..."Tim Cook is one of those rare people who stop and think before speaking. Standing in the same room with him I realized that he’s comfortable with silence as long as that silence is productive and appropriate. He’s not like other tech execs who ramble almost immediately and incoherently at any question lobbed at them, as if doing so will convince others they know everything about everything." ~Michael Grothaos Who exactly is the leader of technology these days? Even before Steve Jobs died, Tim Cook was and is the CEO of Apple™. Tim cook started working for Apple in 1998, seventeen years. For these seventeen years (and counting), Tim has done great things to keep Apple coming out with new ideas and fresh thinking. Tim helped Apple develop a strategy; creating products and 'locking' the resources somewhere so that no other company can create the same products as them, that's the secret to why Apple iPhone's and such are so unique. Tim is dedicated to his work and he works hard, putting his all into it and this is a perfect example for it....
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...Chase Berecin Business Leader Grantham University For my last paper of this class. I have chosen to do my assignment on Tim Cook. Tim Cook is well known in the Communications and I.T. world. Tim cook took over of Apple after Steve Jobs came down with pancreatic cancer. Before Apple Tim worked at IBM, Intelligent Electronics, and Compaq. So let’s talk a little bit about his background and traits in leadership. Well when we look at Tim Cook and some of the various places he worked. He always hasn’t been a leader. He took a lot away from when he worked on the Macintosh side of the house of Apple he spent a lot of time with supplier relationships. When he was with Compaq he was the vice president and responsible for all of Compaq’s inventory. When Steve Jobs got sick Tim Cook had to step up and be the CEO of Apple. He had to do this three times while Jobs was out sick. When we look back at our studies on leadership, we see that there is a big difference between leaders and managers. I think Tim Cook is and would be a awesome leader to work for. This is what he said about leadership. Tim Cook "We want diversity of thought," he says. "We want diversity of style. We want people to be themselves. It's this great thing about Apple. You don't have to be somebody else. You don't have to put on a face when you go to work and be something different. But the thing that ties us all is we're brought together by values. We want to do the right thing. We want to be honest and...
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...The company that I have chosen to research is Apple, Apple incorporation; an American multinational corporation was established in 1976 in California by two pioneer personalities Steven Wozniak and Steve Jobs. Both of the founders having a unique skill set and both highly interested in electronics (Researchomatic, 2012). The company’s background goes back to when Steve Jobs started in his garage innovating new technologies that would be used everywhere around the world today. Eventually Jobs turned his invention of the iPhone to a corporate empire in 1977 and it has soared till his death in 2011. The research in this paper goes to outline what changes his death brought about in the company, and what the management needed to solve along with impacts it had on the stakeholders. Introduction Changing organization is as messy as it is exhilarating, as frustrating as it is satisfying, as muddling through and creative a process as it is a rational one (Palmer, Dunford & Akin, 2009).The company that I have chosen to research is Apple, Apple incorporation, an American multinational corporation was established in 1976 in California by two pioneer personalities Steven Wozniak and Steve Jobs. Both of the founders having a unique skill set and both highly interested in electronics (Researchomatic, 2012). The company’s background is simply put; it soared with increased revenue growth and innovative ideas from 1977 till Jobs death in 2011. My research goes to examine how former CEO Steve...
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... Abstract This paper explores social and ethical issues and situations two companies, Apple Incorporated and ExxonMobil, are facing today. Some issues that will be discussed are Apple Incorporated's stand on "pro-discrimination" many state legislatures are trying to pass, Apple Incorporated's ethically questionable ResearchKit™ and whether or not this new tool will be a good advancement or an unethical way to make money by selling medical records to third-parties, and lastly ExxonMobil's continuing case with the New Jersey State legislature over oil contamination from ExxonMobil's refineries. This paper will discuss these situations, what is good and bad about these situations, and some possible actions the companies could take to remedy the situations. Apple Incorporated and ExxonMobil and the Ethical and Social Responsibility Issues They Face in Today's Society. In Andrea Chang's article titled "Apple CEO Tim Cook is forging an unusual path as a social activist", Chang discusses how in a recent interview Tim Cook took stance against "pro-discrimination" state laws that allowed people in the particular state to refuse service or goods to any person because of the owner's religious beliefs. This article talks about how Cook has personal interest in these issues as he is gay, and that he considers being gay one of the greatest gifts he has ever received. The article also includes that when Cook was making the statements about the...
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...Evidence Based Management and Psychological Contracts: The Success of Apple. Aaron Wood Ottawa University * Introduction For decades, the application of organizational behavior theories to business management has been an ongoing process of discovery and innovative thinking. Concepts like evidence based management (McShane, 2013) and psychological contracts (Braekkan & Tunheim, 2013) are being employed in some of the world’s leading corporations. For the purpose of this paper, the synthesis of material into conceptual application will be applied to a single corporate entity. By choosing a company with global interests who continues to espouse very personal, individual based value perspectives, Apple is a good representational fit. This paper will highlight not only how Apple in some cases is using these concepts successfully in the market place, but also ways in which their former CEO failed miserably in utilization of these concepts while achieving enormous corporate success. This paper will also look to Apple’s future and how study of these theories along with others may be further developed. Multiple references from a wide array of media sources and fields of study have been researched to show the breadth of Apple’s stakeholder and business positioning strategies from the earliest days up to resources compiled as late as November 2013. As the development of information threads lead to fields like manufacturing, education, supply chains, demography, and even social-psychology;...
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...Steve Jobs' successor is making his mark and trying to keep the Apple magic going. Apple CEO Tim CookFORTUNE -- In February of this year, a group of investors visited Apple as part of a "bus tour" led by a research analyst for Citibank. The session started with a 45-minute presentation by Peter Oppenheimer, Apple's chief financial officer, and the 15 or so investors who attended the session were treated to Apple's unique brand of hospitality: They met in a threadbare conference room in Apple's Town Hall public conference center at the 4 Infinite Loop building in Cupertino, Calif., where the refreshments consisted of "three stale cookies and two Diet Cokes," in the words of one participant. All that, save the meager refreshments, is routine for big public companies in Silicon Valley, which use the check-ins as opportunities to communicate with large owners of their stock. What shocked the Apple (AAPL) investors that day was that CEO Tim Cook popped into the room about 20 minutes into Oppenheimer's talk, quietly sat down in the back of the room, and did something unusual for a CEO of Apple: He listened. He didn't check his e-mail once. He didn't interrupt. After the CFO finished, Cook, at that point chief executive of Apple for all of five months, stood to offer his remarks. He strode confidently to the front of the room and held court in the no-nonsense style that has become his trademark. "He was in complete control and knew exactly who he was and where he wanted to go," says...
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...Batool Hendal Raghad Al-yaqout Nawaf Bouarki CPEG 220 Term Paper Aapple vs Samsung Watch After the great revelation in electronic devices, Samsung and Apple companies produced smart watches. For Apple they have e now three different watches. It has apple watch, apple watch sport features and apple watch features. For Samsung, they have Samsung gear S2, Samsung gear S2 classic. This paper aims to provide a thorough study about the organization, architecture, operating systems, programing, and a market survey of existing computer technologies available in Kuwait between a watch from each company. For The Apple Watch, it comes in a square-but-round design. It has two sizes - 38mm or 42mm. it may diverse in case and strap, depends on what range you opt for - regular, Sport, Edition or the...
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...2013 Instructor: Dr. Jacqueline Gilliard Abstract This research document explores several case points as outline in the introduction paragraph covering this weekly assignment exerted from the ASU Moodle web site and from some selected books and articles that are listed on the reference page. Also there is a series of case points under examination in the context of this research that are relate to these learning objectives which helps the reader to appreciate how some of today's most respected high-tech companies rose to prominence, then reinvented themselves once or more; to review the evolution of the personal computer industry, to obtain a glimpse of Intel's likely future as well as the future of the semi-conductor industry, and to outline approaches for building "learning organizations and lastly to appreciate the challenge of developing a complex-strategic-integration (CSI) capability through Intel and Apple Inc. case study reviews. Keywords: Innovation challenges in established firms, Intel and Apple Case Studies, Learning organizations Conclusion: Innovation Challenges in Established Firms Introduction In accordance with the Module 8 reading requirements and the textbook coverage’s from Strategic Management in Technology Innovation, Part Five on pages 1108 -1182. This research document will address specific questions that derived from these learning objectives which will conclude the term’s research on the study of technology and innovation by considering the...
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...YAHOO & APPLE Course Project HRM 587 Managing Organizational Change Professor Change management: Yahoo & Apple What was true more than two thousand years ago is just as true today. We live in a world where "business as usual" is change. New initiatives, project-based working, technology improvements, staying ahead of the competition, emerging stronger from the recession - together these drive changes to the way we work. (from A Sense of Urgency, by John P Kotter Published By Harvard Business Press, 2008) Today more than ever before, we can feel that we live in an era of risk and instability. Globalization, new technologies, and greater transparency have combined to upend the business environment and give many CEOs a deep sense of unease. The management structure of an organization as well as personal leadership style CEO’s and other senior leaders’ affects how individuals within a company make decisions and how quickly the company reacts to various challenges and opportunities. From basic definition of change we learned that the origin of the necessity of change lies in the dissatisfaction with the current state or the perception of a problem. The objectives, content, and process of change should be specified as part of the change management plan. Change management processes can benefit from creative marketing to enable communication between change audiences, and a deep social understanding about...
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...been probably the most successful technology company in the world. It revolutionized three businesses in the next 10 years: music, smartphones, and tablets. When Steve Jobs died in 2011, it was up to his successor, Tim Cook, to revolutionize the next set of industries. In 2015, Cook appeared to have three potential targets: watches (wearables), television, and cars. All three were bets on highly uncertain futures. Watches were off to a promising start in their first quarter of shipments, but it was far too early to declare victory. Television seemed ripe for disruption, but many firms had tried and failed to change the TV landscape. And cars, of course, represented the biggest opportunity as well as the biggest leap for Apple. Financially, Tim Cook and his team were unconstrained: Apple was the most profitable company on the planet in the fourth quarter of 2014, generating $18 billion in net income (Exhibit 1). However, Steve Jobs had famously said that Apple’s success came “from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don’t get on the wrong track or try to do too much. We’re always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it’s only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important.”1 The big questions for Tim Cook and his team included: Were watches, TVs, and car the right focus? Was Apple doing down the best path in watches and wearables? Should Apple shift direction in TVs? Did it make sense for Apple to enter the car business...
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...Bahamonde Le Cordon Bleu For my kitchen brigade research paper I chose to do one of my favorite restaurants, which is called Hawkers. The restaurant is located in the Downtown Orlando area and is owned by a family friend. The specialty of the small, cozy place is Asian street food that people sell-or hawk-all over the cities of Asia. In order for a restaurant to work successfully the employers have to work as a team. Although everyone in the business is important, the place would be a ghost town without the kitchen staff. They range from dish washers to executive chefs, but each person is as important as the last. This paper is about the way the brigade system is set up at Hawkers and how it compares to the classical brigade system. To do my research paper, I had to find all the information I could about Hawkers and about the way the kitchen brigade was set up when Escoffier designed it. I decided that since I was unable to visit the restaurant, I decided that the next best thing would be to call the manager. He answered all my questions as best as he could. In order to find the information about the classic brigade I reread my class notes and searched the internet. The day starts every day at around nine in the morning when employers clock in to begin cooking. The first to come in is the Executive chef, also known as Tim the owner of Hawkers. He looks over the menu and checks his ingredients while making...
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...development refers to the “lifelong process of managing learning, work, leisure and transitions” (Parker, 2015). Employee career development is not only vital for the individual’s career but it is also an essential part of business survival strategies (Gololo, 2013). In order to effectively address the question “Career development: Whose responsibility is it?”, this essay will consider the effects of changing business environment on the nature of career development. Research examples, such as Hall’s and Inkson’s articles, are useful in explaining the highly turbulent and complex business environment whilst also differentiating the role each person plays in a modern organisation. The idea of a protean career is essential in understanding whose responsibility one’s career development belongs to. The combination of the changing business environment, as well as the protean career approach to career development, will establish an essential foundation for this essay. The empirical information gathered from a joint research paper conducted by the University of Phoenix in conjunction with EdAssist – “The Story Behind Career Development: Who is responsible?” helps to investigate the current trends within the workplace and how they are evolving. This study investigates managers’ and employees’ perceptions of whose responsibility it is to take control of the individual’s career development. By studying a variety of other well renowned, peer-reviewed academic sources the responsibility of one’s...
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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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...mainly Soviet era Constructivism, that shapes the look of the current digital world (e.g. the Internet). Professor Simon Cook of Duke University, in his recent paper, Late Victorian Visual Reasoning and a Modern History of Vision, argues that Manovich overlooks the importance of the Victorian period in influencing the aesthetics of our present digital design. Cook bases his argument on the concept of an orderly and well-catalogued Internet, as if the system had been developed in nineteenth century Britain. However, due to the chaotic, disorganized and ever-changing look of the digital world, the argument of a Victorian based system is flawed. The late nineteenth century does not have the impact Cook believes it does, whereas Manovich remains on track in his original argument. Still, Manovich’s ideas can only be regarded on a temporary basis, because the face of the digital world has changed drastically since its development, and will continue to in the near future. Before exploring the look of the current digital world, it is first important to look at its physical development. I will concentrate mainly on the Internet and the more recent phenomena of the World Wide Web, although software look also has a significant role. This concentration follows from my prediction of the future look of computers, which will be more web-based. This will be shown later in the paper. Although the current digital world is mostly visual, it was not always designed to be this...
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...Apple: The Giant Innovator Lawrence and Han Nway Oo Team Chimpanzee Yonsei University Apple: The Giant Innovator In only a few years, Apple has grown to become the leading brand for phones, laptops, and mp3s among other technological devices. Macbook, iPhone, iPad, and iPod, the inventions and properties of Apple, are dominating and influencing the mind of teenagers and even the elders alike with its advanced functions and applications that aren’t replicable by brands. Apple’s attainment in this century has led the people to wonder the reason behind its achievements. What kind of organizational and corporate structure does Apple pursue to possess the successes? How does Apple motivate its employees in the work environment? Some give credit to the innovator of Apple, Steve Jobs, whose unorthodox style of leadership is the foundation of the company’s management. Although Apple’s organizational structure, corporate culture may seem to be a new style of management, it is inherently a cultural approach. In addition, it is Steve Jobs who is at the top of the chain of command reinforcing cultural management through his leadership, pursuit of skilled employees, and his firm grounding of corporate culture. Apple is a US-based consumer electronics company known for its ability to come out with path-breaking products. The work culture, propelled by a passion for new products with no trepidation to challenges and obstacles, exemplifies its intense work ethics. The employees...
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