Management Functions In Apple

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An assignment analyzing Apple�s key management functions.

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MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS IN APPLE INC. 1
Running Head: Management Functions In Apple
Management Functions in Apple
Analyze the management functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling at Apple
Inc., highlighting the differences in management approaches between Steve Jobs and Tim Cook.
Discuss the impact of the company's organizational structure on decision-making and employee
engagement. Provide recommendations for enhancing leadership effectiveness at Apple.
(Word Count: 1500-2000 words)

MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS IN APPLE INC. 2
Introduction
Apple Inc. is a well-known American multinational corporation. Together with its
subsidiaries, the company plans, constructs, and commercializes personal computers, mobile
communication devices and portable digital music and video players. As well, the company also
sells several associated software, services, peripherals and networking solutions. Some of, it’s
well known hardware products are the Macintosh computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad.
In present, the company operate with 300 retail stores in ten countries and an online store
through which it sells its hardware and software products (Apple Inc., 2010).
The thesis statement of this research report is that, what kind of management approaches
are used by Apple Inc. to manage the different functions such as planning, organizing and
controlling, so that company can make strategic planning and effective decision making process.
Management Approaches of Apple
The approaches of managing people in the firm uses by Tim Cook are quite different
from the approaches used by Steve Job. Steve Job was a great entrepreneur, who had follow hub-
and-wheel management approach to organize a multinational corporation; on the other hand, Tim
Cook is more cooperative than Steve Job and follows the management theory of Taylor’s
scientific approach and theory of the human relations approach (Finkelstein, 2013).
Although the management approach of Steve cannot be questioned but he was demanding
and aggressive and handled all the planning and decision making processes through a
decentralized structure, as his approaches was based on theory of Fayol, as per that manager
plans, organizes, commands, co-ordinates and controls all the activities and processes (Adetule,
2011).

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