Internal analysis of apple corporation

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Internal analysis of Apple Corporation

Introduction to Apple Corporation

Apple Inc was founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs , Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne and has its headquarters based in Cupertino , California . The company is well known for the manufacture of computer software and hardware . The computer hardware manufactured by Apple Company include iPod , iPhone and iPad . The computer software produced by the company are Mac OS X operating system , iTunes , iLife , iWork , Aperture , Final Cut Studio , and Logic studio . By the close

of the financial year 2009 the company had employed 34 ,300 permanent workers and 2 ,500 temporary workers globally in all its subsidiaries . Most of the employees are located in the United States while others are located in the subsidiaries of the company world wide (Linzmayer , 2009 . Steve Jobs is the president of the company and has acted as the chief executive officer since 1997 . Recently , Steve Jobs delegated his duties to Tim Cook due to the health problems he has encountered . Apple Inc is headed by a Chief Executive Officer (CEO ) who is assisted by a board of directors to manage and make supreme decisions about the organization Various committees are elected to coordinate the operation of the projects and strategies of the organization . There are various departments which are used in the daily operation of the organization Officers have been elected to head the departments . Some of the departments are the finance department , operations department , product marketing , industrial design , retail , engineering...