...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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...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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...Organizational Leadership and Structure at Apple Inc. Steve Jobs began Apple Inc. with the notion of “One person- One computer” in hopes of having a personal computer that could be easily used by anyone. As of September 2010 with 46,600 full time employees and 2,800 temporary employees and contractors, this notion holds true today (Apple Inc., 2010). Over the years of Apple Inc. development changes in organizational leadership and structure occurred. Apple’s mission of “changing the world by bringing computers to the masses” brought multiple changes within the company that became a hindrance and a benefit to the company’s growth (Freedman & Vohr, 1989). Under co-founder Steve Jobs and CEO A.C. Mekkula in 1983, then Apple Computers Inc. was under a centralized organizational structure. The authority to make decisions was restricted to higher level management and these managers would still report to Markkula (Schermerhorn, Hunt, Osborn and Uhi-Bien (2010)). Apple’s structure consisted of five product divisions, four product support divisions and numerous administrative departments. These divisions would report to Jobs and Mekkula and final decisions would rest with them. This division created divisions within the company, and newly hired CEO John Schulley stated “As a member of the executive staff, I came away with a clear impression that there wasn’t a common understanding of the company we were trying to build. In fact, there were many, competitive fiefdoms...
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...Organizational Culture at Apple Apple Inc. is a global computer manufacturing company that is going through major changes in its organizational culture and it’s organizational structure due to several 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 keep their 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 the company’s history. Apple is going through major restructuring to regain control of 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 Culture, The culture of Apple was based on an ideal that self-motivated individuals will work 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 approval from. Apple initially grew fast, because decisions...
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...IntroductionApple Inc. 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...
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...Apple Organizational Behavior Organizational Leadership and Structure at Apple Inc. Steve Jobs began Apple Inc. with the notion of “One person- One computer” in hopes of having a personal computer that could be easily used by anyone. As of September 2010 with 46,600 full time employees and 2,800 temporary employees and contractors, this notion holds true today (Apple Inc., 2010). Over the years of Apple Inc. development changes in organizational leadership and structure occurred. Apple’s mission of “changing the world by bringing computers to the masses” brought multiple changes within the company that became a hindrance and a benefit to the company’s growth (Freedman & Vohr, 1989). Under co-founder Steve Jobs and CEO A.C. Mekkula in 1983, then Apple Computers Inc. was under a centralized organizational structure. The authority to make decisions was restricted to higher level management and these managers would still report to Markkula (Schermerhorn, Hunt, Osborn and Uhi-Bien (2010)). Apple’s structure consisted of five product divisions, four product support divisions and numerous administrative departments. These divisions would report to Jobs and Mekkula and final decisions would rest with them. This division created divisions within the company, and newly hired CEO John Schulley stated “As a member of the executive staff, I came away with a clear impression that there wasn’t a common understanding of the company we were trying to build. In fact, there...
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...Running Head: MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS IN APPLE Management Functions in Apple Introduction Apple Inc. is a well-known American multinational corporation. Together with its subsidiaries, the company plans, constructs, and commercializes personal computers, mobile communication devices and portable digital music and video players. As well, the company also sells several associated software, services, peripherals and networking solutions. Some of, it’s well known hardware products are the Macintosh computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. In present, the company operate with 300 retail stores in ten countries and an online store through which it sells its hardware and software products (Apple Inc., 2010). The thesis statement of this research report is that, what kind of management approaches are used by Apple Inc. to manage the different functions such as planning, organizing and controlling, so that company can make strategic planning and effective decision making process. Management Approaches of Apple The approaches of managing people in the firm uses by Tim Cook are quite different from the approaches used by Steve Job. Steve Job was a great entrepreneur, who had follow hub-and-wheel management approach to organize a multinational corporation; on the other hand, Tim Cook is more cooperative than Steve Job and follows the management theory of Taylor’s scientific approach and theory of the human relations approach (Finkelstein, 2013). Although...
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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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...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...
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...IntroductionApple Inc. 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...
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... Apple Inc. is a dominant global software and hardware company known for its innovative technology and marketing strategies. Apple Inc. makes many products and services such as iPod, iPad, iPod touch, iPhone, Mac, iTunes, iCloud and Apple TV. All of their products have done well and are still tremendously in high demand. Apple Inc. was founded by Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniak and was incorporated on January 3, 1977. The nature of Apple Inc. is to manufacture the best application software, technology and communication devices, and provide great customer service. A strong organizational structure is needed for a company to be successful. Apple incorporates a collaborative structure, which brings parties together to create a good working relationship to accomplish the current goal. A collaborative work environment leads to a variety of innovation and ideas from the efficiently qualified professionals’ working together to achieve goals. This is a new approach for Apple, while Steven Jobs was in charge, he dictated everything. One external factor is politics. Political factors for Apple Inc. provides a massive influence on decision-making, as more companies are being established worldwide. Maintaining good sales from countries other than America is important when expanding all over the world. Terrorism or bad international relations between the U.S. and other countries that consume or help manufacture Apple products would damage Apple Inc. reputation and have...
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...Google and Apple are giants in technology industry. These two companies provide innovate products or service and have unique organizational structure and culture. Under the increasing pressure of cost reduction and local responsiveness caused by globalization development, both Google and Apple are transforming into transnational organizations. This report will critically evaluate the comparative transnational effectiveness of Google and Apple in terms of motivation means and mentalities, layers of competitiveness, across boundaries management and corporation social responsiveness (CSR). 2. Motivations Means and Mentalities Initial incentives of Apple and Google expansion were different because of their distinct business focuses. Apple generates its profits by selling cutting-edge electronic devices, whereas Google even though has its own products such as some newly invented wearable devices, its benefit basically comes from their advertising. Therefore, Google do not have to secure key supply, and access to low-cost market. Nevertheless, seeking boarder market seems to be very important for both of these to enterprises. Moreover, the emerging motivations for Google and Apple are quite similar. After they began to expand, the forces which triggered the expansion in the first place, may turn into secondary when they make emerging global strategies. However, the prerequisites of them are different. Even though they both have the organizational capabilities...
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...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 structure consists of a division devoted to product creation and management and another dedicated to administrative functions. According to the financial analysis using monetary ratios, Apple seems to have a relatively strong standing. Although it is experiencing an overall lower level of profit compared to its booming history, it is excelling in most respective areas more than those of its competitors. In order to please its shareholders and show gratitude for their loyalty, Apple Inc., for the very first time, declared and distributed $2.65 dividends per share. I would be interested in investing in Apple because of its leading position as innovator in technology, its lack of long-term debt, and its undeniable ability to generate profits. Apple is organized into two sectors: management and product creation. Apple is a very secretive company and keeps everything to themselves to keep an element of surprise. They keep their organizational structure the same way. “Even employees...
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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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