Essays on Apple

The overall research question in this research proposal is why people are enthusiastic to embrace planned obsolescence and leave old things aside in favor of new ones in a disposable society. Planned obsolescence is an intriguing topic on cultural studies. Planned obsolescence is an industrial policy in the making of a product with a restricted life span. This makes the product useless after some time hence it is beneficial to the producer because for consumers to continue using a product, they need to purchase a newer version of the same product. Planned obsolescence enhances the demand of a product ...

Apple Incorporated has set high standards in innovation for both hardware and software for consumer electronics. The company has continually revolutionized the technological scene since its inception in 1976. From its humble beginnings with the Apple I to the current success of iPods, iPhones and iPods, the company has come a long way (Datamonitor, 2012). At its inception, the company relied on the technical genius of its founders to succeed. Early products such as the Apple Lisa failed not because of low technological integrity but because of a high selling price and limited software options. The Macintosh, which was ...

Apple has been a revelation in the last few years in the technology industry. The company has been able to develop into a strong unit financially as well as building a reputation of developing high quality products. The company has been able to compete favorably against its rival companies such as Microsoft, Dell, HP, Nokia and Samsung in their respective sections. The success the company has realized can be attributed to its internal strengths. Despite some gaping weaknesses, the company capitalized on its strong points to realize its vision.

One of the main strengths is that Apple Inc. has ...

Apple is a successful computer, phone, and computer hardware and software producer. The external environment of the business has evolved drastically over the years opening up new opportunities as well as exposing the company to new threats. The company has numerous opportunities and threats which can be exploited and avoided respectively to ensure the company remains competitive and successful.

There are major threats that the company needs to curb in order to realize its mission and serve its stakeholders effectively. The IT software industry has many competitive and innovative companies such as Microsoft. The company faces similar conditions in ...

Apple, the leading computer manufacturing company founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in 1970 does not own an equally innovative, inspiring and a somewhat lofty mission statement as it could have been perceived (About, 2012). The mission statement of Apple is delivered as:

"Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced iPad 2 which is defining the ...

Apple Inc.’s sales and promotional efforts are focused towards profit maximization over short-term investments. This is mainly because of the short life-cycle of technological in today’s competitive and innovative market (VanCamp, Faisal, Dora & Lanera, 2012, p. 57). The company uses coupons and rebates as part of its promotional efforts; however, these two are offered subject to the end-user purchasing Apple Inc.’s products from a qualified retailer.

Apple Inc. also uses packaging to grow its brand. The packaging of most of its products is meant to depict sobriety in terms of environmental conservation. The company uses vegetable ...

There is little doubt that the New iPad 3 is the best gadget in the industry when it comes to delivering unmatched and finest array of applications on a wide screen. The New iPad 3 offers improvements on its predecessor the iPad 2, making it brilliant in every sense of the description, be it reading, browsing, gaming, or entertainment. For instance, the Retina Display ensures that everything viewed on the screen appears superbly crisp (Apple). The A5X processor delivers maximum speed performance and exceptional graphics coupled with low-power system (Apple). The 5MP iSight rear camera improves HD video recording, ...

Step 1: Identifying Problems, Opportunities, and Objectives

The proposed new application is going to be called the Calorie Calculator, and it will help users keep track of their calorie count in terms of what they intake and what they burn.
The application will allow users to enter the food and drink they take in during each meal. The application keeps track of their calorie intake for each day, so that they can easily track this information. They will have access to this information at any time, ...

Existence: flash has been in operation since the beginning of 1996 and has thus developed strong users and developers. Its latest version of the player is Linux, Microsoft Windows, Android 2.2+, Mac OS X, Google TV and RIM QNX. HTML 5 started in 2003, and in the beginning of 2011, its standard had risen to working in a draft state. As at today, HTML 5 uses such browsers as opera mini, apple safari, internet explorer and maxilla Firefox in a large extent. In terms of website adoption, about eighty-five percent of the ...

Introduction

In order for any organization to survive in the knowledge economy, it needs to have a better performance tomorrow than today and yesterday. The organization should always be on the lookout for the best ways of preventing occurrence of problems and correcting the existing ones. An organization should also seek to carry out improvements, on a continuous basis in order to achieve business sustainability. All these call for better knowledge management. According to Wei and Mohammed ( ...

Apple iPad had no real worries from competitors until Amazon introduced the Kindle Fire Tablet so the tech bloggers report. The product most like the Kindle Fire Tablet is Barnes & Noble Nook Color because they are similarly priced and offer similar applications (Rothman 2011). The costumer will make the best choice of tablet if they first consider what they want to do with their new gadget.

Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet is a perfect size for pockets so it can be carried everywhere without any annoying bulges or pokes. It measures 7 inches ...

The launch of Samsung Galaxy, at the beginning of this year the market share, became competitive due to already overcrowded tablet computing market. The probable beneficiaries of the tablet market are the Samsung and Apple Electronics who are already in the market. The emergence of the tablet computing market was due to introduction of the Microsoft Tablet in the year 2001. Upon this development, it has seen the entry of 20 separate products into the tablet computing market, which includes Amazon.com’s, Kindle DX, which is coupled with numerous offering from Nokia, Motorola, and LG companies. The ipad 2 significantly boosts the functionality and the internal features of the ipad, which was effected in 2010. The ipad does not only have unique features in terms of speed, but also contain an element of human factor. The Apple Company 2 takes seriously the human factor by educating the users on how to use ipad 2.The ipad is much bigger as compared to iphone in size. The feature will enable the Apple Company to employ the element of portability of the mobile phone, the functionality of laptop, wide screen feature, and exclusively small compact tablet (Apple, Inc., 2011).

The ipad 2 has in the past faced stiff competition from the Smartphone market. The companies, which offer competition, to ipad 2 include Google’s Android, Motorola, LG, and Nokia (Datamonitor Inc, 2011). However, research has shown that competing tablets to the ipad are doomed to fail, and the Apple Company speculates to post 80% share of the US consumer tablet market 2011. The Apple Company chief marketing strategy lies on well established worldwide brand recognition in the Smartphone market. Following the official launch of the product, the company’s sales went beyond their stores, but also to their affiliate’s stores. The company next strategy is to avail the product exclusively in the United States, alone. The company dominant strategy will see the ipad products spread to the rest of the world, via its global network of Apple Stores and associated distributors. The global networking will be accompanied by price reductions, but without 3G connectivity. The Apple Company scores high in its ipad 2 model due its pricing, consumer awareness, expectation, and consideration. Brands such as HTC though well established in the Smartphone market are poised to fail due to its high prices compared to Apple Company’s prices (Apple, Inc., 2011).

Recommendations

(i) The company should explore markets which are differentiated according to income and technology to boost their profits. This is because the company strategy on price discrimination is celebrated as long as the company’s prices remain constant (Brickley, Brickely, Smith & Zimmerman, 2008).
(ii) The Apple Company should also focus on the global retail market which will be facilitated by its retail outlets and affiliate distributors worldwide. This will enable the ipad products to colonize the market before the entry of the rival companies which include Samsung, Blackberry, Xoom, and Nokia. This is because the competition in the Smartphone products has become intense and need global strategy (Apple Library Users Group, Apple Computer, Inc1992).
(iii) The ipad 2, feature of absence of 3G connectivity can enable the company to reach markets in the developing countries. This will also make their products penetrate into extraordinary markets in China, India, and Brazil. This will make the Apple Company make high profits and have high market share.
(iv) The prices of the tablets products remain higher in the market and owing the high competition in the market the company should produce relatively cheaper products, but which will not comprise its functionality. Maintaining the product quality while reducing their price will ensure the product cycle is renewed.

References

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Background of the organization

Apple Inc. is one of the best internationally known computer companies that specialize in designing and creating iPads, iPods, iTunes, Macintosh desktops and laptop and operating systems like the OS X. The Company has embraced the revolutionary technology and has ventured in the manufacturing of iPhone. Apple is a brand that actively competes with others in the market. According Linzmayer (2004) the brand is very competitive even in the very competitive markets, in the PC market it is well represented by its highly reputed Macintosh computers and accompanying and related programs and software. In the electronics industry and market, ...

Introduction

Apple Inc is a multinational technology company that was founded in 1976 as Apple Computer Company and incorporated in 1977 in California USA. It later re-branded to Apple Inc. to capture its expansion into the production of consumer electronics products (Linzmayer, 2004). Among its globally recognized brands which include Macintosh computers, iPhones, iPods, and iPads have received the greatest attention by consumers, the media, and the industrial players. Apple has a workforce of about 35,000 employees spread across the world. Its sales during the period ended September 2009 amounted to US $ 42.91 billion (O'Grady, 2008). Its advertising campaigns ...

English is a language which is spoken by billions of people worldwide. The vast majority of people can speak, at very least, a smattering of the English language and as such, it has begun to gain a reputation for being the ‘lingua franca’ of the world of academia. The growth of the English language exploded during the prime years of the British Empire – at its height, the Empire consisted of almost a quarter of the planet and held control over millions of people (Luscombe). This was unavoidably likely ...

High-technology products are combination of market and technological uncertainties, they also carry competitive volatility, means a high level of threat that the same technology will be duplicated and introduced by their competitor. Challenges faced by any company while marketing High-Technology are different from traditional products. In the present paper we will discuss marketing concepts of newly launched product Apple I-Pad 2.
Product Life-Cycle: The life cycle of a product has been defined in four stages. Stage one introduction, stage two growth, stage three maturity and stage four decline. When a new product is launched in the market, it falls ...

The Demise of Hewlett-Packard’s Touchpad

Hewlett-Packard, Inc., founded by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard in 1939, is one of the most innovative hardware developers that cater to all types of consumers (“HP History,”n.d.). In a move to further expand their products and services, Hewlett-Packard, or HP, released the Touchpad, which they touted to be the one to beat Apple’s iPad. Sales, however, were dismal. In a little over a month, the price dropped and HP announced that it would discontinue the Touchpad (Woyke, 2011).

This decision by HP is hedged on two assumptions. The first is that the operating ...

The New York Times Article on Amazon Company Innovation

Amazon Company is an international company conducting electronic commerce. The company sells goods over the internet. Amazon has the ability to reach markets all over the world and target consumers who are in emerging markets.
As result of its widespread markets, Amazon uses credit cards to receive payments from its clients. Customers who use their credit cards or their United Kingdom debit cards are required to give the details of their cards when they are making orders (Streitfield 1). After the first order has been made, the company’s customer-care personnel often give the client further instructions on how ...

Apple Inc is a public company operating in the television and radio and TV broadcasting and the main one being manufacturing of wireless communications equipment. Apple's net change in the cash flows of the year ending September 28, 2013 was $3,513 Million. 377.3% growth was a growth of over thrice the change in cash of the year ending September 29, 2012 which stood at only $931 Million. In cash flow from the operating activities, in the year ending September 28, 2013, Apple generated $53.7 Billion from its major business operations. This is a good sign for its investors ...

IPAD Marketing Analysis

Introduction
The competitive nature of the business environment in view of a globalized economy and a tremendous surge in technological developments on a daily basis has made the playground cut throat to not only sustain but also grow the business.
The success of an organization lies in its undertaking to a thorough investigation of potential opportunities in meeting the needs of the customer wants in accordance with the current trends which make them own the product in view of the image created.
Apple’s iPad has been one product which shows what the company is all about in terms ...

Marketing concept and strategies of Apple Company

The Apple Company has employed various marketing concept and strategies in enhancing the customer's relationship. Google and Amazon companies have also considered the same concepts to enhance their relationship with their customers. To maintain this relationship, the companies have considered and given the customers feedback priority in the decision making. The management of these companies has developed customer relation by putting an effort in the understanding their expectations. This leads to translation of the expectation into quality improvement (Corbae, Jensen, & Schneider, 2003). This has gained these companies competitive advantage in computer marketing both locally and internationally.
Customer's retention comes ...

Isaac Newton’s story of how an apple falling from a tree that hit his head inspired him to formulate a theory of gravitation is one that all school children grow up hearing about. Newton is arguably one of the most influential scientific minds having ever lived. He has published books such as Arithmetica Universalis, The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms, Methods of Fluxions, Opticks, the Queries, and most famously, Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica. He formulated the three laws of gravitation, discovered the generalized binomial theorem, developed infinitesimal calculus (sharing credit with Gottfried Wilhelm Von Leibniz, who developed the theory ...

Introduction- What is marketing?

In today’s fast moving world, nothing seems to be constant. The market is changing at a constant pace, and strategies that worked in the past are not applicable any more. We can say that the present is not like the past and future will be different from the present! It is essential that organizations accept this fact and start formulating strategies which can guide them in these uncertain times. Marketing is that part of an organization’s long term efforts which highlights its unique selling propositions to its potential customers. Marketing tries to bring out the positives and ...

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Essay 21 : We are what we eat

What to choose: a big, red and cheap apple or an organic one? For me, the answer is obvious. I prefer to eat natural and healthy food. Modern technology is developing so rapidly and has archived such results, that nowadays it is possible to grow an apple only for few days, moreover, it will look like a picture. But the question is: what it has inside? Is it an apple or just pesticides in a shape of an apple?
I, personally, believe in Paul Bragg’s words: “ we are what we eat”. Our physical and mental conditions ...

INTRODUCTION

Lee Byung-Chull established Samsung in 1938. The Samsung group started as a trading company centered in Su-dong. At the beginning, it acted as a grocery in the city. In 1947, it expanded its services to Seoul but moved after declaration of the Korean War. The founder ventured into the textile industry in Korea. In 1960, Samsung penetrated in the telecommunications hardware industry. Later on, the company started to produce Telecommunications equipment, semiconductors and home appliances. Since then, it has expanded its services to more than 68 countries and it has more than 285 operations across the globe. The company’ ...

Purchase decisions about products sometimes hold greater importance for buyers; whereas, other times it is considered a routine purchase. High involvement products are those that involve the buyer’s attention in the form of greater time and greater resources. On the other hand, low involvement products are those which do not require the buyer’s attention as they are usually conditioned towards making similar purchases. When people spend a greater amount on a product or service they ensure they are not fooled into spending their money. Consequently, this requires the buyer to be aware of the product and most ...

This is a chimpanzee with “The Apple” and not an apple. The Apple Company is a reputable company and known for the production of superior electronic products. The work depicts a chimpanzee operating a laptop from the Apple Company. This only happens in the contemporary world, which is dominated by several acts of innovation and rights of all beings. Chimpanzee has a right as an animal and is entitled to express its opinions depending on the level of its capability.
In this scenario, the chimpanzee is alone and in possession of a laptop of which it tends to operate. ...

Article # 1 - How to Get More Visitors to Click, Buy or Promote on Your Site:

When we talk about perfection in a website, there is no such thing. In other words, it means that there is always a room for improvement and betterment. The point to ponder is how to improve one’s website. The first step is to determine the primary goal of website. What purpose does it serve to the target audience? Is the purpose of the page to promote it on social media, encourage people to call you, get chances to fill out a form or to generate online sales? Once a person understands what the goal is all about, the ...

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Globalization of corporations has affected the geography, people and the economic system. It is not surprising to understand that globalization has developed across borders to progress in trade; however globalization has not been beneficial for the people as the advantages of globalization are savored only by the corporations. The present approach of globalization has made people lose their national identity. The developed nations, for example, United States is considered to provide good living standards, and job opportunities ...

SWOT Analysis and its importance

SWOT analysis is a basic framework that evaluates and monitors the external and internal environment of an organization and measures its strength, weakness, opportunities and threats. In order to understand the essence of SWOT analysis, it is important that we break down its components with respect to its operating environment.
External Environment: This consists of several external factors which explore the different opportunities that are available for a particular organization. Apart from this, it also evaluates the potential and current threats that might disrupt the organization’s strategic goals.
- Opportunities: This is an area in which a particular ...

Network security is critical in the design of a network infrastructure. This is because such a design ensures that network equipment and devices including access mechanisms prevent unauthorized access. However, such can be implemented by protecting network links, hardening network devices such as routers and switches either through configurations or implementing new levels of security to perform the functions. The technology to be used in enforcing enterprise wide security matters a lot, some such as the Virtual Private Network guarantees security through encryption where data is encrypted and routed over a tunnel across the public network, while at the ...

Introduction

Business ethics serves a great purpose in ensuring that enterprises engage in legitimate trade activities. More so, business ethics provides for a fair playing ground in a business context. Business leaders have a responsibility in upholding ethics in their business transactions (Johnson, 2014). With ethics, the transactions become free and it provides a chance for business growth. This paper focuses on Steve Jobs as an ethical business leader. The paper will highlight different ethical principles that apply in business and relate them to the business leadership displayed by Steve Jobs.

Brief Overview of Jobs as a Business Leader

Today applications designers envy the business legacy left behind ...

Introduction: Apple became the world’s biggest computer company in 2012, reaching $546 billion market capitalization more than the market value of the renowned leader, Exxon Mobil. While Apple remains silent about its new products, the existing line up is now facing a stiff competition. This paper aims to explain to the readers about Apple Company’s contribution to advanced technology, a brief story about the company, and its current status in the market. Thesis: Is Apple Company still the leader in personal computer industry? No, Apple is no longer the leader in personal computers.
Basis of its decline ...

My interest in the Apple Company did not go beyond curiosity and reading news lines connected with it. I never understood the people who are the fans of products from Apple and did not understand their devotion to only one brand. For me, it was simply impossible to imagine how not to try a gadget of one brand after using of previous another one. Yes we all know that Apple manufactures devices of sufficient quality However, many other vendors do so as well. So why are there multi-million army of fans of Apple who would not for the world ...

Introduction

In the year 1991, Fraunhofer IIS a company in Germany developed what is today known as MP3 format. This innovation revolutionized the distribution, storage and how music was being consumed. Main Reasons for the rapid distribution and revolution of music plays a vital role in today’s lives. Despite the fact that, it requires time and the effort to be able to find a suitable music that fits our taste, a Radio station and also record labels that we prefer. Since, radio station ends up only deciding what we listen and the time we do so (Reeza Fazily, 2011).
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- In the case “Fraunhofer and MP3” case (Opening case, Chapter 9, Schiller, 2013), what industry conditions lead to the revolution in audio distribution described in the case? Which stakeholders stand to benefit most (or least) from this revolution?
The innovative culture of technology is one element that cannot be controlled when it comes to its manner of embracing the concept of progress. It could be realized that through the different advancements in technology, the manner of creating and distributing music has changed through time. Among such developments include the creation of several music files into particular formats that ...

ITunes Music Store Analysis

ITunes music store is a one-stop online shop for digital contents consist of music, apps, movies and, electronic publications. The store is a division of Apple Inc. business focusing on providing contents for Apple-native devices. Consumers can purchase and download either individual tracks or complete albums from the artists of different genres. Unlike other online distribution shops, iTunes is not a subscription service or a stand-alone website, it is an entire application that is normally integrated in the operating systems and it is downloadable from the Apple store’s website. Albums cost between $7.99 and $12.99 but the majority ...

The tradition of celebrating Halloween dates back from the ancient legends and folklore across the world. In Catholic countries, November 1 is the All Saints Day, which marks a special celebration of the saints’ good deeds here on earth. November 2 is considered as the All Hallows Eve, a day said to believe that spirits of the dead return to the land to visit their loved ones. Originally, the tradition of Halloween dates back since the Middle Ages, based on the ancient pagan festivity in Ireland. This celebration is called ‘Samhain,’ (pronounced as sow-een) which means ‘the end of ...

Management Team of Musictogo

MARKET STUDY OUTLINE
1. INTRODUCTION

A. OBJECTIVE

This report contains the results of a market study conducted for the Global Corporation “Musictogo” headquartered in the USA. This study evaluated the market readiness and appetite for a new generation mp3 player to compete with Apple’s “Ipod” product. Only the Netherlands market was considered in this study.

B. APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY

For this study it was necessary to determine how Musictogo’s next generation mp3 player would perform against the incumbent mp3 provider, Apple Corporation’s Ipod mp3 player.
The Ipod’s performance was evaluated against major competitors with emphasis on features/functionalities and price. The Netherlands ...

Industrial Organization and Resource Based Value model

Our focus for this model will highlight the competitive advantage given to IBM by the extensive research it has done on semi- conductor technology. This is real for IBM because it has used this resource from a team point of view rather than individual experts employed by IBM. Handling this resource in deep connection with other existing resources has enabled the management of IBM to use this advantage to acquire a big share of the electronics market.
Coca cola has made use of the internal environment to enhance its position in the market. Using the vast array of financial ...

XX century is usually called the century of astronautics and aviation. However, the 70’s of the last century can also be called the era of the modern IT-industry development. And Apple played not the last role here.
Nowadays, Apple is a living legend of the computer world. Founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, as usual, in the garage, the company managed to make a computer revolution in a couple of years. The company has gone through the difficult years, it almost went bankrupt, but it is reborn today, once the dismissed Jobs returned to the helm of ...

In the article, ‘Trying to See Apple from a Different Angle’, Jeff Somer on February 1, 2014, has explained about the Apple Incorporation, which has started its business in 1970, and then worked hard and retained its identity. Now Apple Incorporation is the biggest company of the world and is enjoying favorable investments from the investors. The author further tells that, in the year 2010, the company has generated 52% revenue, which has risen to 66% in 2011 and then fell to 45% in the year 2012. Recently in 2014, the company has introduced iPhone, which has gained remarkable ...

In this discussion about organizational structure, there will be two different articles discussing separate approaches to and implications of organizational structure: the first, written by Ramachandran et al. (2011) is entitled, “Organisational culture: An exploratory study comparing faculties' perspectives within public and private universities in Malaysia.” The second, written by Macintosh and Doherty (2007), is entitled “Extending the scope of organisational culture: The external perception of an internal phenomenon.” Each approaches the issue of organizational structure differently, and each presents important implications regarding the structure of different organizational groups.
[Main findings] Ramachandran et al. (2011) are primarily concerned with ...

Introduction

Each application creates its own file structure and a file created by one application is usually not usable by another except for some universal formats like ASCII, PDF, HTML, and RTF. However there is a basic underlying similarity in storage media in that all storage media are divided into storage blocks of 512 bytes each. In this paper we shall discuss the file structures in three operating systems – Mac OSX, Windows OS, and Linux/Unix.
Mac OS is Apples GUI (Graphic User Interface) based operating system. The newest releases since 2001 have been released under the brand name Mac OSX. ...

This case deals with the story of Apple Inc. in 2010. In spite of the great recession that had hit the United States in 2008, Apple Inc. had celebrated the record quarterly revenues and sales of its computer, smartphones and tablets during the third quarter of 2010. The company’s quarterly revenues of $15.7 billion were its highest ever quarterly sales figure. Apple had sold 3.47 million Macs, 3.3 million iPads and 8.4 million iPhones during the quarter (Marino,L. & Gamble,J.2010. Apple Inc. in 2010. c153). Although the sales of its flagship iPod declined from the previous quarter, ...

There are several political factors that affect Apple Company. First, nearly all of Apple Company products are manufactured in China (Lusted 2012); therefore, any political instability in China may affect the manufacturing process of its products. This many have a negative effect on the profitability levels of Apple Company as it may not be able to meet the high demand for its products in the different parts of the world. Furthermore, political tensions between the United States and China may spell a doom for the company’s fortunes. This is mainly because China may impose economic sanctions on the ...

Economic factor denotes the foundation or basis of a buying decision . In most cases, customers cannot purchase what is beyond their purchasing power regardless their need for the service or good. Nevertheless, affordability is always an issue of perspective, which elucidates why most customers employ “creative” budgeting to acquire commodities they need. Therefore, good economic condition implies the ability of consumers to purchase what they require without constraints of money.
Global economic condition is a factor that affects the business process of Apple Inc since the firm or corporation is internationally recognized . Recession, currency, and inflation are the main ...

Introduction

iTunes is an online media store, player and app developed and distributed by Apple Inc. iTunes is used to for downloading, organizing and playing audio and video music on different gadgets such as personal computers, mobile phones, iPads, and iPods. There has been a debate on how good iTunes is to the music industry, and particularly to recording artists. Some consumers argue that iTunes increases ease in accessibility of music files, while others argue that iTunes is not favorable because one has to pay for every song on the playlist and it can be costly. From the perspective of ...

The University of Michigan Leadership Model (UMLM) was developed by researchers at the Michigan University in the late 1940s. The researchers identified two leadership styles: job-centered leadership and employee-centered leadership. In the job-centered behavior, the manager is concerned more with the needs of the job as opposed to the employee-centered behavior where the manager is concerned more about the needs of the job. This paper seeks to identify how UMLM has been used in the case of Apple Inc.
One of the organizations that have made use of the UMLM is Apple Inc. Apple has a culture of enhancing ...

The music industry has undergone tremendous changes; the whole business model has been transformed and the internet has taken over each and every aspect of the business. Old competencies become irrelevant while it has become a necessity for the businesses to quickly adopt the new ones. The need for A&R staff has been eliminated by the concept of the MP3 to make the music in the digital format. Similar to the other businesses, the elimination of the barriers to entry has given rise to more competition and opened up more chances of innovation in the industry. The compilation and ...

It is hard to argue that media play an important role in the modern society and in life of every individual. Essentially, they are an irreplaceable part of it. Most of the people always watch and read news every day, a habit that strengthened with emergence of the Internet, mobile devices like smartphones and tablets, and social media altogether. Media practically became hands-on, available when, where and how you want it – on T.V., in a paper or electronic magazine or newspaper, or on Facebook. Getting the latest news nearly in the blink of an eye is par for the ...

English

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice, and most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” Steve Jobs

Who can ever forget that mercurial genius and co-founder of ‘apple,’ and who branded Macintosh as ‘the computer for the rest of us’? None today, toddlers included, can escape the impression left behind the man, who left us grieving the loss of, not an individual, but a person who could have given us more. Apple has ...

Jobs was a unique leader and a vivid example of the role of personality in history. He has already entered the history of management as a lone hero. Director of the Leadership Institute at the University of Southern California of Los Angeles Warren Bennis says that this is one of the few cases where the code of the company is wired in the brain of one person. It is not that Apple is not able to create outstanding market developments. The point in the presentation, product philosophy, which was translated to buyers and investors by Steve Jobs. According to ...

The company under the discussion of my legal research problem is Apple. In this study, this paper analyzes the Apple Company from its background information, legal analysis, ethical analysis, market analysis, alternative solutions and implementation of the proposed solutions.
In the background information, Apple Company is defined in terms of where it is location and operationalization structure (Marcia). The services that it engages in are also outlined in the background information. The legal issue under discussion is also introduced.
In legal analysis, the matter under crisis is brought out clearly. Facts are illustrated, and the contention between apple and ...

In the early years of the 21st century, accounting scandals usually involved major private organizations such as Enron. However, all that changed when Federal Home Mortgage Corporation (also called Freddie Mac), the second largest financer of mortgages, came under the microscope of the authorities including the United States Justice System. The SEC believed that Freddie Mac had irregularities in its accounting procedures, and therefore, decided to investigate the mortgage giant. Freddie Mac was a government sponsored organization that came into being in the year 1970. The organization was set up to promote home-ownership, and, at first, Freddie Mac functioned ...

Apple Company has realized the fact that tablets are the new driver of its growth in the current market patterns. The company noted that tablets have become the second largest income source by injecting close to 26 billion dollars in 2013. Hence, the company has moved on to devise concrete marketing approaches to ensure that the tablet would become a stronger revenue contributor for the organization. The majority of technology companies have put more emphasis on smart phones rather than on tablets. This situation has led to a decline in the overall prices of tablets and hence this is ...

in its Foxconn, China Plant

Introduction

Interestingly, it takes five days and 325 sets of hands to make a single iPad (Topolsky, p. 1). These hands belong to most Chinese workers who are being paid about $1.78 an hour and labor 12-hour days? (Topolsky, p. 1). Apple, a global leader on smart phones and other computer devices, has been seriously criticized for its production practices for several years. This paper makes the case of Apple’s outsourcing in China unfair, illegal, and unethical even if it is the general system and practice in the country.
In exploring this viewpoint, this ...

Innovators must deeply experience the world of their Customers

Introduction
Miriam Webster defines innovation as a new idea, device, or method. Most people want to be innovative and often think that their good idea will lead to their success and happiness. Ralph Waldo Emerson is famously misquoted as having said “Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.” (Kassinger, 2002 p.128). Mousetraps have been created since the 1800s, but even since 1976 there have been 309 additional mousetrap patents filed (USPTO, 2014). However, if one goes searching for a mousetrap, they will probably find it gathering dust at the back of an ...

Samsung Galaxy S4

After reviewing several companies, I decided to choose the company “Samsung”, and to with their rapidly developing branch of mobile devices. Once Apple proved to be extremely successful in the field of mobile devices, Samsung decided not to lose the ground in that field, and started to fight for its share of market ever since, therefore, transforming into one of the leaders on this market in the past couple years. As the field of mobile devices is quite opulent I decided to concentrate on smart phones, or flagman version of these gadgets. The most recent flagman smart phone from ...

Apple Company is a multinational organization that is renowned for designing, developing and marketing consumer electronic devices. For instance, Apple Company's products comprise of iPod, iTunes, desktop computers, Mac laptops, the OS X operating system, iPad, and iPhone. The company operates under a competitive market structure due to high competition from rival companies. Some of the Apple's rival companies include Dell Company, Samsung Company, and Microsoft Company. A competitive market structure allows an organization to identify various marketing strategies that will facilitate in increasing the company's performance under stiff competition. Companies engage in the production of similar products and ...