Apple - Management Course Paper

TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

School of Economics and Business Administration

Management

TMO 2180

Mukhammed Amr Kharaba

Nasrin Islam

Management Audit for Apple

Course paper

Instructors: Maris Zernand-Vilson; Supriya Banerjee

Tallinn 2015

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION4

1. THE ORGANIZATION AND ITS ENVIRONMENTS5

1.1. General environment5

1.1.1. Economic dimension5

         1.1.2. Political-legal dimension………….………………………………………..…………6

         1.1.3. Sociocultural dimension………………………………………………...…………….7

         1.1.4. Technological dimension………………………………………………...……………7

         1.1.5. Environmental dimension…………………………………………..…………………7

   1.2. Specific environment………………………………………………………...……………...8

          1.2.1. Customers………………………………...……………….…………………………8

          1.2.2. Suppliers……………………...………………………………………………………8

          1.2.3. Strategic partners…………………………..…………………………………………9

          1.2.4. Regulators………………………………………….…………………………………9

          1.2.5. Competitors……………………………….………………….……………………..10

          1.2.6. Environmental change, complexity and uncertainty…………………………..........11

2. MAIN FACTORS INFLUENCING THE MAIN DECISION OF MANAGEMENT…...11

3. MISSION……………………………..…………………….…………………………………11

4. VISION……………………………………..…………………………………………………11

5. PLAN AND STRATEGY…………………………………………………………………….12

6. THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE………………………………………………...12

   6.1. Features of Apple’s organizational structure………………………………………………13

   6.2. Advantages and disadvantages of Apple’s organizational structure………………………13

   6.3. A solution to this problem…………………………………………………………………13

7. LEADERSHIP STYLE AND EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT…………………………14