...Apple Computer, Inc. is a computer technology company offering award-winning and innovate products. Founded in 1976 by Steven Jobs, Ronald Wayne, and Steve Wozniak, together the trio built and designed a motherboard in Job’s garage and labeled their first product Mac I. As technology advanced with break-through developments, Apple has evolved into a leading computer technology company boasting an array of cutting-edge products. Ranked currently 263 in the Fortune 500 and 159 in FT Global 500, Apple has 14,800 employees located across the globe. Based in Cupertino, California, Steven Jobs is the current Chief Executive Officer and Director of Apple accompanied by six other individuals who comprise the Board of Directors. As a publicly traded company under the stock symbol of AAPL, Apple experienced significant growth and profitable financial results. According to Hoovers, which provides in-depth financial information of large public companies, Apple accomplished a one year net income growth of 383.7 percent and a one year’s sales growth of 68.3 percent. From year 2005 sales, Apple grossed $13,931 million dollars—$8,194 alone in the Americas. Nevertheless, Europe, Japan, and Asia’s strong market accounted for 36 percent of overall sales. Apple’s success is a result of their highly desired, sleek, stylish, and creative products. Since Apple was founded, implementing new technology has always been an important objective for Apple. The company transformed the music industry...
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...employees. This paper illustrates Apple Inc.’s SWOTT analysis and how the company develops its vision, mission, and guiding principles based on this analysis. This paper also reviews how Apple’s strategic plans and objectives define quality as a core principle. Finally, an assessment of some tools Apple uses to measure customer satisfaction and how these measurements can enhance quality. Apple Inc. Apple designs, develops and markets personal computers, media devices, and portable digital music players. Founded in 1979 by Steve Wozniak and Steven Jobs, Apple has become a world leader in the personal electronic entertainment industry. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online stores. The company reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and application stores, and has recently introduced its magical iPad that is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices. The organization built this empire by sustaining the Four Basic Values establish from its conception. Honesty; Ensures Apple 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. These simple values have transformed Apple from a two...
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...PESTEL five forces and SWOT analysis of Apple Introduction: “Steven Wozniak and Steven Jobs had been friends in high school. They had both been interested in electronics, and both had been perceived as outsiders. They kept in touch after graduation, and both ended up dropping out of school and getting jobs working for companies in Silicon Valley. (Woz for Hewlett-Packard, Jobs for Atari)Wozniak had been dabbling in computer-design for some time when, in 1976, he designed what would become the Apple I. Jobs, who had an eye for the future, insisted that he and Wozniak try to sell the machine, and on April 1, 1976, Apple Computer was born. Hobbyists did not take the Apple I very seriously, and Apple did not begin to take off until 1977, when the Apple II debuted at a local computer trade show. The first personal computer to come in a plastic case and include color graphics, the Apple II was an impressive machine. Orders for Apple machines were multiplied by several times after its introduction. And with the introduction in early '78 of the Apple Disk II, the most inexpensive, easy to use floppy drive ever (at the time), Apple sales further increased. With the increase in sales, however, came an increase in company size, and by 1980, when the Apple III was released, Apple had several thousand employees, and was beginning to sell computers abroad. Apple had taken on a number of more experienced mid-level managers and, more importantly, several new investors, who opted to take seats...
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...Environmental Scanning To assure the success of a business over a long period of time the business must be able to conduct regular analysis of their success. They must be able to determine where they are today and have a goal of where they would like to see themselves 5-10 years down the road. In order to conduct a true analysis of the company, one must complete an environmental scan of their organization. Thus scanning for events, trends, issues and expectations that they may be faced with in the future. Furthermore, examining all internal and external environment challenges. Internal environmental challenges may be with employees, shareholders or board of directors or the overall culture of the organization. External environmental challenges may include economic, socio-culture, political, and technological environments, as well as customers, suppliers, competitors, financial institution, government and media. Ford Motor Company One organization that decided to take a step back and really analyze their organization by conducting an environmental scan was Ford Motor Company. The company completed a complete SWOT analysis in 2013 to understand where their business was today and decide how they would best get to where they want to be. Starting as the first American automotive company to manufacture and sell automobiles and automotive parts, ford is currently the second largest US automaker and the fifth largest vehicle seller in Europe and the world ("Strategic Management Insight...
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...Running Head: ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN Yolanda Galvan Melany Felton July 9, 2013 Strategic Management 498 Introduction Environmental scanning is an important part of all the organizations in order to compete in the market effectively, especially with a multinational approach to get a competitive advantage over others in the global environment. Competitive analysis is an important component in environmental scanning. In this paper, the internal and external environments of three popular companies will be studied and contrast the ways in which companies analyze their internal as well as external environment and the strategies formed accordingly to get a competitive edge over others. Three popular companies selected in this paper are Coca Cola, Proctor, and Gamble (P&G), and Apple Inc. All three organizations are related to different industries and carry out different businesses. The competitive strategies and their measurement guidelines will evaluate their internal and external environmental perspective. Determine what competitive advantages each company has and what strategies each company is using. Coca Cola Company is known in the beverage industry, P&D is known in the consumer product industry and Apple Inc. is known for their technology. All three organizations are one of the top market giants in their respective industries and have...
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...Environmental Scan Paper MGT/498 July 22, 2015 Environmental Scan Paper The evaluating, monitoring, and disseminating of information from internal and external environments to key people within the corporation is called environmental scanning. (Wheelen and Hunger. 2010) Environmental scanning helps an organization identify relevant factors and use those factors to obtain a competitive advantage within the environment. The author will discuss how an organization creates value and sustains a competitive advantage through strategies. How an organization measures success to identify the effectiveness of a strategy. The author will identify the strategies of various companies and identify tactics that make the company successful. Competitive Advantage An organization that has a strategic advantage over its competitors that enables the organization to have greater sales and retain more customers is believed to have a competitive advantage. Many organizations have a competitive advantage within technological industries to include: Google, Apple, and Amazon. Each organization creates value in its products and services to stay ahead of the competition. Google is considered the industry leader when it comes to search and has 65% of the search market, according to Hit Wise. The company maintains its competitive advantage by developing a diversified infrastructure that gives them the ability to provide high-speed searches and branch out into other industries. Goggles infrastructure...
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...Apple Computer, Inc.: Maintaining the Music Business while Introducing iPhone and Apple TV Overview/Introduction Through an analysis of the case study of Apple, Inc. this paper will describe key elements that helped make Apple the successful company it is today. The analysis of the three key environments of a business will be examined, including; general, industry, and competitor environments. Also explored will be the available lessons that readers and other companies can garner from Apple’s success. Apple’s Success Story Apple’s success rests squarely on the shoulders of innovation. In the beginning, the founders of Apple, Stephen Wozniak and Steve Jobs focused on providing something new to the market. They not only brought innovative products to consumers like the Mac computer and iPod, they did it in an innovative manner. Memorable advertising campaigns based on consumer reaction rather than technological jargon made the beginnings of a cult-like following. Apple lost its way in the mid to late eighties as it struggled to find its focus and protect its core competencies, resources, and capabilities. Steve Jobs returned to the company after a decade removed, recognized the speed with which technology moves and took steps to insure that Apple, Inc. was strategically focused to be the leader in new technology. The key to Apple’s success is their mission to make the Mac “the hub of the consumers’ digital lifestyle” (Ireland, 2009, p. C-16). From this point...
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...COMMON ASSESMENT: CASE ANALYSIS Submission 21st February 2001 Present an in-depth comparative analysis of two firms operating in two different countries. In the case analysis compare and contrast the differences in political, ethical, economic and legal differences and their impact on management decision making. Introduction: The aim of this paper is to identify the key political, ethical and economic differences between Apple, based in the USA and Shell, based in Holland, and then compare the differences based on management the individual decision making processes in the subject countries. The ethical conditions will also be discussed, with regard to laws on corporate social responsibility of the companies, as well as the environmental laws of the countries and the impact on the companies. Shell Holland Royal Dutch Shell plc, also known as shell, is a global group of energy and Petrochemicals Company with more than 100,000 employees in almost 90 countries. Shell is a worldwide oil and gas company, which is headquartered in the Netherlands and with its registered office in the United Kingdom. It is the largest energy company and the second-largest company in the world measured by revenues, It is management controlled and is active in every area of the oil and gas industry, that includes exploration and production, refining, distribution and marketing, power generation and trading. It also has major renewable energy activities, hydrogen, solar...
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...Table of Contents 1. PESTEL analysis 2 2. Porter's five forces model 4 3. Strengths and weaknesses of Apple, Inc (7-s model) 6 4. Core competency of Apple Inc and VRIO model. What were Apple’s competitive advantages? 8 5. New formula to create a sustainable competitive advantage 8 6. Assessment of Apple’s initial strategy for the iPhone. Quick change to a different strategy. 8 7. EFE and IFE matrix; strategic recommendations on Apple Inc SWOT matrix; SPACE matrix; evaluation of strategic choices on QSPM. 9 8. Balanced scorecards 13 PESTEL analysis Beginning in the 1950's, research on organisations emphasised the importance of understanding the wider macro-economic environment in which organisations operate. An organisation on its own cannot affect environmental factors, nor can environmental factors affect the profitability of an industry or an organisation. Conducting a strategic analysis entails scanning the general or macro-economic environment to detect and understand the broad, long term trends. [1] The PEST analysis divided the general environment into the following categories: 1. Political 2. Economic 3. Social 4. Technological 5. Environmental 6. Legal 1) Political-Legal Forces * Different countries have different legislations and these in some ways restrict the company or give opportunities to the company. * NAFTA, European Union and other regional trade unions open doors to market in Europe, Asia, Latin America that...
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...Environmental Analysis SWOT analysis Apple has created its image as a multinational corporation, which designs, manufactures and sells computers, consumers’ electronics and software. Along with these, Apple provides related services to its customers. Area of concern | Types of concern | | Favorable | Unfavorable | Internal Environment | Strengths * Loyal Customers * Flame of Innovation * Diversification and differentiation of Products * Use of Mac OSX’s unique operating system * High Brand image in global market | Weaknesses * Lack of high quality control * Unaffordable Price * Lack of proper market consideration | External Environment | Opportunities * Stake in Mobile Phone Industry * Reaching the emerging economy | Threats * High level of competition in Technology industry * Availability of Substitute products | PEST Analysis PEST analysis is helpful for understanding the Apple’s potential market and thus it will be helpful for predicting about Apple’s operations including opening a new Store outside London. PEST analysis is the combination of political, economic, Social and technological factors of environmental Analysis. [ (Jackman, 2006) ] Political Factors Apple is a multinational organization, where the core business area of Apple is the U.S. Nevertheless, According to the report of 2012, more than half sale of the products of Apple is coming from other countries rather than the U.S. This clearly indicates the Apple’s customer...
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...Apple: An Environment Analysis Environment has a huge impact on all organisations. It is a huge challenge to manage the environment in an organisation favour. However, some organisations were able to make use of this vital element. Apple Inc. is one of these successful companies who were and still until now managing it environment efficiently. Apple is a company that started in 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak as a computer company. Its market value has fluctuated over the years. In 1996, it was almost be out of business. However, in year 2000 the company value started to rise to the extent that it considered today as one of the most valued organisations in the world. This essay will provide an analysis of Apple’s environment explaining how Apple’s management is able to manage its environment. The organisational environment is divided into two sections. These sections are internal environment and external environment. The internal environment consists of all the fundamental aspects that are changed and controlled by the organisation (Porter, 1979). For example, the owners of the organisation, the employees, board of directors and culture are considered parts of the internal environment. The external environment, on the other hand, includes of all the elements that form a complicated structure around the organisation. These component are beyond the organisation control. The external environment is divided into two sections, microenvironment and macro environment (Balaure...
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...Contents 1. Introduction 1.1 Background……………………………………………………………….1 1.2 The situation of Apple Inc in 2011………………………………………..1 1.3 Apple’s quality control……………………………………………………1 1.4 CRM of Apple Inc………………………………………………………...2 2 Competitors 2.1 SWOT……………………………………………………………………...3 2.2 Porter's five forces………………………………………………………....4 2.3 Market trend……………………………………………………………….4 3 Cross culture issues 3.1 Apple’s product in different country……………………………………….6 3.2 Apple’s management in different country………………………………….8 3.3 Hofstede’s cultural dimensions theory for Apple…………………………..9 4 Corporate social responsibility and profitability 4.1 Economic…………………………………………………………………...11 4.2 Environmental………………………………………………………………11 4.3 Social………………………………………………………………………..13 4.4 Recommendation……………………………………………………………14 5. Conclusion…………………………………………………………………...16 6. Reference…………………………………………………………………….17 1 Introduction 1.1 Background Apple is a multinational company. The company's headquarters is in California in the United States. Headquarters is responsible for product design, development and marketing of consumer electronic products, computer software, and personal computers. All the products, the most well-known product are the Mac series of computers, iPod, iPhone and iPad. Apple has two million employees. Research and development personnel accounted for 2% of the total of 20,000 people. In 2011, Apple's turnover is $ 108.2 billion. This data is far more than...
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...Company Facts Presentation ON apple BY I.sRIPRIYA TPS-A, ROLL NO-18 SUDMITTED TO, s.sai baba arijit santikary Introduction * Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer, Inc., is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Cupertino, California that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software and personal computers. * Its best-known hardware products are the Mac line of computers, the iPod music player, the iPhone smartphone, and the iPad tablet computer. * Its software includes the OSX and iOS operating systems, the iTunes media browser and the Safari web browser. * Apple is world’s second largest Information Technology Company. * Third largest mobile phone maker. * Second largest publicly traded company. * Annual sales of $156.5 billion in 2012. * Apple has unusual and extraordinary brand loyalty. Apple vision statement “Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students, educators, creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings.” Apple mission statement “Apple is committed to protecting the environment, health and safety of our employees, customers and the global communities where we operate. Apple strives for continuous improvement in our environmental, health and safety management systems and in the environmental quality of our products, processes and...
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...Environmental Scan Paper MGT 498 Environmental Scan All businesses regardless of their particular industry will be faced with the challenges of dealing with different environments. A couple of companies that will be discussed throughout this paper are Apple, Inc. (Apple) and Dell, Inc. (Dell). Both are successful technological companies. Operating in the technology field they pay a great deal of attention to technological factors and trends in the industry. Their internal and external environments can be scanned and evaluated using the PESTEL tool and Porter’s value chain. Using the PESTEL tool will help them identify opportunities and threats that they might encounter. Using the Porter value chain will help them identify and separate strengths and weaknesses each has. According to Apple they are a worldwide company that produces consumer electronics, computer software, and commercial servers. Apple’s main product lines include the iPad, iPhones, iPod music player, and the Macintosh computer. In April 1976 Apple’s founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak produced the first Apple Computer with their introduction of the Apple I. They incorporated their company in January 1977 in California and have been in business for over 30 years. Apple has had an up and down track record over that time period but also several proven successful products and brands. They also have demonstrated continual innovation despite some down turns and rough times. The death of Steve Jobs in 2011...
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