
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Strategic planning is a conventional concept within most organizations. Strategic thinking‚ on the other hand‚ is an infrequent and possibly misunderstood concept; however it is utilized within organizations. Strategic planning is thought to be the analysis. How are we going to get this done? Strategic thinking is the combination of creativity and intuition. To better illustrate the concept‚ envision an old and new generation. On one hand you have the old generation who do not take risk‚ take more
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1 A. Determine two available strategic options for Apple to maintain and rebuild its reputation. Ans: Apple is the third largest Mobil Company in the world. Apple launched its iPhone in 2007. Company gained its success after launching iPhone. IPhone became one of the best smart phone in the Mobil market. Every time‚ when company launch any its product‚ people are curious to know what they are going to launch. Customers are expecting something new every time. Apple launch its iPhone 5 on 12 september
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the Study Planning has both been an organizational necessity and a managerial responsibility. Since no organization is free from change‚ all must plan effectively for survival and growth. We may define planning as the activity by which managers analyze present conditions in order to determine ways of reaching a desire future state. It is a process‚ rather than behavioural of a given point. Strategic planning is a systematic objective and comprehensive process of long-range planning‚ taking into
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Apple Inc. is an American based organization founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs which is now a well-known global corporation known for cutting edge designs in electronics‚ software‚ and laptops and personal computers including the iPhone‚ iPod‚ and iPad. Today‚ with retail stores in multiple countries and an online store‚ it is one of the largest corporations in the world. It had become the most valuable technology company surpassing Microsoft. Apple’s organizational vision is “To be the most admired
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