Apple Inc.’s financial results for its fiscal 2012 ended September 29, 2012 show to be more profitable in comparison to its previous year. However, its marginal growth rate was not as profitable as its previous fiscal years. Apple reported the fourth quarterly revenue of $36 billion and quarterly net profit of $8.2 billion, or $8.67 per diluted share. In comparison to the year ago quarter, these results are up from revenue of $28.27 billion and net profit of $6.62 billion. Apple’s organizational
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second thought, but its creation speaks to a massive competitive advantage for Apple: Operations. This is the world of manufacturing, procurement, and logistics in which the new chief executive officer, Tim Cook, excelled, earning him the trust of Steve Jobs. According to more than a dozen interviews with former employees, executives at suppliers, and management experts familiar with the company’s operations, Apple has built a closed ecosystem where it exerts control over nearly every piece of the supply
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2005; Macey and Schnieder ,2008. Definitions of Employee Engagement often contain references to other related concepts, such as Job Satisfaction and Organisational Commitment and indeed, an engaged employee will often exhibit these traits, but they in themselves do not define employee engagement. Employee Engagement is a two way bilateral relationship, whereas Job Satisfaction and Employee Commitment tend to concentrate on what the employee is providing to the employer. For an employee to feel
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cofounder of the organization for the second time. The loss comes this time not from resignation but from separation due to the passing of Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs a pioneer in the technology field the Co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Apple passed away in 2011 (Apple.com). When Steve Jobs came back to Apple in Loss of Steve Jobs With the loss of Steve Jobs what is left behind is a legacy of entrepreneurship and charismatic style and very influential leadership. As Steve has moved on the Apple organization
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for computers, networking solutions, communication devices, software, and music players. Apple's main focus on producing products and operations are mainly done in the United States Organization’s Background Apple was founded in 1970, by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, who started working together to create personal
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Management is the job of attracting, training and retaining employees. Human resource managers are in charge of employees. They need to ensure each employee is getting paid in accordance to the FSLA, and there is no internal or recruitment discrimination. They also need to deal with any internal issues that may arise such as harassment, on the job injuries and any negative acts performed by an employee that may reflect poorly upon the company. Human resources in mainly in charge of job description, determining
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2007. However, as per the BANBEIS information total number of teachers in Bangladesh was 344789 including male 219,799 and female 124,990 and the total number of schools was 80,397 in the year 2011. Being a teacher I wanted to know about teacher’s job satisfaction and that is why I went through some materials. Lots of schools are there in Bangladesh. These schools are educating the nation with their immense effort and hard work every year. In doing so a big role is played by the teachers. But
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and mission statements as well as executives stand behind HR and have the belief that people are their most important asset. HR associates are viewed as trusted confidants who add value to the company. Executives believe that HR staff do a great job working as a partner and going forward expect them to expand their skill with a much deeper understanding of the business. Yet, many HR staff members feel that they lack impact and influence within the
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understand and model the brand values. The Human Resources department at Harrods developed this programme in order to improve the job satisfaction of their employees and also to reduce the employee turnover. It has resulted in Harrods having a better relationship with its employees and one in which they feel comfortable approaching management to discuss issues regarding their job etc. This change has made Harrods successful as they put their employees first and always listen to them. Harrods have also
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