Apple Leadership Profile Part I
Learning Team A
LDR/300
June 14, 2016

Apple Leadership Profile Part I
Our team’s assignment focuses around a certain scenario, a scenario in which our chosen company's vice president of human resources has approached us requesting our assistance in recruiting and developing the organization's future leaders. The vice president has also asked us to brainstorm, research, and prepare a written profile. Our summary will include the industry and organization description, the current leadership structure, and why we chose Apple.
As an organization, Apple designs, produces, and markets numerous electronic devices. These devices include media devices, mobile communication, and personal computers. The company also provides a wide range of services, networking solutions, and software. Apple Inc. is headquartered in Cupertino, California, employing roughly 92,000 people within their organization (Apple Inc. SWOT, 2015). The company is operational in the United States (U.S.) as well as in Europe and Asia. Apple’s industry is very complex and poses many challenges for the company. Despite these challenges, Apple has dominated their industry.
The organizational structure of Apple involves ten of the highest level senior executives reporting to the Chief Executive Officer. Hierarchical would be the best way to describe the organization structure. Steve Jobs legacy sort of continues to this day. Jobs lead the company and made final decisions on ideas and future business. Since his passing, Tim Cook has taken the lead as CEO. Cook felt the need to initiate the decentralization of decision making to a degree in order to promote innovation and creativity within the company. All products from Apple are a result of collaboration of product-based grouping. A very important feature of Apple’s organizational structure. These would include