... is a global computer manufacturing company that is going through major changes in its organizational culture and it’s organizational structure due toseveral events of the past few years. This is a company that grew extremely fast in little time, that their management found themselves not being able to keeptheir operations and finances under control. Apple Inc. has been forced to reevaluate and redesign it’s organizational culture and organizational structure to avoid bankruptcy.The organizational culture of Apple is one of change; with the drive to outperform and succeed as their major objectives. The organizational structure of the company has also transformed to be more competitive in a critical juncture in thecompany’s history. Apple is going through major restructuring to regain controlof its operations and finances in order to stay competitive on the global market. This paper will describe the organizational culture and structure of Apple (www.fundinguniverse).Organizational CultureThe culture of Apple was based on an ideal that self-motivated individuals willwork harder if they do not have a boss micromanaging every action. The unique structure of Apple had allowed it to grow and react more quickly to changes than its competitors. The reason for the quick responsiveness is simple; it is much easier to get a project started if there are only a few people to obtain approvalfrom. Apple initially grew fast, because decisions were made at the lowest possible level. Corporate...
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...Analysis of Organizational Structure and Culture – the Apple Corporation Apple Corporation is governed by a Board of Directors, a CEO and a standard Executive Board. Their Board of Directors includes such names as former Vice-President Al Gore, Chairman of the Walt Disney Company, Robert Iger, and Andrea Jung, Chairman of the Avon Corporation. Tim Cook took over CEO duties following the passing of Apple founder, Steve Jobs, last year. I studied both their Business Conduct documents and articles on employee satisfaction for this assignment (Apple, 2012). What immediately struck me were their basic principles of how they conduct their business. They are very focused on creating high-quality products and services and have four basic standards: * Honesty – demonstrate honesty and high ethical standards in all business dealings. * Respect – treat customers, suppliers, employees, and others with respect and courtesy. * Confidentiality – protect the confidentiality of Apple’s information and the information of our customers, suppliers and employees. * Compliance – ensure that business decisions comply with all applicable laws and regulations. (Apple, 2012). Second was the “Retaliation is Not Tolerated” policy, which states “Apple will not retaliate, and will not tolerate retaliation, against any individual for filing a good-faith complaint with management, HR, Legal, Internal Audit, Finance, or the Business Conduct Helpline, or for participating in the...
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...Introduction WestJet was born in Calgary 15 years ago. Today it is one of the most profitable airlines in North America with the total revenue of $ 2; 3 billion in 2009. Leaders of the company believe that the core to their success is care.” Handle with care” is the company credo and not only that. It is everyday reality and the way how the company does the business. Other two key elements contributing to the success are low–cost structure and company’s culture, which is unique in the airline business. WestJet was awarded four times as one of Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Culture and in 2010 survey as one of the best employer in Canada. Company History History of the company started with successful businessmen Clive Beddoe from Calgary. In 1994 he bought Western Concord Manufacturing Ltd., which brought him to the flying business. He bought small cabin plane and flew it himself, in order to save money on company’s executives’ high air travel expenses. Later he leased the plane to other businesses via local charter operation Morgan Air Service Co Ltd.Beddoe saw an opportunity in offering cheap flights which could afford everyone. Tim Morgan, the president of Morgan Air Service Co and two others investors liked Beddoe’s idea about starting their own discount airline. Together they approached other investors and in 1995 the accumulated more than $8, 5 million dollars for starting new airline. The company was officially founded in May 1995 under name West Jet Airlines Ltd....
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...Apple Corporation is governed by a Board of Directors, a CEO and a standard Executive Board. Their Board of Directors includes such names as former Vice-President Al Gore, Chairman of the Walt Disney Company, Robert Iger, and Andrea Jung, Chairman of the Avon Corporation. Tim Cook took over CEO duties following the passing of Apple founder, Steve Jobs, last year. I studied both their Business Conduct documents and articles on employee satisfaction for this assignment (Apple, 2012). What immediately struck me were their basic principles of how they conduct their business. They are very focused on creating high-quality products and services and have four basic standards: * Honesty – demonstrate honesty and high ethical standards in all business dealings. * Respect – treat customers, suppliers, employees, and others with respect and courtesy. * Confidentiality – protect the confidentiality of Apple’s information and the information of our customers, suppliers and employees. * Compliance – ensure that business decisions comply with all applicable laws and regulations. (Apple, 2012). Second was the “Retaliation is Not Tolerated” policy, which states “Apple will not retaliate, and will not tolerate retaliation, against any individual for filing a good-faith complaint with management, HR, Legal, Internal Audit, Finance, or the Business Conduct Helpline, or for participating in the investigation of any such complaint” (Apple, 2012). Third, their Customer Policy...
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...Apple Corporation is governed by a Board of Directors, a CEO and a standard Executive Board. Their Board of Directors includes such names as former Vice-President Al Gore, Chairman of the Walt Disney Company, Robert Iger, and Andrea Jung, Chairman of the Avon Corporation. Tim Cook took over CEO duties following the passing of Apple founder, Steve Jobs, last year. I studied both their Business Conduct documents and articles on employee satisfaction for this assignment (Apple, 2012). What immediately struck me were their basic principles of how they conduct their business. They are very focused on creating high-quality products and services and have four basic standards: * Honesty – demonstrate honesty and high ethical standards in all business dealings. * Respect – treat customers, suppliers, employees, and others with respect and courtesy. * Confidentiality – protect the confidentiality of Apple’s information and the information of our customers, suppliers and employees. * Compliance – ensure that business decisions comply with all applicable laws and regulations. (Apple, 2012). Second was the “Retaliation is Not Tolerated” policy, which states “Apple will not retaliate, and will not tolerate retaliation, against any individual for filing a good-faith complaint with management, HR, Legal, Internal Audit, Finance, or the Business Conduct Helpline, or for participating in the investigation of any such complaint” (Apple, 2012). Third, their Customer...
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...Management Organizational Behavior Prof. Agatep Hope Individual Assignment HE YUTIAN (Stephen) Content Page Page1----------Introduction of Apple Page2--------- Organizational culture, design, structure Page3--------- Management of conflict and motivation of employees & Conclusion Page4------- Recommendation& Referencing List If there is a survey about which business you believe is the most valuable and has most revolutionary influence on the society last ten years, it must be true that most of the people will choose Apple. From some professional evaluation about Apple, it describes Apple as an enterprise which has ability to take over the world one bite at a time and is already doing it. As of July 2011, Apple is the largest publicly traded company in the world by market capitalization with 357 retail stores in ten countries and 60,400 permanent full-time employees and 2,900 temporary full-time employees around the world. (Profile: Apple Inc, n.d.)At the same time, its revenue and profit is more than Google and Microsoft combined, and its annual revenue is totaled $65 billion in 2010 and is growing to $108 billion in 2011 miraculously. (Harry Wilson, 2012) Apple not only is one of the most successful enterprises in the world nowadays, but also already is a creative, miraculous and revolutionary company which is founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne on April 1, 1976 during its starting stage. (Cyrus Farivar...
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...Management Organizational Behavior Prof. Agatep Hope Individual Assignment HE YUTIAN (Stephen) Content Page Page1----------Introduction of Apple Page2--------- Organizational culture, design, structure Page3--------- Management of conflict and motivation of employees & Conclusion Page4------- Recommendation& Referencing List If there is a survey about which business you believe is the most valuable and has most revolutionary influence on the society last ten years, it must be true that most of the people will choose Apple. From some professional evaluation about Apple, it describes Apple as an enterprise which has ability to take over the world one bite at a time and is already doing it. As of July 2011, Apple is the largest publicly traded company in the world by market capitalization with 357 retail stores in ten countries and 60,400 permanent full-time employees and 2,900 temporary full-time employees around the world. (Profile: Apple Inc, n.d.)At the same time, its revenue and profit is more than Google and Microsoft combined, and its annual revenue is totaled $65 billion in 2010 and is growing to $108 billion in 2011 miraculously. (Harry Wilson, 2012) Apple not only is one of the most successful enterprises in the world nowadays, but also already is a creative, miraculous and revolutionary company which is founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne on April 1, 1976 during its starting stage. (Cyrus Farivar...
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...Organizational Culture Jesse Dunn ODV 420 Apple Inc. is an international computer manufacturing company that is going through major changes in the organizational culture and its organizational structure because of several events in past few years. Apple is a firm that grew fast in a short period, requiring the management to develop organizational cultures to keep operations and finances under control. Apple Inc. Growth has forces the management to reassess and reform its organizational culture and organizational structure to maintain excellent services, high-quality products and avoid bankruptcy. Apple’s organizational structure is one of change aim at driving to outperform and succeed as major objectives. The organizational structure of Apple has been altered to be more competitive in an acute stage in the company history. Apple has undergone through major restructuring in the effort of regaining control of its operations and finances to remain as a competitive firm on a global level. This paper seek to discuss Apple Inc. Organizational culture and structure. Organizational culture at Apple is based on the ideal for self-motivation, where workers are required to work hard when they are not under supervision. The unique structure of Apple has enabled the company to grow and react more to changes more than its rival companies. The reason for the quick responsiveness is simple making it easier for the company to start a project...
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...Preferred Organization: Apple Inc. - Organization Culture and Change Introduction/Organization: In this draft, we would like to discuss about Apple Inc.’s organization culture and major organization change happened in the organization and analysis of a successful organization change. Every organization has a culture of its own. And every organization undergoes organization change depending on the situation, change process is implemented by the organization for the benefits of employees, or change process may be implemented to satisfy customers or for the organization growth. The Apple Inc. story starts in 1976 with the birth of a company called Apple Computer around the creation of a system called the ‘Apple 1’ by Steven Wozniak and Steven Jobs. Apple Inc. went through a variety of dramatic changes to the company’s structure along with its performance and losses remained a continuing consistency. This project, we will discuss about organization change in Apple Inc., i.e. Restructuring of Apple Inc., implementing new technologies and shifting strategy. We believe this organization is a perfect example of undergoing major organizational change and it was a company where it started from nothing to become one of the top companies in computer and technological world. In near future we can only see rapid reaction of Apple Inc.’s growing tremendously. Approach: In this section we will discuss organizational culture and performance of Apple Inc. From the sleek design...
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...Apple Inc. is a world famous corporation who provide customers with such consumer electronics as portable computers, MP3 players and mobile phones. One of its best-known products iPhone 4 has been sold up to 46.6 million all over the world in 2010. Undoubtedly, Apple has become one of the world's influential technology companies in the world. In the mobile phone market, Apple now occupies the third place after Samsung and Nokia (Gartner, 2012). However, from 2006, it has been reported that the employees assembling iPhones, iPads and other devices in contract manufacturers, such as Foxconn and Inventec often work in harsh conditions. Thus, a question has been arisen that whether Apple should be responsible for the actions of Foxconn. According to the case study, this essay will argue that Apple is partially accountable for the actions of Foxconn through analyzing the theory of organizational culture and organizational structure. Analysis of Apple’s influence on Foxconn in terms of organizational culture will be demonstrated firstly. The second part will examine the reasons why Apple will be responsible for the behavior of Foxconn according to the theory of organizational structure. Finally the conclusion will be drawn. Organizational culture Apple is partially responsible for the misbehavior of Foxconn because the culture of Foxconn is partially determined by Apple. Furthermore, social responsibility could be part of Apple’s organizational culture, making Apple want to...
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...Organizational Behavior at Apple Inc Brandi Hobbs Upper Iowa University Organizational Behavior at Apple Inc Thesis statement “The success of Apple Inc is the result of effective organizational culture and organizational behavior at the organization.” Introduction Apple Inc is an US based global organization. The company’s headquarter is located in California. The company designs, sells and advances computers, consumer electronics and software. The famous hardware of Apple is Mac series of computers, the iPod music players, Smartphone and iPad tablet PCs. The famous software are iOS & OS X operating systems, the media browsers of iTunes, the safari web browser and iWork and iLife production and originality suits (Yohe, 2011). The company was founded in the year 1976 by Steve Jobs. It was incorporated as Apple computers Inc. However, later on the word computer was eradicated from its title, since the launch of iPhone Smartphone mobile. Apple has achieved the second position in information technology industry after Samsung Electronics with respect to income. Moreover, the company is the third largest mobile making organization after Nokia and Samsung. The company has been considered as the most regarded firm by Fortune magazines and all over the world. All the credit for these achievements goes to the organizational commitment and management approach at Apple Inc. the management at Apple Inc is most organized with focus on employees and job...
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...Apple: The Giant Innovator Lawrence and Han Nway Oo Team Chimpanzee Yonsei University Apple: The Giant Innovator In only a few years, Apple has grown to become the leading brand for phones, laptops, and mp3s among other technological devices. Macbook, iPhone, iPad, and iPod, the inventions and properties of Apple, are dominating and influencing the mind of teenagers and even the elders alike with its advanced functions and applications that aren’t replicable by brands. Apple’s attainment in this century has led the people to wonder the reason behind its achievements. What kind of organizational and corporate structure does Apple pursue to possess the successes? How does Apple motivate its employees in the work environment? Some give credit to the innovator of Apple, Steve Jobs, whose unorthodox style of leadership is the foundation of the company’s management. Although Apple’s organizational structure, corporate culture may seem to be a new style of management, it is inherently a cultural approach. In addition, it is Steve Jobs who is at the top of the chain of command reinforcing cultural management through his leadership, pursuit of skilled employees, and his firm grounding of corporate culture. Apple is a US-based consumer electronics company known for its ability to come out with path-breaking products. The work culture, propelled by a passion for new products with no trepidation to challenges and obstacles, exemplifies its intense work ethics. The employees...
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...Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………….……2 Discussion…………………………………………………………………….……7 Examining Apple Inc……………………………………………………….….…8 The Organizational Behavior (OB) of Apple Inc………………………….….....8 The Organizational Development (OD) of Apple Inc…………………….……..9 The Organizational Effectiveness (OE) of Apple Inc……………………………9 Effects of Conflict on the OB, OD, and OE of Apple Inc…………………...…..10 Benefits and Weaknesses of Motivation used by Apple Inc…………………..…11 Impact of Culture, Leadership Style and Motivational Style in the Firm………11 Recommendations………………………………………………………..………13 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………..……14 Bibliography…………………………………………………………………...…15 References………………………………………………………………...………17 THE IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR ON ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EFFECTIVENESS Introduction Organizational behavior (OB) is the study of activity as well as the performance of an individual or as a group in an organization. It is concerned with examining human behavior in an environment of work and determining the impact of these human behaviors on the structure of job, communication, leadership and performance. It consists of two theories which show how firms view it, namely: internal perspective and external perspective. Internal perspective theory of organizational behavior embraces the idea of first understanding the personal values, feelings and thoughts of a person so as to apprehend the individual in a company...
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...is well understood now, after years of hesitation, that all organizations come to have a distinctive culture. This is that members of organizations come to have a system of meanings. Organizations, large and small, like individuals, get to have a personality that characterizes and differentiates them from others. Scholars have concluded that the organization is determining the influence of organizational culture holds similar members (Pride, Robert & Jack , 2009: 55). When an organization gets to consolidate their cultural patterns, it assumes a life of its own, independent of its components. This phenomenon is evident in large organizations. In this report, we discuss the corporate culture of Apple Computer Incorporation. For that purpose report will provide an introduction to the chosen organisation and a clear rationale for why it has been selected. Along with that, we also discuss a detailed application of the cultural web framework to the chosen organisation, using appropriate and relevant terminology, and demonstrate a clear understanding of the main conceptual tools and frameworks under investigation, as evidenced through the quality of their application. Moreover, this report will also produce a balanced and critical evaluation of this particular strategic approach drawing on a wide-ranging and independently-sourced literature. Overview of Apple Computer Inc Apple or "the company" is engaged in design, development and marketing of personal computers, media devices...
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...Is It To Polish The Apple? GROUP 2 - CASE 3 Whose Turn Is It To Polish The Apple? Page 2 of 5 I. Synthesis Locked in an inward looking, closed culture that was proven effective for quite some time, Apple operated in a double agent corporate environment that eventually turned catastrophic to the organization. The founders, Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniak, relied on their guiding principles: “Do your own thing, defy the pessimists and ignore the Establishment.” Such custom gave birth to what would be Apple’s “insanely great” Mac, largely patronized and loved by users. When the shortcomings of the existing renegade corporate culture started to surface, Apple’s doomsday was inevitable causing changes in the leadership for a few times. At the time of the case, one of America’s celebrated CEOs, Gilbert Amelio, was invited to take the helm of the organization and was tasked to steer the company away from the imminent crisis it was then facing. Tasked with such great responsibilities of turning the sour crisis into sweet profitability, Amelio had to stand for what he believes would be beneficial to Apple even if he had to breakdown an existing grand old corporate system. Will his successful “chartreuse strategy” for the National Semiconductor Corporation be a duplicable victory story in the case of Apple? II. Point of View Gilbert Amelio, Apple’s New Chief III. Statement of the Problem How would Amelio change the pitch of Apple’s existing corporate culture while laying out a...
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