...Value Alignment Talona King-Carter, Danielle Johnson, Tristan Perry, Joshua Crouch BUS/475 October 28, 2013 Michael E. Portillo Value Alignment: Individual & Apple, Inc. Ethics and values play an important role in an organization’s key to success. To achieve a successful alignment between personal and corporate values, a “core” relationship between the employee and the company they work for must be strong. The benefits gained hold significant value to both the organization and the employee. Established in April 1976, and is a multinational corporation that designs and manufactures electronics, computer software, and commercial servers. Ethical values play an important role in the mission and vision statements, which in turn, keep employees whose values are similar, happy and productive. “And I think regardless of who is in what job those values are so embedded in this company that Apple will do extremely well." (Investor Relations, 2013). Origin and Subsequent Evolution of Values The personal and workplace values of our team are much the same including core values like integrity, teamwork, performance, and learning. Making ethical decisions, along with developing trust and respect in the workplace is important. Cultivating integrity through our core values means more honesty, trust, and respect is evident to all. Teamwork involves sharing an open communication with other employees. Performance is based on the determination to strive for flawless performance in the...
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...statement with a plan of action for execution in their stated values. Apple Incorporated business entity has always shown a consistency in their mission statements to serving their targeted consumers through quality management. Apples business entity vision relates to their core value by bringing forward a higher value product on the market to solving customer's needs in regards to technology by teamwork focusing creative innovation. Apple value position states the following: "Apple Values are the qualities, customer, standards, and principles that the company believes will help it and its employees succeed. They are the basis for what we do and how we do it. Taken together, they identify Apple as a unique company." (Apple Inc., 2012) In order to connect the degree of alignment between the organization's stated values and the organization's actual plans and actions, we have to analyze the following aspects: 1. Has Apple Inc. clearly demonstrated a work ethic in proficiency to delivering core standards - that outlines organization principles to motivating employees for performing well? - Apple has a variety of internal incentives that hones in on correlating their value vision through employees with individual reward and management reinforcement - to empowering employees. - Apple is known for their strong ethnic position for teamwork that is essential to their success within a competitive marketplace of technology. Apple Inc. is enthusiastic about what they do that produces a cohesive...
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...Apple Inc. Case Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer Inc., built its reputation through its flagship product: the personal computer. It is today one of the most admired and profitable company. But in 1996 Apple went close to the bankruptcy. At this time, Steve Jobs took the reins of the company and decided to deeply change its strategy. Steve Jobs decided to follow the strategy of “Digital Hub”. This strategy takes into account the explosion of digital devices number in our common environment. The Mac computer is place at the center of the digital devices and every non-PC product is linked to the Mac computer. In this strategy, Apple decided to develop non-PC digital devices through a complete change of functioning: new Mac computer with Intel chip, new operating system (OS X), new way of distribution (Apple Store). Job’s strategy uses the approach of reconstruction. His strategy redefined the structure of the market and was initiated in 2001 by the high-technological and real-simple-to-use device, the Ipod. In parallel of it, Apple developed the Itunes platform. It was the first legal site that allowed music downloads on a pay-per-song basis. Itunes generated few revenues to Apple but it increased significantly the sales of Ipod. Without Itunes, Ipod device would have no longer be a sustainable product. Moreover, Itunes respect the alignment of three strategies position (value, profit, people), which makes it able to be sustainable. Then the strategy of reconstruction...
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...Reviewing a company’s financial health and conducting a benchmark analysis are two key components for any investor when considering a potential company to invest in. We will be comparing Motorola Mobility, Apple Inc., and Nokia Corporation to specifically find where Motorola Mobility falls in line with its competition in the cellular manufacturing industry. In addition to comparing the income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow of each company we will also be looking at how Motorola Mobility compares to the competition in the realm of technology and how globalization has impacted the company. Finally, we will take a look at conducting a benchmark analysis regarding Motorola Mobility’s best practices, its operational processes and procedures, and its products in comparison to Apple Inc. and Nokia. It is important to note while Business Analysis II reviewing the financial health of Motorola Mobility and Nokia that these two companies focus primarily on cellular phone manufacturing while Apple Inc. also includes the sales of its computers. However because of the Apple iPhone and iPad, Apple is a major competitor and leader in the cellular phone industry, and should be included. In the context of corporate financial reporting, the income statement summarizes a company's revenues and expenses quarterly and annually for its fiscal year. The final net figures, as well as various others in this statement, are of major interest to the investment community. Investors must...
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...Apple (Computer) Inc. Whither the MAC? | Case Study Analysis | Strategic Analysis in terms of Capabilities Analysis & Five Force Model | Submitted by : Muhammad Saad Dasti Section B | 1. Prepare a Five Forces Analysis of the personal computer industry. (Think of your traditional Windows based PC.) How attractive is this industry? In order to properly identify and evaluate competitive position of personal computer , competitive analaysis model has been created to fully depict the position of display systems according to current scenario * The personal computer industry is somewhat vulnerable against the bargaining power of buyers. In recent years customers have more and more alternative options to the personal computer. Smartphone’s, tablet computers, and other handheld devices like IPods have most of the same capabilities as a personal computer. And because of the availability, sleekness, and trendiness of these alternatives, they have become increasingly popular making personal computers more and more obsolete. In order for the personal computer to compete with these newer alternative options, it must differentiate itself in order to regain market share. * Suppliers in the personal computer industry can be categorized into three groups, including hardware suppliers, software suppliers and service suppliers. The core of their...
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...will run into confusion and may fail Somehow, select firms like apple has done what can be termed “quantum strategy” (loizos hercleous 2012). They are able to balance contradicting strategic features like groundbreaking innovation and quality with rock bottom cost to achieve extraordinary performance. The leadership at apple is at the heart of this competitive advantage. The leadership aims at strategic alignment, focus, simplicity, synergies and systemic connections to bring about a balance on competing demands and gain strength in the industry. In the past fifteen years, Apple Inc. has brought a revolution in the personal electronics, telecom, computer and media by string of excellent products, offering unique, designer and exciting customer experiences. They have exceeded industry expectations thereby exerting significant power over both customers and industry players, with outstanding financial results. In August 2012, Apple inc was announced the most valuable listed company having a market value of $ 623 billion. In September 2012, it had the highest cash reserves of USD 121 bn. achieves a net margin of 20 % with a revenue increase from us $ 65.2 bn in 2010 to us$108.2 bn in 2011 and to US $ 156.5bn in 2012.( This feat was achieved under the late Steve Jobs and will outlive Jobs as apple has attained a quantum strategy which is rare and very difficult for competitors to imitate. Noteworthy is that apple is able to strike a balance of intense operations efficiency with...
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...Strategy at Apple Inc Loizos Heracleous Over the last 15 years, Apple Inc has revolutionized the personal electronics, telecom, computer and media industries through a string of blockbuster products that offer unique, designer, integrated customer experiences. In the process, the company has helped to accelerate the blurring of industry boundaries through the spread of devices that offer convergent technologies, and to position itself so that it exerts significant power over both consumers and industry players, with outstanding performance results. Apple became the most valuable listed company, with a market value of US$623 billion in August 2012, and has gathered the highest accumulation of cash reserves ($121 billion in September 2012) of any listed company. It regularly achieves net margins of above 20 percent in industries where most competitors achieve single-digit margins. Its net margin was 26.7 percent during 2012, having increased from 23.9 percent in 2011 and 21.5 percent in 2010. During the same period, Apple’s revenues increased from US$65.2 billion in 2010 to US $108.2 billion in 2011 and to US$156.5 billion in 2012. The chief architect of the business model and value system that led to this exceptional performance is widely acknowledged to be the late Steve Jobs. With Jobs’ passing in October 2011, many have wondered whether the magic at Apple would last, or gradually fizzle out. In this article, I take an in-depth look at the strategy and organization of Apple to argue...
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...In this Harvard Business Press article, the co-authors of the Blue Ocean Strategy book, W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne explain the importance of alignment across the three strategy propositions of value, profit and people propositions, regardless of an executive's strategic approach to strategy. In choosing which of the two is most appropriate for your organization, you need to consider environmental attractiveness, the capabilities and resources you can call on, and whether your organization has a strategic orientation for competing or for innovating. Whichever type of strategy is chosen, success will depend on creating an aligned set of strategy propositions targeted at three different sets of stakeholders: buyers, shareholders, and the people working for or with the organization. This article builds on the concept of value innovation, the concept of being able to increase value while reducing costs at the same time. This article was referenced by Paul E. Kmen in his paper on how companies can break the trade-off between improving the sustainability in their offerings versus the higher costs associated with becoming a truly social responsible company. The paper illustrates how becoming environmental-friendly can actually lower the production costs by reducing the inputs used. By not taking the structure of the operating environment as a given, a company may generate additional revenues from better products and create new businesses by taking a reconstructionist approach to...
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...sold Apple posted 8.7 million in sales that quarter which was a 100 percent unit to the previous year and a market share of 1.2 percent. But the technology sales market place is not just about mobile phones it also includes other mobile devices such as the tablet. In 2010 there were 15.7 million units sold with an estimated increase of 400% by 2012. (Tudor & Pettey 2010.) This means to stay competitive in the market place Apple needs to do several things which includes pushing the limits of the Apples latest iPhone 4’s capabilities, create a green alternative to support devices, add features like an SD memory slot to make the iPad more user friendly, and to lead the way in the mobile device market place launch the iPhone5 which will have true 4g capabilities. This memo will recommend a new project added to Apple existing device portfolio. Also, we will explain the selection process and methods used to evaluate and justify selected project to be launched by midyear 2010. Portfolio Management Process (including selection criteria) The Project Management Office, during its guidelines, strategies and Apple’s innovative business advice will present current and future projects to the executive leaders and board of directors while observing projects in development. Thus, this will guarantee successful financial quarterly maintenance while still following the company’s product sustainability, SEC filing, product innovation, environmental considerations and project value. (Apple...
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...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 environment. The...
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...1101001010 1010100011 1010100101 1011010101 1001010101 XML Developments BW Rel. 3.0 HR InfoCube for external Benchmarking © SAP AG 2002, The HR Balanced Scorecard, Dr. Martina Schuh, Page 5 Measures: Data Flow SAP SEM Objective/Measure Actual Plan B.mark Develop key skills Strategic skills available 17 26 25,5 Employee retention 73 70 68 Improve corporate culture Employee satisfaction 9,1 8,5 9,0 Measure Builder Measure definition Balanced Scorecard MEASURES are defined from a purely business point of view in SAP SEM using the Measure Builder Queries InfoCubes The definition contains the possible data sources, for example BW queries, that could be used to determine the value of a measure For each measure in a scorecard, VALUES like Actual, Plan, and Benchmark can be used for evaluations For each value, a specific source of data in BW has to be chosen from the possible sources...
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...Pindmoni Mr. Ngan Chhayheang Mr. Theam Ratana Leadership Style Steven Paul Jobs I. Biography 1. Life 2. Career 3. Apple Inc. II. Jobs’ Personality traits III. Jobs’ Leadership Style 1. Components of Jobs’ Leadership 2. The leadership style of Jobs 3. Recruitment Talent 4. Problems faced 5. Seven Principles of Jobs’ Success IV. Critics Desk V. Honors VI. Conclusion VII. Recommendation & Quote VIII. References Content I. Biography (1955-2011) STEVE S-Smart T-Talented E-Effective V-Visionary E- Enthusaistic 1. Life • • • • • • • • • • • Full name: Steven Paul Jobs Birthdate: 24 February 1955 Birth location: San Francisco, California Biological parents: Joanne Simpson and possibly Abdulfattah Jandali, political sciences professor from Syria Adoptive parents: Paul and Clara Jobs, both deceased Siblings: adoptive sister: Patti Jobs (born 1958), biological sister: Mona Simpson (born 1957) Spouse: Laurene Powell (born 1964), married in 1991 Children: Lisa Brennan-Jobs (born 1978), with unmarried girlfriend Chris-Ann Brennan. Reed (born 1991), Erin Siena (born 1995) and Eve (born 1998) with wife Laurene. Social background: lower middle-class. Father was fixing cars for a living. Education: high-school certificate. Attended Reed College 1972 in Portland, Oregon, dropped out after one semester. Occupations: chairman & CEO at Apple Inc. + Director at The Walt Disney Company • Net worth: $5.5 billion according to Forbes' 2010 ranking — 136th richest man on Earth ...
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...Blue Ocean Strategy Paper Jamie Carbary MKT 421 Professor William Alan McIntyre November 23rd, 2015 Blue Ocean Strategy Paper Introduction In the current competitive market, businesses often adopt several strategies so as to compete effectively. These strategic moves are usually derived from market – competing strategies. Innovation and creativity are the keys whereby organizations can focus on finding and creating new market spaces resulting in the opening of the new market and increasing their profit margins. The term “Blue Ocean” denotes all the industries that are not in existence today (Kim & Mauborgne, 2004). It includes unknown market and is untainted by competitions. In blue oceans, demand is created rather than fought over. Thus, there is an ample opportunity for growth that is rapid and profitable too. On the other hand "Red Ocean" is regarded as the existing market space with numerous risks and limited opportunities with limited profit margin, whereby companies strive to sustain their position (Gruwer, 2014). The companies operate in saturated market conditions with numerous small and big players and try hard to exploit the demand of customers. Blue Ocean Strategy Blue ocean strategy is the new way of thinking, a new strategic mind – set, a bold and new path to winning the future. It is grounded in analysis and energizes everyone. Blue ocean strategy focuses on creating new markets rather than competing with existing ones so as to stand apart and keep...
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...externals factors impact on compensation | Bus assignment # 1 | idiane1000 11/8/2009 | Contents Introduction 2 Internal factors affecting the best buy co Inc new compensation strategy 2 Best buy financial capital affect on compensation 2 Internal structure affect on compensation: 3 Employees’ acceptance of the new compensation 3 External factors affecting BEST BUY CO INC. compensation strategy 6 Economy factor on compensations: 6 Legal compliance on the compensation strategy: 6 Competitors impact on compensations strategy 6 Best buy summary 8 Conclusion 9 Figures: Median salary by job..…………………………………………………………………5 Median bonus by job…………………………………………………………………...6 Average weekly vacation by years experience…………………………………………6 Introduction With so many changes within the industry best buy the number one electronic retailer decided to implements new compensation strategy within their organization to gain competitive advantage against their competitors. An organization employing over 170,000 employees within the US will have hard time developing a compensation strategy for every employee. Therefore the organization decided to focus on its retail store managers. Data reveals that best buy Inc is employing little of two thousands retail store manager. The organizations is developing new compensation strategy so that they will be expose to fewer managers turn over...
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...Singapore Management University Maters of Science Innovation | Core Module MGMT 661 By Associate Prof. Adel F. Dimian My Definition, Understanding and Response of the Lecture Topic & Discussions. Innovation Strategy Development Part 1&2 When the need of wanting to be different arises, the need to innovate takes a strong hold in one’s mind to bring about new changes that are often challenged in many different styles, manner, methods and modes. To my understanding different types of innovations requires and employs different innovative strategy or strategies. Which in turn determines the growth phase of the organization and its strategic approach and desired outcome of the innovation. Developing an Innovation Strategy Frame Work The Innovative ideas and strategy plans and developments can only take valuable shape and growth with the right leadership and driving force. Therefore with the discussions developed and generated, I have come to an understanding that successful innovation strategy is determined by the true leadership of an innovative leader with an innovative mindset who wants to achieve success for his organization, employees and himself. Instead of being comfortable and clustering around a few achieved strategies, a successful innovative leader begins by setting high targets and aspirations for the organization. Followed by recruiting qualified candidates and instilling tremendous positive energy, spirit and enthusiasm in the work environment. Although...
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