Case Presentations (50%) (Team)

Each team will present a case during the course. The presentation will take between 15- 20 minutes.
It should provide
1. summary of the case including information on who the main actors are, what the internal and external environment for this company is and what the key challenges are. You should also try to go beyond the case and make links to the themes in the book on corporate entrepreneurship.
Again,
presentations should also involve the audience with discussion points and other interactive elements. In addition to the presentation, teams hand in a written report on the case. Teams are graded on the basis of the presentation, the written document and their ability to answer questions and to raise discussion in class.

Apple Organizational Structures

Apple's New Organizational Structure Could Help It Move Faster
This cartoon has been floating around the Internet for a few years. It's supposed to be a humorous take on how all the biggest tech companies are organized. It might have to be updated to account for changes at Apple.
When Steve Jobs was in charge, everything flowed through him. Now that he's dead, the company is taking on a more collaborative approach, according to various reports.
The latest, from Adam Satarino at Bloomberg, says Jony Ive is encouraging Apple's software and hardware teams to collaborate, something that never happened under Jobs.
Ive was given control over Apple's software look and feel in November. Previously, he was only in charge of the look of the hardware.
This new collaborative approach is causing Apple to be more deliberate than in the past, says Satarino. This could lead to delays, he says.
Because this is Ive's first crack at Apple's software, it's understandable that there are going to be delays. He's spent six months on a project that normally takes a year.
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