Business Report about Apple

Business Report about Apple

Introduction

Apple is an organization that has become one of the most renowned organizations in the world of computing. Apple was founded by the Steve Jobsand Wozniak in the garage of Jobs where the first basic computer was invented (Milne, 2005). The journey from the garage of Jobs could extend to a world class organization is something beyond reality but is true. Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, had been in and out of the organizational decision making processes; however, every time he was out of the organizational decision making, Apple started to face declines and hardships. The superiority of Steve Jobs analytic skills, his determination and innovative ideas was what led Apple to the road to continuous success (Vranica, 2010).

The paper focuses on the cases study of Apple and attempts to highlight various aspects of the organizational culture and management. The paper basically is aimed at answering the case study questions that are based on the philosophy and organizational culture as well as the ethical decisions of Apple. It also discusses the competitiveness of Apple as well as to how the organization handles various ethical issues prevailing in the organization.

Discussion

The questions of the case study are discussed in detail encompassing all the aspects of the ethical and cultural points of the Apple organization. Here onwards the questions are answered:

Explain how Apple's philosophy and organizational culture have impacted how it handles ethical decisions.

The success of Apple is based on the ensuring the continuous innovation and improvements that are being brought about by the implementation of creative ideas that are frequently generated by the decision makers of the organization. Its recognition is based on the high quality products and services that it offers to the innumerable customers and business all around the world (Vranica, 2010). Apple has a well drafted code of ethics that it expects its employees to follow strictly as ethics is one of the areas where Apple has laid immense importance in relation to the organizational performances (Deutschman, 2000). Moreover, Apple considers four basic principles that are immensely important for the purpose of ensuring the integrity of the organizations. These four principles include honesty, confidentiality, respect and compliance. Apple lays great importance to these and considers these four principles as the basic pillars of the huge building that Apple has constructed (Milne, 2005).

Apart from that, Apple takes prides on the unique corporate culture that it posses. Ensuring the potential applicants and the flat organizational structure are among the few of the key points that are considered as the uniqueness of the corporate culture of Apple. Furthermore, the corporate culture and Apple's environment does not limit its employees to the 9am to 5pm working hour slot, rather it has a more flexible timing and Steve Jobs strongly believes in the fact that any employee that cannot fit into the differentiated and unique corporate culture and environment that Apple has, may not be the right person to be the part of such a great ...