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Apple's Strategic Management


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Apple's Strategic Management
This paper discusses the concern over Apple's continued competitive advantage without the leadership of Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO.
975 words (approx. 3.9 pages) | 13 sources | APA | 2009 Bangladesh


Paper Summary:

The paper reveals that the general public is of the opinion that Apple will lose its competitive advantage without the leadership of its CEO, Steve Jobs. The paper discusses how Jobs' leadership facilitated the continuous process of managing change which new product development entails. The paper emphasizes the importance of maintaining the spirit of innovation that was the reflection of Jobs' strategic leadership and recommends that the company recruit manpower from the external managerial labor market in order to maintain this innovative spirit.

From the Paper:

"The comment of Hitt and Ireland (1999) clearly reflects the public concern over Apple's continued supremacy after the departure of Steve Jobs, the Chief Executive at Apple. Apple's competitive advantage clearly lies in its organizational culture. However the leadership for maintaining the specific cultural orientation comes from Steve Job's vision of the future direction of product development. Without his leadership, the company might not be in a position to develop products that will transform the market (cited in Kane, 2009). This has been the core competency of the company."

Sample of Sources Used:

  • Aaker, David A. (2004). Strategic Market Management. McGraw Hill/Irwin.
  • Armstrong, Michael. (2005). Strategic Human Resource Management. Prentice Hall.
  • Baldwin, Esther, and Martin Curley. (2007). Managing IT Innovation for Business Value: Practical Strategies for IT and Business Managers. Intel Press.
  • Brigham, Eugene F., and Michael C. Ehrhardt. (2007). Financial Management: Theory & Practice. South western college pub.
  • Dess, Gregory G., et al. (2007). Strategic Management: Creating Competitive Advantage. McGraw Hill/Irwin.

Cite this paper

APA Citation:

Apple's Strategic Management (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Analytical-Essay-Apple's-Strategic-Management/116976

MLA Citation:

"Apple's Strategic Management" 15 January 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Analytical-Essay-Apple's-Strategic-Management/116976>




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I have an MBA from National University of Singapore and a BBA from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. In MBA, my major was in operations management. However I covered a wide variety of subjects in marketing, finance and accounting. My paper on the analysis of financial statements was published. I enrolled in National University of Singapore because I was offered a full scholarship from the Asian Development Bank, one of eight such awards given every year. As part of an exchange program, I also spent one quarter in University of Washington, Seattle. There I covered four subjects in marketing, statistics, operations and IT. I have also worked in a variety of professional roles that allowed to me apply my academic learnings to real life.
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