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Presentation #1 – Discussion Questions (each question must be answered in at least two paragraphs each) 1. With the inventions of the iPhone, iPod, iPad, AppleTV, and now the Apple Watch, where can Apple go from here? In what ways can they increase market share? 2. Although Samsung is a direct competitor, Apple uses Samsung-manufactured parts in its iPhones. Could Apple benefit from partnering with other competitors, like Facebook? 3. The Cult of Apple has allowed Apple to become one of the most valuable brands in the last two decades, what other intangible resources have allowed Apple to surpass the veteran technology giants? Presentation #2 – Discussion Questions (each question must be answered in at least two paragraphs each) 1. Currently, there is a controversy surrounding Apple. FBI and Courts wants Apple to unlock a terror accused’s iPhone to gather evidence and also to thwart possible future attacks. So far Apple has declined to do so citing privacy reasons and fear of setting wrong precedence. Which side of the argument do you come in? How does Apple’s position impact its Triple Bottom Line strategy? 2. Patent infringement can be killer blow to a company’s competitive position. Apple has been both victim and aggressor in several lawsuits. How much of an impact (if any) has patent infringement had on Apple’s competitive advantage? 3. How would Apple’s recent move away from radical innovation to incremental innovation affect its future competitive advantage? Apple (in 2013): How to Sustain a Competitive Advantage? History of Apple Apple SWOT 2013 Performance Apple’s greater economic value creation due to superior product differentiation. Superior quality and user friendly features. 78% of the iPhone owners cannot imagine owning a different phone. Brand appeal. 59% confessed to blind loyalty to Apple’s product, Another anecdotal evidence is the long lines in front of Apple stores to get its latest products. Performance Apple’s integrated ecosystem, end-to-end strategy gives it a competitive advantage. Performance Between 2011 and 2012 gross value for Apple increased by 200% due to higher perceived value by customers as well as efficient supply chain. Apple Revenue And Compounded Growth ratio (CAGR) 2002-2009 Apple’s Revenue in Billions U.S Dollars Triple Bottom Line Triple Bottom Line Measurement Index Economic Measures: Economic variables measures bottom line and flow of money Personal income Cost of underemployment Establishment churn Job growth Revenue by sector contributing to gross state product Environmental Measures Environmental variables represent measurements of natural resources and reflect potential influences to its viability. It incorporate air and water quality, energy consumption, natural resources, solid and toxic waste, and land use/land cover. Fossil fuel consumption. Selected priority pollutan.
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Running head: EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT SCAN—APPLE 1
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Political stability can be a threat to Apple’s products. Poor political stability would mean a reduction in sales and distribution of the products would be hard as trade barriers would be imposed. Various trade policies that could be imposed on a country would have an adverse effect on the company’s sales. However, developing countries create an opportunity for Apple expand its customer base as more free trade policies are put into effect. As Lombardo (2015) states, “Additional free trade policies increase the opportunities for Apple to distribute more of its products to various markets around the world” (section 2).
Social-cultural factors, such as lifestyle, living standards, and demographics important to Apple. Social factors have an effect on consumer behavior and expectations. The increase in mobile phone use and social media is an opportunity for Apple to provide easy-to-use smart phones.
Current technology and technological changes can affect a customer’s priorities changing the demand for Apple products. For example, with the increasing popularity of Cloud computing, Apple can use that to bring in customers and retain their existing customers. Apple has taken advantage of this by making it so that information can be transferred between the different apple devices and between family members. “Everything’s better when shared, and sharing has never been easier” (Apple, 2016, section 3).
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Running head: APPLE ENVIRONMENTSL SCAN 1
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Apple is one of the fastest growing companies that had blossomed into a well recognizable consumer name for electronic devices globally. Apple operations depend and performance significantly on global and regional economic conditions (Apple Inc., 2016). Their components are manufactured in other countries. Some of these countries include, Korea, Japan and Taiwan, but their products are assembled in China (Wright, A., 2012). Even those Apple is seen as a status symbol of financial stability for the elite and others, there are many others that built their self-esteem off of owning Apple products. Unemployment is a big key factor in the financial dealing with Apple’s products. In 2015, economists are projecting that unemployment rate will fall to a low of about 4.7% by the end of 2016 (Zumbrun, J., 2015). Their predictions were close, as of the end of October of 2016; unemployment rate in the United States was at 4.9% (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2016).
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Earlier this year, Apple wrestled with the U.S. Government over unlocking a suspected terrorist Iphone. The FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice, solicited Apple as the suspect has a code on their phone. Apple’s Iphones enables users to set up a passcode to lock out intruders. If the code is entered incorrectly in excess of ten times, then the phone will automatically delete the data on it. Apple’s fear was that by the government requesting them to unlock this one phone, that this was a privacy violation (Rash, W., 2016). These fears of Apples became the same-shared views among iphone users. Giving the government access would allow them to future access for any reason.
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The survival and the competitiveness of Apple Inc. is a result of its ability to innovate new technologies. Since the time of its formation, they have relentlessly developed new technologies. It started at the lowest point, but is now one of the top technology companies. The success of the company is attributable to strong and favorable internal environment, which entails such elements as the organizational structure, culture, mission and vision and also the coordination among different departments within the company (O'Grady, 2009). Apple Inc. has a culture of innovation and invention (O'Grady, 2009).
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Running Head CASE STUDY ON APPLE INC,’S EXPANSION TO ASIA AND SOU.docx
Running Head: CASE STUDY ON APPLE INC,’S EXPANSION TO ASIA AND SOUTH AMERICA 1
CASE STUDY ON APPLE INC,’S EXPANSION TO ASIA AND SOUTH AMERICA
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Running head: APPLE’S ENVIRONMENTSL SCAN 4
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Running Head CASE STUDY ON APPLE INC,’S EXPANSION TO ASIA AND SOU.docx
Running Head: CASE STUDY ON APPLE INC,’S EXPANSION TO ASIA AND SOUTH AMERICA 1
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This document provides a SWOT analysis of Apple Inc. focusing on its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Some of Apple's key strengths include its innovative products, brand loyalty, strategic partnerships, and high revenues. Weaknesses include premium pricing, potential innovation decline without Steve Jobs' leadership, and dependence on specific suppliers. Opportunities for Apple include entering new markets and exploiting new advertising methods. Threats include high competition, inflation, and tax levels. The document also analyzes Apple's performance and leadership over time.
General Environment, Forces of Competition, Future Improvement, Op.docx
General Environment, Forces of Competition, Future Improvement, Opportunities, Strength and Weaknesses of Apple Inc.
Introduction
Apple Inc. is a multinational company that was found by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in the year 1976. Since then, the company has able to produce mobile phones, iPads, personal computers and operating systems (Finkle, & Mallin, 2010). The company is successful under the current leadership of Timothy Donald. This paper will discuss the general environment, opportunities, threat, strength and capabilities of the company.
General Environment
The main segments of the general environment that affect Apple is the technology and social-cultural aspects. Technology has enabled the company to produce innovative and attractive products which attract customers. The socio-cultural segment of general environment involves values and attitude of people about products of the organization.
Technological Segment of the Environment
The technological segment of the environment influences how business operations are conducted—the segment use of advanced techs to design new and innovative products. Apple is ever-growing due to adoption of new and advanced technology. Advancement in technology has stiffened competition in the market. Apple uses better technologies such as wireless technology, cloud services and software to stay ahead in the competition.
Socio-Cultural Segment of the Environment
Social-Cultural segment refers to values and beliefs of people towards products and services of the organization. The positive interest and beliefs of people towards communication and entertainment results in the development of industries that deal with ICT. As a result, Apple incorporation continues to grow due to the interest of society towards its products and services. Similarly, the popularity of internet ad mobile phones leads to the success of the company. The company has prioritized to meet the demands of its customers by producing goods that are innovative and attractive.
Forces of Competition
The forces of competition are five. They include rivalry among competitors, threats of new entrants, threats of substitute commodities, bargaining power of suppliers and bargaining power of customers. In this assignment, rivalry among competitors and the bargaining power of suppliers is discussed.
Rivalry Among Competitors
Apple uses advanced technology and innovation to produce goods that are uniquely designed. The company make use of brand management to ensure its products are unique and innovative. The company has introduced produced products with a new feature, designs and performance to maintain market distinctness. All these changes have enabled Apple to stay ahead of the competition.
Apple should launch more products with unique design and features to stand out in the market. The company should also products other products and software to maintain market distinctness. The products should have new and updated features, version and ...
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Over the last five decades, Apple Inc. has succeeded in creating a business empire in the technological industry. Apple’s I-products are among the most loved technological items across the world. In the business world, Apple’s IT products and operations are unmatched. To this end, Apple Inc. growth is remarkable and shows no signs that it will decline in the near future. This is typified by the fact that the company keeps setting new sales records for every product that it introduces into the market. Whatever Apple Inc.’s does only catches its competitors unaware and therefore they play the role of catching up by mimicking its strategy though largely unsuccessfully. This paper examines the impact of various internal and external organizational environments that affect Apple Inc. As such, the paper will keenly explore the extent to which the organizational environment affect Apple. Among the various external and internal environments that will examined in this paper include economic, social, technological and economic factors. It will also give the implications that these factors have on Apple Inc. if the company is to continue with its success story.
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Im doing a marketing plan on how Apple can improve their products .pdf
I\'m doing a marketing plan on how Apple can improve their products below is the outlined
structure pls help xhibit 21-4 Summary Outline of Different Sections of Marketing Plan
Company Analysis Company objectives and overall marketing objectives Company resources
(marketing, production, financial, human, etc.) Other marketing plans (marketing program)
Previous marketing strategy Major screening criteria relevant to product-market opportunity
selected Quantitative (ROI, profitability, risk level, etc.) Qualitative (nature of business
preferred, social responsibility environment, etc,) Major constraints Marketing collaborators
(current and potential) Customer Analysis (organizational customers and/or final consumers)
Product-market Possible segmenting dimensions (customer needs, other characteristics)
Qualifying dimensions and determining dimensions Identify target market(s) (one or more
specific segments) Operational characteristics (demographics, geographic locations, etc.)
Potential size (number of people, dollar purchase potential, etc.) and likely growth Key
economic, psychological, and social influences on buying Type of buying situation Nature of
relationship with customers Competitor Analysis Nature of current/likely competition Current
and prospective competitors (or rivals) Current strategies and likely responses to plan
Competitive barriers to overcome and sources of potential competitive advantage Analysis of the
Market Context-External Market Environment Economic environment Technological
environment Political and legal environment Cultural and social environment Key Factors from
Situation Analysis W.O.T: Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats from situation
analysis Specific objectives to be achieved with the marketing strategy How will marketing mix
be differentiated from the competition? How will the market offering be positioned? Positioning
statement Marketing Strategy Overview of the Marketing Strategy General direction for the
marketing strategy Description of how the four Ps fit together Target Market(s) Summary of
characteristics of the target market(s) to be approached Product class (type of consumer or
business product) Current product life-cycle stage New-product development requirements
(people, dollars, time, etc.) Product liability safety, and social responsibility considerations
Specification of core physical good or service Product Features, quality etc. Supporting
service(s) needed Warranty (what is covered, timing, who will support, etc Branding
(manufacturer versus dealer, family versus individual, etc)
Solution
Apple iPhone Marketing Plan
•Executive Summery
•Situational Analysis
•SWOT Analysis
•Marketing Objectives
•Marketing Strategy
•Implementation
•Budget
•Control
Executive Summery
The Past– Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne established Appleon April 1, 1976 in
order to sell the Apple 1 Computer Kit that was handbuilt by Steve Wozniak. The Apple 1 was
sold as a motherboard (with CPU,RAM a.
Iphone
The document discusses factors that contributed to the success of the iPhone. It identifies several key consumer factors, including targeting young, tech-savvy users and understanding consumer preferences around entertainment apps. It also outlines important corporate factors such as Apple's control over key parts of the value chain like hardware, apps distribution, and marketing focused on fulfilling consumer needs. Environmental factors that supported iPhone's success included working within existing regulations and infrastructure and finding cultural niches through applications.
Writing Sample - Equity Research - AAPL
Apple Inc. designs consumer electronic devices including computers, phones, tablets and music players. The report issues a HOLD recommendation based on a valuation of $125.66 per share. While strong iPhone sales and a large cash position provide upside, uncertainty around new products like Apple Watch and a lack of sustainable growth models for maturing products like the iPad and Mac present risks.
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1) Professional
2) Supervisory
3) Skilled workers
4) Unskilled workers
Not mutually exclusive
1)Professional staff
Professionals - Individuals who have extensive formal education in a field and have acquired the knowledge and skills to make independent judgments and to function in that field with minimum supervision.
Entry Level - A beginning position in a profession.
ex: an entry-level dietitian
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Basic skills in Food Service Systems, General Nutrition. Able to work as a generalist dietitian.
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Professional staff
Specialization - The process of acquiring in-depth knowledge and skills in a narrow area of a profession.
Managers well honed in mgt skills will have some “practice skills” lost.
Generally, professionals are assumed to prefer participative management.
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A management style that encourages participation or consensus management; may be very effective when dealing with professional staff.Autocratic management style may create discontent among professional employees.
2) Supervisory personnel
Supervisors - Individuals with authority to oversee and direct the work of subordinates as well as having responsibility for their own work.
Often a supervisor is a frontline manager.
The level of authority of each supervisor should be sufficient to allow for the fulfillment of the assigned task.
Should be allowed to perform a new task several times before being given full responsibility and supported during transitional period.
On-the job training is essential for supervisor.
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3) Skilled Workers
Individuals who have special training or skills to perform a specific job.
ex: cooks, secretaries, exterminators
Usually do not need micromanagement.
Micromanagement - The act of providing intensive supervision to subordinates by constantly checking and verifying their progress.
Learns skills through on-the-job training or participating in technical skill training in a formalized setting.
Adept at “how to” of the task but no knowledge base to address “why” of the job
Does not require a degree nor credentialing.
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4) Unskilled Workers
Employees who bring no marketable skills to the job and are trained in the workplace to perform the required tasks.
ex: receptionists, cashiers, foodservice workers
Not always appropriate to use participative management (view their role as being followers, not leaders).
Can contribute to the management process by providing information and ideas without participating in the DM process.
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DM process – Data Mining
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1)Full-time
Full-Time Employee - An individual who is designated to work a certain number of hours a week that is considered “full time” by the employer (typically 4.
§ 6.01 IntroductionBackground checks are an important component .docx
§ 6.01 Introduction
Background checks are an important component of an effective compliance program under the United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual, § 8B2.1(b)(3) (2011). If the personnel involved in promulgating the compliance program are known as people of integrity then the compliance program will be perceived as the result of a sincere effort to create a culture of ethics within the corporation.
Since the integrity of the senior management, compliance officer, and the compliance office personnel is critical to the effectiveness of the compliance program, enhanced background checks need to be conducted on all personnel who are involved in the conduct and dissemination of the compliance program.
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Timing:
These background checks should be conducted at the time of employment, promotion, salary increase or change of position to a compliance related function.
__________
Typically, conducting background checks on certain prospective employees can be an important part of the employee selection process for any company.
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Timing:
Background checks may also be advisable for employees considered for promotion or transfer into managerial or sensitive positions, or those positions which involve unsupervised employee contact with customers.
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Strategic Point:
This practice should be reinforced throughout the company in hiring all employees since every employee is involved in promoting and participating in the compliance program.
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§ 6.02 Steps Involved in the Background Check Process
__________Trap:Strategic Point:
While seemingly straightforward, the steps required to conduct a legal background check are full of traps for the unwary. As a matter of federal law (and the law of many states), the process involves the following steps:
· 1.Obtain written consent for a background check from the applicant or employee;
· 2.Obtain and analyze the results of the background check;
· 3.Provide a copy of the background check to the applicant (if the results are relevant to the selection process) along with a written statement of rights and request a response;
· 4.Provide the applicant with an opportunity to respond with written comments to the background check results;
· 5.Consider the applicant’s written comments and the background check results in making a final determination as to whether the applicant will be hired, promoted, or transferred, and;
· 6.Provide the applicant with written notice (if the background check results are relevant to the selection process) of the fact that the background check results played a part in the selection process and that the applicant was not selected as a result.
__________
__________Warning:
These steps are more than just a set of best practices, they are designed to help an employer fully comply with the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Failing to follow one or more of these steps when using background checks for employment decisions can leave a c.
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(current and potential) Customer Analysis (organizational customers and/or final consumers)
Product-market Possible segmenting dimensions (customer needs, other characteristics)
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1)Professional staff
Professionals - Individuals who have extensive formal education in a field and have acquired the knowledge and skills to make independent judgments and to function in that field with minimum supervision.
Entry Level - A beginning position in a profession.
ex: an entry-level dietitian
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Professional staff
Specialization - The process of acquiring in-depth knowledge and skills in a narrow area of a profession.
Managers well honed in mgt skills will have some “practice skills” lost.
Generally, professionals are assumed to prefer participative management.
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A management style that encourages participation or consensus management; may be very effective when dealing with professional staff.Autocratic management style may create discontent among professional employees.
2) Supervisory personnel
Supervisors - Individuals with authority to oversee and direct the work of subordinates as well as having responsibility for their own work.
Often a supervisor is a frontline manager.
The level of authority of each supervisor should be sufficient to allow for the fulfillment of the assigned task.
Should be allowed to perform a new task several times before being given full responsibility and supported during transitional period.
On-the job training is essential for supervisor.
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3) Skilled Workers
Individuals who have special training or skills to perform a specific job.
ex: cooks, secretaries, exterminators
Usually do not need micromanagement.
Micromanagement - The act of providing intensive supervision to subordinates by constantly checking and verifying their progress.
Learns skills through on-the-job training or participating in technical skill training in a formalized setting.
Adept at “how to” of the task but no knowledge base to address “why” of the job
Does not require a degree nor credentialing.
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4) Unskilled Workers
Employees who bring no marketable skills to the job and are trained in the workplace to perform the required tasks.
ex: receptionists, cashiers, foodservice workers
Not always appropriate to use participative management (view their role as being followers, not leaders).
Can contribute to the management process by providing information and ideas without participating in the DM process.
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1)Full-time
Full-Time Employee - An individual who is designated to work a certain number of hours a week that is considered “full time” by the employer (typically 4.
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§ 6.01 Introduction
Background checks are an important component of an effective compliance program under the United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual, § 8B2.1(b)(3) (2011). If the personnel involved in promulgating the compliance program are known as people of integrity then the compliance program will be perceived as the result of a sincere effort to create a culture of ethics within the corporation.
Since the integrity of the senior management, compliance officer, and the compliance office personnel is critical to the effectiveness of the compliance program, enhanced background checks need to be conducted on all personnel who are involved in the conduct and dissemination of the compliance program.
__________
Timing:
These background checks should be conducted at the time of employment, promotion, salary increase or change of position to a compliance related function.
__________
Typically, conducting background checks on certain prospective employees can be an important part of the employee selection process for any company.
__________
Timing:
Background checks may also be advisable for employees considered for promotion or transfer into managerial or sensitive positions, or those positions which involve unsupervised employee contact with customers.
__________
__________
Strategic Point:
This practice should be reinforced throughout the company in hiring all employees since every employee is involved in promoting and participating in the compliance program.
__________
§ 6.02 Steps Involved in the Background Check Process
__________Trap:Strategic Point:
While seemingly straightforward, the steps required to conduct a legal background check are full of traps for the unwary. As a matter of federal law (and the law of many states), the process involves the following steps:
· 1.Obtain written consent for a background check from the applicant or employee;
· 2.Obtain and analyze the results of the background check;
· 3.Provide a copy of the background check to the applicant (if the results are relevant to the selection process) along with a written statement of rights and request a response;
· 4.Provide the applicant with an opportunity to respond with written comments to the background check results;
· 5.Consider the applicant’s written comments and the background check results in making a final determination as to whether the applicant will be hired, promoted, or transferred, and;
· 6.Provide the applicant with written notice (if the background check results are relevant to the selection process) of the fact that the background check results played a part in the selection process and that the applicant was not selected as a result.
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__________Warning:
These steps are more than just a set of best practices, they are designed to help an employer fully comply with the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Failing to follow one or more of these steps when using background checks for employment decisions can leave a c.
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Dr.
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Reserved.
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ORGB3201
Final
Exam
Cast
Study
Questions
–
MediSys
Corporation
I. Your
Role:
You
are
a
new
Organizational
Behavior
Consultant
who
has
been
hired
by
this
client
to
improve
in
house
relationships
and
productivity.
II. In
answering
the
questions
below,
you
will
show
how
skilled
you
are
in
observing,
analyzing
and
suggesting
workplace
improvements.
Focus
not
only
on
the
what
for
each
question,
but
also
on
the
why
for
each
aspect
of
your
diagnosis,
and
on
the
how
for
each
step
of
your
action
plan.
Good
Luck!
III. Diagnosis:
1. How
well
is
the
IntensCare
team
performing?
2. How
much
teamwork
do
you
think
there
was
prior
to
the
formal
introduction
of
teams?
3. What
forces
are
affecting
the
IntensCare
team's
behavior,
culture,
and
outcome?
4. What
is
at
stake
here
for
the
company?
5. How
would
you
assess
the
situation
at
MediSys
in
terms
of
meeting
its
initial
goals
for
teams?
6. How
would
you
assess
the
situation
at
MediSys
in
terms
of
achieving
its
competitive
goals?
7. Are
people
doing
all
they
can
to
work
together?
Why
or
why
not?
8. How
do
team
members
from
different
functions
coordinate
their
efforts?
IV. Action
Planning:
9. If
you
were
Merz,
how
would
you
feel
about
the
team
and
the
IntensCare
project?
a. What
things
would
you
consider
in
acting
within
and
managing
the
team?
b. How
would
you
take
action?
10. If
you
were
OBrien,
how
would
you
feel
about
the
team
and
the
IntensCare
project?
a. What
things
would
you
consider
in
acting
within
and
managing
the
team?
b. How
would
you
take
action?
11. If
you
were
Fogel,
how
would
you
feel
about
the
team
and
the
IntensCare
project?
a. What
things
would
you
consider
in
acting
within
and
managing
the
team?
b. How
would
you
take
action?
12. If
you
were
Mukerjee,
how
would
you
feel
about
the
team
and
the
IntensCare
project?
a. What
things
would
you
consider
in
acting
within
and
managing
the
team?
b. How
would
yo.
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Chapter
Twelve
12-2
Learning
Objec5ves
LO.1 Compare and contrast the rational model of
decision making, Simon’s normative model,
and the garbage can model.
LO.2 Discuss eight decision-making biases.
LO.3 Discuss the thrust of evidence-based decision
making and its implementation principles.
LO.4 Explain the model of decision-making styles.
LO.5 Explain the model of intuition and the ethical
decision tree.
12-3
Learning
Objec5ves
(cont.)
LO.6 Summarize the pros and cons of involving
groups in the decision-making process.
LO.7 Contrast brainstorming, the nominal group
technique, the Delphi technique, and
computer-aided decision making.
LO.8 Describe the stages of the creative process.
LO.9 Discuss the practical recommendations for
increasing creativity.
12-4
Models
of
Decision
Making
! Decision making
9 iden5fying
and
choosing
alterna5ve
solu5ons
that
lead
to
a
desired
state
of
affairs
12-5
Models
of
Decision
Making
! The Rational Model
9 proposes that managers use a rational four-
step approach to decision making.
12-6
The
Ra5onal
Model
! Identify the Problem or Opportunity
9 Problem – exists when the actual situation and
the desired situation differ
9 Opportunity - represents a situation in which
there are possibilities to do things that lead to
results that exceed goals and expectations
! Generate Alternative
Solution
s
9 For routine decisions alternatives are readily
available through decision rules
12-7
Ra5onal
Model
! Evaluate Alternatives and Select a
.
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Program Transcript
Instructions:
Post by Day 3 the identity of your adolescent client. Summarize the
developmental crises he or she is facing. Then, explain at least two risk-taking
behaviors in which the adolescent is involved and at least one protective factor
that might be influencing his or her level of functioning. Finally, explain the impact
of these behaviors on the adolescent and his or her family. Justify your response
with references to this week’s Learning Resources and the current literature. Be
specific.
Respond by Day 5 to at least two of your colleagues using one or more of the
following approaches:
Select a colleague who was assigned a different client than you. Offer and
support at least two counseling strategies he or she might use to establish a
trusting relationship with his or her adolescent client. Support your response with
authentic observations/experiences and the current literature.
Select a colleague who was assigned the same client as you. Expand on his or
her posting by describing how you might integrate the parents/caretakers into the
adolescent’s treatment plan while also maintaining a trusting relationship with the
adolescent.
Select a colleague who was assigned the same or different client family from
you. Offer and support at least two strategies he or she might use to encourage
healthy risk-taking behaviors with their adolescent client.
[Martinez Family]
General Background:
The Martinez family consists of Miguel, Jeannette, Gabby, Tommy, and Christina
(the adopted daughter of Jeannette’s cousin).
The family’s ethnicity is Hispanic, and both Miguel and Jeannette come from very
large extended families—many of whom live in the area.
They are Seventh-Day Adventists who are very involved in their church; they
both hold leadership positions in the church and attend services multiple times
each week.
Presenting Issues:
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Jeannette has brought Gabby (now 16) in to see you.
You meet with mother and daughter together, but Gabby does not speak.
Jeannette is angry and yelling at Gabby, despite your requests for her to please
calm down, take a deep breath, and speak more calmly.
Jeannette tells you that her daughter is a “slut.” She has found out that Gabby
has been having sex, which “goes against everything [they] taught her.”
Jeannette adds that Gabby now cannot get married in their church because she
is “damaged goods.” She states that she is horrified by her daughter’s behavior
and ashamed of her.
When you speak with Gabby alone, Gabby begins to cry, telling you that she
loves her boyfriend very much and doesn’t believe that having sex with him is
wrong. She tells you that the only thing that makes her sad is that her parents
“hate” her now, and she’s afraid that she’s “disappointed God.”
Gabby does admit to having lost her virginity at 14 under circumst.
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Instructions:
Post by Day 4 a description of the client’s developmental level. Explain how you
might develop rapport with the client and promote engagement in the counseling
process. Briefly describe the counseling approach you might use with this client,
based on the theoretical model you have selected. Justify your response with
references to this week’s Learning Resources and the current literature. Be
specific.
Respond by Day 7 to at least two of your colleagues using one or more of the
following approaches:
Select a colleague who was assigned a different client than you. Validate his or
her perspective or propose an alternative perspective to at least one aspect of
his or her posting (developmental level, rapport and engagement, or treatment).
Support your response with specific references to the client family presented in
the case study and to the current literature.
Select a colleague who was assigned the same client as you. Contrast your
posts. Support your response by explaining how you might combine strengths
from each of your posts to provide a better analysis of or treatment for the client.
[Week 8: Martinez Family]
General Background:
The Martinez family consists of Miguel, Jeannette, Gabby, Tommy, and Christina
(the adopted daughter of Jeannette’s cousin).
The family’s ethnicity is Hispanic, and both Miguel and Jeannette come from very
large extended families—many of whom live in the area.
They are Seventh-Day Adventists who are very involved in their church; they
both hold leadership positions in the church and attend services multiple times
each week.
Presenting Issues:
Gabby is now 19 years old and has come to see you. She is still living in her
parents’ home, which she says is “generally ok as long as [she does] what they
tell [her] to.”
Although she graduated from high school with fairly good grades, Gabby did not
go to college. She said that she wasn’t sure at the time what she wanted to do,
and her father told her “not to waste [his] money.”
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Since then, Gabby has had a series of low-paying jobs, from which she is usually
fired for missing too much work. She says that if she found a job she liked, she’d
probably take it more seriously, but so far that hasn’t happened.
Gabby also shares that she is getting a lot of pressure from her parents to “find a
husband and settle down,” although Gabby thinks she is too young for this.
Gabby is feeling anxious and lost and is looking to you for guidance.
[Reeves Family]
General Background:
The Reeves family consists of Lucas, John, Justin, and Emme. Lucas’ wife,
Anne, left him and the children shortly after Emme was born.
The family is Caucasian and of mixed European ethnic descent.
Their faith is Protestant, although Lucas notes that they do not attend church
regularly.
Lucas also sh.
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Individual Project Overview
Project Overview and Timeline
The Individual Project Assignments in this course are designed to provide you with a
practical understanding of project management activities in a health care organization.
In each of these three Assignments you have the option of interviewing an individual
who has managed real-life projects about selected aspects related to project
management, or you may choose to write a scholarly paper in which you draw insights
from published articles describing organizations’ experiences in health care information
technology projects. Either of these experiences will help you develop a first-hand
understanding of project management challenges and strategies within one or more
organizations.
The Individual Project Assignments are woven throughout the course and aligned with
course content. For each experience, the completion of a written Assignment aligned to
one of the following experiences is required:
Interview: Interview an individual with project management experience in an
organization of your choosing about one or more designated topics.
OR
Scholarly Paper: Examine a minimum of three organizations that have published
descriptions about a health care information technology project.
Tips and Guidelines
Interview
As you conduct an interview, note your observations, thoughts, and insights regarding
the individual’s roles and functions and how they are carried out. For each individual
interview, address the questions provided in the Topics and Questions section (in Week
2, Week 5, and Week 7) of this document. Keep in mind, though, that responses to the
questions represent the minimum amount of information required in the paper. You are
encouraged to explore the questions fully with thought-provoking follow-up questions.
Your paper should include the individual’s responses to your questions, and—after
some reflection—your analysis of the interviewee’s responses. Write the first draft of
your paper immediately following the interview so all of the information is fresh in your
mind. As you write, reflect upon the topics covered in this course, and synthesize your
knowledge of those topics with what you discussed during the interview.
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Try to match your Assignment setting to your professional goals. Consider interviewing
someone in your own organization or in an organization where you might want to work
as a nurse informaticist after you graduate.
If you are unable to complete the Individual Project Assignments with a project manager
in a health care organization, search for an individual who has managed a project,
preferably a technology project, in another type of setting. If you are unable to find an
interviewee, you must complete the scholarly paper option.
Scholarly Paper
To prepare for this Assignment option, you will need to find articles or ot.
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Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Formats
Imagine that you are a project manager tasked with the implementation of a hospital’s
new electronic health record (EHR) system. The system components are broken down
into four major deliverables and a series of granular deliverables that correspond to
each major one. For the Week 6 Discussion, explore the three work breakdown
structure formats below to see how the EHR implementation can be represented
through a WBS.
Tabular WBS:
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Start
Date
End
Date
Owner
1
Electronic
Health
Record
(EHR)
1.1 Patient
Information
Management
(PIM)
Module
1.1.1 Admission,
Discharge, and
Transfer Module
6/28/14 8/30/15 PIM
Team
1.1.2 Registration
Module
1.1.3 Master
Patient Index
1.1.4 Patient
Scheduling Module
1.2 Clinical
Information
System
(CIS)
1.2.1 Clinical Alert
System
2/22/15 9/22/15 CIS Team
1.2.2 Clinical Rules
Engine
1.2.3 Consult
Tracking Module
1.2.4 Order
Management
System
1.2.5 Results
Reporting System
1.2.6 Computerized
Provider Order
Entry Module
1.2.7 Patient
Intake/Output
Module
1.3
Laboratory
Module
1.3.1 Anatomic
Pathology
Reporting Module
8/31/14 10/29/14 Lab Team
1.3.2 Microbiology
Reporting Module
1.3.3 Chemistry
Reporting Module
1.4 1.4.1 Adverse 10/30/14 11/6/14 Pharmacy
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Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Start
Date
End
Date
Owner
Pharmacy
Module
Reaction Tracking
System
Team
1.4.2 Electronic
Medication
Administration
Record
1.4.3 Bar Code
Medication
Administration
1.4.4 Pharmacy
Inpatient/Outpatient
Information System
Hierarchal WBS:
Level WBS Code Element Name
1 1 Electronic Health Record
2 1.1 Patient Information Management Module
3 1.1.1 Admission, Discharge, and Transfer Module
3 1.1.2 Registration Module
3 1.1.3 Master Patient Index
3 1.1.4 Patient Scheduling Module
2 1.2 Clinical Information System
3 1.2.1 Clinical Alert System
3 1.2.2 Clinical Rules Engine
3 1.2.3 Consult Tracking Module
3 1.2.4 Order Management System
3 1.2.5 Results Reporting System
3 1.2.6 Computerized Provider Order Entry Module
3 1.2.7 Patient Intake/Output Module
2 1.3 Laboratory Module
3 1.3.1 Anatomic Pathology Reporting Module
3 1.3.2 Microbiology Reporting Module
3 1.3.3 Chemistry Reporting Module
2 1.4 Pharmacy Module
2 1.4.1 Adverse Reaction Tracking System
2 1.4.2 Electronic Medication Administration Record
2 1.4.3 Bar Code Medication Administration
2 1.4.4 Pharmacy Inpatient/Outpatient Information System
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1. Electronic Health
Record
1.1 Patient
Information
Management
Module
1.1.1 Admission,
Discharge, and
Transfer Module
1.1.2 Registration
Module
1.1.3 Master Patient
Index
1.1.4 Patient
Scheduling Module
1.2 Clinical
Information System
1.2.1 Clini.
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Comprehensive Write-up Guide
Week 2 Assignment: Comprehensive Patient Assessment
When completing practicum requirements in clinical settings, you and your Preceptor
might complete several patient assessments in the course of a day or even just a few
hours. This schedule does not always allow for a thorough discussion or reflection on
every patient you have seen. As a future advanced practice nurse, it is important that
you take the time to reflect on a comprehensive patient assessment that includes
everything from patient medical history to evaluations and follow-up care. For this
Assignment, you begin to plan and write a comprehensive assessment paper that
focuses on one female patient from your current practicum setting.
To complete:
Write an 8- to 10-page comprehensive paper that addresses the following:
1. General patient information
a. Age
b. Race/ethnicity
c. Partner status
2. Current health status
a. Chief concern/complaint and history of present illness (include a complete
symptom analysis of chief complaint(s) utilizing OLDCART for a sick/problem
focused visit)
b. Last menstrual period or year of menopause
c. DES exposure (if born between 1948 and 1971)
d. Sexual activity status
e. Barrier prevention
f. Sexual preference
g. Satisfaction with sexual relations
3. Contraception method (if any)
4. Patient history
a. Past medical history
• Major medical events (including pediatric events)
• Psychological and mental health
• Surgeries and/or hospitalizations if pertinent
• Medications, including prescriptions, over-the-counter medications, home
and herbal remedies, calcium, and vitamin supplements
• Allergies, including drug, food, and environment
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• Health maintenance/screenings, including results of patient’s last Pap and
mammogram as appropriate, as well as previous vaccinations (HPV,
MMR, hepatitis B, last dT, and pneumovax/influenza as appropriate)
b. Family medical history
c. Gynecologic history
• Nullipara vs. multipara
• History of sexually transmitted infections and sexually transmitted
diseases
• Menarche and menstrual patterns
• Menopause or peri-menopausal symptoms (if applicable)
d. Obstetric history
• Gravida and parity status (TPAL)
• Pregnancy history, including history of preterm or low birth weight, other
pregnancy complications, history of sexually transmitted diseases, and
any pertinent negatives
e. Personal social history (as appropriate to the current problem)
• Cultural background
• Education and economic condition
• Abuse history including assault and forced sex (past and current)
• Occupational health patterns
• Environment
• Current health habits and/or risk factors
• Substance use (must include for every patient)
• Tobacco including frequency and longevity
• Alcohol including results of CAGE unless patient has never used
• Recre.
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Friendship, Intimacy, and
Singlehood
Chapter 9
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9-2
Friendship, Love, and
Commitment
Friendship is the foundation for love and
commitment
Love reflects the positive factors that draw
people together
Commitment reflects the stable factors that
help maintain relationships for better or worse
These three things are in all relationships to
some degree. It is the degree that defines
relationships
All Closely linked
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9-3
Fabric of Friendship
Enjoyment
Acceptance
Trust
Respect
Mutual Assistance
Confiding
Understanding
Spontaneity
Degrees of each… Davis and Todd, 1985
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9-4
Love versus Friendship
Fascination
Exclusiveness
Sexual desire
Depth of caring
Potential for enjoyment
Potential for conflict, distress, criticism
Love Has Greater
Than Friendship
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9-5
Sternberg’s Love Triangle
Argues three dimensions found in love
Presence or absence of these
dimensions determine type of love
Dimensions:
Commitment—cognitive aspect
Passion—motivational aspect
Intimacy—emotional aspect
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9-6
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9-7
The Love Triangle:
Commitment
A person’s attachment to another
Process develops over time
Represents desire to be faithful
Can be expressed by moving to a more
advanced stage of a relationship
This part of love is present in long-term
relationships and is responsible for
people staying together through difficulty
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9-8
The Love Triangle:
Intimacy
The bonding and emotional closeness or
connectedness
Involves:
sharing feelings
self disclosure
emotional support
Increases as the closeness grows
Gains greater depth as a relationship matures
Is defined differently throughout:
Illness example
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9-9
The Love Triangle:
Passion
Develops quickly
Romantic feelings, desires, and arousal
Often involves touching, kissing, and being
affectionate
Passion is wonderful but it can fade quickly
Passion does not give people the sticking
power for raising children
Passion does not get you through illness,
death, or other crises
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9-10
Sternberg’s Eight Types of Love
Non-love
Nothing there: “Meh.”
Liking
Intimacy only
Infatuation
Passion only
Empty love
Commitment only
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Sternberg’s Eight Ty.
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Police in America
Chapter Seven
Patrol: The Backbone of Policing
The Central Role of PatrolMajority of police officers assigned to patrolGatekeepers of the CJ System and therefore most important decision makersExperience on patrol formative part of police officer’s careerLeast desirable assignment
The Functions of Patrol
To deter crime
To enhance feelings of public safety
To make officers available for service
The Organization and Delivery of PatrolFactors affecting the delivery of patrol services
Number of sworn officers
Police-population ratio
Assignment to Patrol
Distribution of Patrol Officers
One versus two officer cars
Work styles of officers“Hot Spots”
An area that receives a disproportionate number of calls for police service/ has a high crime rate Types of Patrol:
- Foot patrolAutomobile patrol
- One officer versus two officer cars Staffing Patrol Beats
- On any given night, no officer is available for many patrol beats
- Police patrol is very expensive
Styles of PatrolIndividual Styles
Officer-initiated activity
Includes stopping, questioning, frisking suspicious citizens, stopping vehicles, writing traffic tickets, etc.
Amount varies between departmentsSupervisor Styles
Also affect an officer’s level of activity
Organizational Styles
James Q. Wilson identified three distinct organizational styles.
The watchman style emphasizes peace-keeping without aggressive law enforcement and few controls over rank-and-file officers.
The legalistic style emphasizes aggressive crime-fighting an attempts to control officer behavior through a rule-bound, “by the book” administrative approach.
The service style emphasizes responsiveness to community expectations and is generally found in suburban police departments where there is relatively little crime.
Patrol SupervisionThe Role of Sergeant: Patrol supervision is usually accomplished by the sergeant on duty. The principle of span of control holds that a supervisor can effectively manage only a limited number of people. The recommended span of control is one sergeant for about every eight officers.
The Communications Center
The Nerve Center of Policing
911 Communications center
Citizen-dominated
Reactive
Incident-based
911 Systems
Processing Calls for Service
Operator-Citizen Interactions
911 Systems
Introduced by AT&T Company in 1968
911 systems contributed to increase in calls for service
To handle this increase, departments assign priorities to incoming calls based on seriousness of problem
Police able to more efficiently manage delayed responses to non-emergency calls
Processing Calls for ServiceCommunication center operators
Obtain information from caller and makes decision about appropriate response
Exercise tremendous discretion
Only ½ of all calls to 911 result in a dispatch
Operators ask questions of callers
Operators assess situation
Operators decide how many and which officers to dispat.
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This document summarizes and responds to critiques of the author's original paper on conflicting values and disparate epistemologies in psychiatry. The author agrees with some of the critiques but also clarifies and expands on his original arguments. He argues that psychiatrists must adopt patients' languages and frame problems in a way that respects patients' values, in order to avoid inadvertently harming patients. However, psychiatrists do not need to abandon their own frameworks, but should recognize other possible frameworks and engage in open communication with patients to negotiate care plans in a non-coercive way. Involuntary hospitalization can cause harm and psychiatry's assumptions may need reform, but psychiatry also plays an important role
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Examining the Effectiveness of Athlete Celebrity
endorser characteristics and Product Brand
type: the endorser Sexpertise continuum
Christina S. Simmers, Datha Damron-Martinez, & Diana L. Haytko
ABStrAct
This research furthers the theoretical perspectives that athlete endorsers are brands unto
themselves, and that athlete-endorser effectiveness is determined by congruent pairings of the
athlete-endorser brand and the product brand by introducing the Endorser Sexpertise Continuum.
This model categorizes athlete celebrity endorsers on the Endorser Sexpertise Continuum with
anchor points referred to as “acquirable expertise” and “likeability.” As in successful brand
alliances, this model suggests the types of products/brands the athlete celebrities would be most
successful in endorsing, depending on their positioning on the continuum.
Simmers, C. S., Damron-Martinez, D., & Haytko, D. L. (2009). Examining the effectiveness of athlete celebrity endorser
characteristics and product brand type: The Endorser Sexpertise Continuum. Journal of Sport Administration & Supervision 1(1),
52-64. doi:10.3883/v1i1_simmers; published online April, 2009.
introduction
Forbes reported that the 10 richest male and
female athletes made a combined $600 million
in salary, prize money and endorsements,
including men’s professional golfer Tiger
Woods who alone earned nearly $100 million
in sponsorships in 2008 (Badenhausen, 2008;
Thomaselli, 2008). Interestingly, many top
athlete endorsers make considerably more
money as endorsers than as athletes in their
chosen sport. For example from June 2007 to
June 2008, female professional golfer Michelle
Wie earned $12 million in endorsement money
but only $39,000 in prize money. Similarly,
former professional basketball player Michael
Jordan made $45 million in endorsements,
despite not having participated in his sport
for many years (Badenhausen, 2008). Some
athletes endorse a multitude of products (e.g.,
National Football League quarterback Peyton
Manning, Woods, and female racecar driver
Danica Patrick), while others limit themselves
keyWordS:
Sport marketing, brand
management, celebrity
endorser, sponsorship, product
endorsement, celebrity
athlete, athlete spokesperson,
source credibility, source
attractiveness
Dr. Christina S. Simmers is
an assistant professor of marketing
at Missouri State University in
Springfield, Missouri. She holds
an MBA from Nicholls State
University and a PhD in marketing
from Louisiana State University.
Her research interests include
advertising issues, consumer
information processing, consumer
behavior and brand alliances.
Dr. Datha Damron-Martinez
is an assistant professor of
marketing at Truman State
University in Kirksville, Missouri.
She holds an MBA, an MA in
Economics, and a PhD in Business
Administration/Marketing from
New Mexico State .
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Vertical Marketing System
(VMS)
A channel of distribution in which there is formal cooperation among members at the manufacturing, wholesaling, and retailing levels
A marketing channel in which all stages occur under a single management structure.
e.g.15 independently owned restaurants enter into an agreement with a produce wholesaler, the total costs go down for everyone thanks to bulk ordering and shipping
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Vertical Marketing System
(VMS) Firestone manufactures tires and owns the service centers that sell the tires to customers.
Australia Post owns post boxes situated on street corners, post offices that sell envelopes, stamps, boxes and other goods as well as accept mail, a fleet of delivery vans and bikes, storage and sorting facilities and so on.
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VMS - FranchisingFranchises are also a type of VMS in which individual retail outlets are contractually obliged to cooperate closely with the franchisor.
Franchising is a type of business where the right to sell products or rights to use the main elements of a business model are licensed by one party to another.
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VMS - Franchising
In franchising the franchiser:
licenses the right to use its business model or to sell its products
provides services such as advertising, business know-how and supplier networks
stipulates standards and rules by which the franchise business must operate
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VMS - Franchising
In franchising the franchiser:
sometimes promises exclusive rights to a particular geographic area
e.g. 7-11 video
http://franchise.7eleven.com.au/benefits.html
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VMS - Franchising
In franchising the franchisee:
pays the franchiser a fee and/or percentage of sales receipts (e.g. 7-11, $400K-$1m(Inititial) + 50% Gross Sale)
supplies labour and capital
operates the business in accordance with the conditions of the franchise agreement.
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VMS - Franchising
Franchising offers franchisers a way to expand relatively rapidly, keep some control of the distribution of their products, and to share risk;
It offers franchisees a way to start a business without needing to formulate an idea, systems or raise a profile and, statistically, gives them a much higher rate of business success (50 per cent compared to 10 per cent for new independent businesses)
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In Australia, retail franchises operate in the following ways:
a producer licenses distributors to sell its products to retailers: Coca-Cola licenses bottlers to make up its drinks then sell the finished beverage to retail stores.
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It has been discovered that there are three definite barriers
which can block a person’s ability to study and thus his ability to
be educated. These barriers actually produce physical and
mental reactions.
If one knows and understands what these barriers are and
how to handle them, his ability to study and learn will be greatly
increased.
INTRODUCTION
2
Education in the absence of the mass in which the technology
will be involved is very hard on the student.
In this context “mass” refers to the actual physical objects of
a subject; the things of life; as opposed to significance.1
Absence of mass actually makes a student feel squashed,
THE FIRST BARRIER:
ABSENCE OF MASS
1. significance: any thought, decision, concept, idea, purpose or meaning connected with
something, as opposed to its mass.
sort of spinny,
3
makes him feel bent,
4
sort of dead,
bored,
2. physiological: having to do with living things and the ways their parts and organs work.
5
exasperated.
If he is studying how to do something with the mass absent,
this will be the result.
Photographs help and motion pictures would do pretty
good, as they are a sort of promise or hope of the mass, but the
printed page and the spoken word are not a substitute for a
tractor if he’s studying about tractors.
You have to understand this data in its purity—and that is
that educating a person in a mass that they don’t have and which
isn’t available produces physiological2 reactions.
6
It’s just a fact.
You’re trying to teach this fellow all about tractors and
you’re not giving him any tractors. Well, he’s going to wind up
with a face that feels squashed, with headaches and with his
stomach feeling funny. He’s going to feel dizzy from time to
time and very often his eyes are going to hurt.
You could therefore expect the greatest incidence of suicide
or illness in that field of education most devoted to studying
absent masses.
7
This one of studying the something without its mass ever
being around produces the most distinctly recognizable
reactions.
If a child felt sick in the field of study and it were traced back
to this one, the positive remedy would be to supply the mass—
the object or a reasonable substitute—and it would clear it up.
8
There is another series of physiological reactions that exist
which is based on the fact of too steep a study gradient.
By “gradient” we .
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PURE RAW
Performance, Pedagogy, and
(Re)presentation
Marina Abramovic; interviewed by
Chris Thompson and Katarina Weslien
M
arina Abramovic ; has been pushing the limits of performance for over
three decades. From 1965–70 she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in
Belgrade, and soon after that at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb,
where she later taught. In 1970 she began working with sound environments, film,
video, and performance. Five years later she met the artist Ulay (Uwe Laysiepen) in
Amsterdam, with whom she worked until 1988. Together they devised perfor-
mances that centered on the limits of human endurance, consciousness, and
perception. Working independently since then, she has exhibited, performed, and
taught internationally, establishing a body of work whose combination of extremity
and intimacy is singular in the history of performance. In 1996 she completed two
important theatre pieces, Biography and Delusional, and the following year her
controversial performance Balkan Baroque won the International Venice Biennale
Award. She received the Niedersächsicher Kunstpreis as well as the New York Dance
and Performance Award for her recent performance/exhibition The House with the
Ocean View at the Sean Kelly Gallery. For her November 2005 exhibition at the
Guggenheim Museum in New York, Marina Abramovic ;: Seven Easy Pieces, she will
re-perform seminal works by Vito Acconci, Joseph Beuys, VALIE EXPORT, Bruce
Nauman, Gina Pane, as well as her own Lips of Thomas, and premiere a new
performance. This interview is based on three conversations with the artist, the first
of which took place in October, 2004 (Amsterdam), and the other two in April,
2005 (New York), around the time of her participation in the “(Re)presenting
Performance” symposium at the Guggenheim Museum.1
�
THE IDEA OF THE COLLECTIVE
THOMPSON: In reading the transcripts from the catalogue for the 1990 “Art
Meets Science and Spirituality in a Changing Economy conference,”2 I was struck
by your notion that that there could be some blend of Buddhism and communism.
Is this an idea you have continued to develop over the past decade?
30 � PAJ 82
ABRAMOVIC:: It’s really not developed or thought about; I come from communist
country, so communism is something that was very close to me. I know the idealism
of communism in the beginning, and I know the failure of communism in the end,
and I know all the problems, and why it could not succeed. It was a very interesting
concept in Burma; at one point, it was a communist government and a very strong
Buddhist country, so in the government there were Buddhist monks. Again it didn’t
work. So all these concepts don’t work because the mentality and the consciousness
of people are not raised to the level that could make it work. The solution is really
that we have to have a completely different relation to the materialistic world, and
not to be attached to.
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Religious Views & Domestic Violence
Christine Hagion Rzepka
Founder & Director, The Ripple Effect
By conservative estimates, a million
Christian women in America are abused by
their husbands (Ingram, 1985), but this is
grossly underestimated (Pagelow &
Johnson, 1988). A survey done in 1993 by
the North American Council for Muslim
Women found that domestic violence
occurred in 10% of the Muslim population
(Alkhateeb, 1999). However, this study
assessed only physical abuse: if verbal and
psychological abuse were added, this
percentage would be greatly increased. One
study in Denver found that 4% of the
victims of domestic violence served in that
community were Jewish (Walker, 1997).
Clearly, the religious community is not
immune from the existence of domestic
violence—and, in some cases, may actually
encourage it through teachings and
traditional beliefs about the roles of men and
women.
While the society struggles to accept
the reality of violence in the family, many
within the religious community, as well as
members of the “clergy… refuse to believe
that abuse exists within their congregations”
(Bussert, 1986, p. 2). This denial further
compounds the sense of isolation and shame
that many victims of domestic violence
endure. Pagelow & Johnson (1988) write:
“Silence within the religious community has
served to keep the lid on the simmering pain
that not only immobilizes victims but
encourages the behavior of the perpetrators”
(p. 9).
Davidson (1978) claims that male-
oriented church doctrines and teachings “about
a woman’s place, duty and nature have added
to the problem (p. 207). This is true not only
of the Judaic and Christian traditions, but of
virtually all religions. According to Gardner
(1977): “All religions preach subordination of
women not just to God, but to men, as an
article of faith…. Moreover, Judeo/Christian
theological writings are explicitly
misogynous.”
ministers are often
the ‘counselors of choice’
for many victims
Christianity & Domestic Violence
In one study on wife abuse, several
wives were abused by their husbands, who
were ministers (Pagelow, 1984). Another
study of 350 battered women found that
28% had sought counsel from the clergy
(Pagelow, 1981b, pp. 277-300). In this
study, the top responses the women received
were a) a reminder of their wifely duty and
instructions to forgive and forget, b) referral
to another resource to limit church
involvement, and c) impractical advice
based on religious doctrine that was not only
insensitive to their needs, but at times,
dangerous. Some were reminded of their
vows “for better or worse,” and were
exhorted pray more. “One, scolded by her
minister for ‘betraying’ her husband by
revealing what had occurred in the privacy
of t.
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WHEN POPULARITY OUTSTRIPS THE
EVIDENCE: COMMENT ON WEST (2005)
Robert West (2005) has taken the bold step of asserting
that the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) is so flawed that it
should be discarded. Whether one agrees with West’s
conclusion or not, his editorial should stimulate long-
overdue debate about the TTM.
A sharp divide of opinion about the TTM has surfaced
in recent years. On one side the model enjoys substantial
popularity in the form of a voluminous research litera-
ture and a large following among clinicians. On the other
side there is discontent among many scholars (e.g. Sutton
2001) who have closely scrutinized the scientific rigor of
the model. There can be no questioning the popular suc-
cess of the TTM: it is established fact. But the scientific
merit of the model can be questioned, and West has fur-
thered the debate with his provocative editorial. Consis-
tent with West, this commentary will focus on smoking
as the model addiction because smoking has been the pri-
mary focus of the TTM.
The TTM became popular because it brought atten-
tion to the intuitive notion that some smokers are more
ready to quit than others. For this, the originators of the
TTM deserve credit, though as West and others (e.g.
Bandura 1998) have pointed out, the observation that
some smokers are riper for change than others is a con-
firmation of the obvious. As a scientific model, however,
the TTM got off to an inauspicious start. The lynchpin of
the TTM is, of course, the stages of change. Thus it would
seem essential to take great care in formulating how the
stages were to be conceptualized and measured. However,
there has never been a peer-reviewed account of the
developmental research that led to the creation of the
stages of change algorithm. In fact, it is not clear that any
systematic developmental research took place at all, and
the consequences of this omission plague the model to the
present time. Instead, the authors of the TTM essentially
decreed that readiness to quit smoking should be mea-
sured using the stages of change. For the most part, the
addictions research community then adopted the stages
of change, with few questions asked.
There would be little consequence to the omission of
developmental data on the stages of change if the stages
had subsequently been proved to be valid and effective.
However, as West (2005) and others (e.g. Etter & Sutton
2002) point out, this is not the case. The stage of change
algorithm is a magpie collection of questionnaire items
that do not cohere particularly well. Two of the question-
naire items rely on arbitrary timeframes and binary yes-
no response options. One need not be an expert.
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¡A Presentar en Español!
Prepare: To prepare for this activity, review the vocabulary and grammar explanations from Capítulo 4. Continue to practice conjugating verbs in the present tense, to ask and answer questions, and to familiarize yourself with the vocabulary by completing several of the assigned practice activities in MySpanishLab.
Reflect: What makes your city unique? What kinds of things do you and your friends enjoy doing on the weekends? Can you convey what you think will happen in the future? When was the last time that you wrote a postcard? What picture would make a perfect postcard for your city or town?
Write: Choose one of the following activities to use for your initial response.
· Activity #1: In Capítulo 4 of your primary text, explore activity 4-20 Qué Será, Será… (p. 148). Use the ir + a + infinitive construction to predict the future for yourself, your friends, your family, famous people, and so forth.
Write five predictions of what will occur in the future for five different subjects (e.g., your children, the president of the United States, you, etc.). Consult page 148 for a model.
· Activity #2: In Capítulo 4 of your primary text, explore activity 4-38 Una Tarjeta Postal (A Postcard) (p. 159). Write a postcard highlighting different things in your city or town. See if you can convince your classmates to visit!
Use the following questions to organize your ideas. Write at least five complete sentences. Consult the model on page 159 of your primary text if needed.
· ¿Qué lugares hay en tu pueblo o ciudad?
· ¿Por qué son importantes o interesantes?
· Normalmente, ¿qué haces allí?
· ¿Adónde vas los fines de semana?
· ¿Qué te gusta de tu pueblo o de tu ciudad?
· Activity #3: In Capítulo 4 of your primary text, explore activity 4-22 En Tu Opinión (p. 150). Complete the following sentences about volunteer work. Be sure to follow up with additional details to give the reader a clear description of your opinion. Refer to the model on page 150.
· Yo (no) soy un/a consejero/a perfecto/a porque…
· Dos trabajos voluntarios que me gustan son …
· Hay muchas residencias de ancianos en los Estados Unidos porque…
· Yo apoyo al candidato __________ porque . . .
· Cuando repartes comidas, puedes . . .
Respond to Peers: Read through your classmates’ posts. Choose two different posts, and ask one question to each classmate, in Spanish, to elicit more information (Due by Day 5). Also, respond to one of the questions posed by your classmates in response to your initial post (Due by Day 5).
Note: You will have a minimum of four posts, in Spanish, in this forum:
· Your initial post (Due by Day 3)
· A question posed to classmate 1 (Due by Day 5)
· A question posed to classmate 2 (Due by Day 5)
· An answer to a question posed by a classmate in response to your initial post (Due by Day 7)
Tips for success:
· Post your initial response by Day 3. If you post late, you may not have a question from a classmate to respond to in order to fu.
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Carrell, M. R., & Heavrin, C. (2010).
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Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
Text Books:
1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
3. Ketki Rangwala Dalal, Essentials of Civil Engineering, Charotar Publishing House.
4. BCP, Surveying volume 1
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- 1. Presentation #1 – Discussion Questions (each question must be answered in at least two paragraphs each) 1. With the inventions of the iPhone, iPod, iPad, AppleTV, and now the Apple Watch, where can Apple go from here? In what ways can they increase market share? 2. Although Samsung is a direct competitor, Apple uses Samsung-manufactured parts in its iPhones. Could Apple benefit from partnering with other competitors, like Facebook? 3. The Cult of Apple has allowed Apple to become one of the most valuable brands in the last two decades, what other intangible resources have allowed Apple to surpass the veteran technology giants? Presentation #2 – Discussion Questions (each question must be answered in at least two paragraphs each) 1. Currently, there is a controversy surrounding Apple. FBI and Courts wants Apple to unlock a terror accused’s iPhone to gather evidence and also to thwart possible future attacks. So far Apple has declined to do so citing privacy reasons and fear of setting wrong precedence. Which side of the argument do you come in? How does Apple’s position impact its Triple Bottom Line strategy? 2. Patent infringement can be killer blow to a company’s competitive position. Apple has been both victim and aggressor in several lawsuits. How much of an impact (if any) has patent infringement had on Apple’s competitive advantage? 3. How would Apple’s recent move away from radical innovation to incremental innovation affect its future competitive advantage?
- 2. Apple (in 2013): How to Sustain a Competitive Advantage? History of Apple Apple SWOT 2013 Performance Apple’s greater economic value creation due to superior product differentiation. Superior quality and user friendly features. 78% of the iPhone owners cannot imagine owning a different phone. Brand appeal. 59% confessed to blind loyalty to Apple’s product, Another anecdotal evidence is the long lines in front of Apple stores to get its latest products.
- 3. Performance Apple’s integrated ecosystem, end-to-end strategy gives it a competitive advantage. Performance Between 2011 and 2012 gross value for Apple increased by 200% due to higher perceived value by customers as well as efficient supply chain. Apple Revenue And Compounded Growth ratio (CAGR) 2002- 2009 Apple’s Revenue in Billions U.S Dollars
- 4. Triple Bottom Line Triple Bottom Line Measurement Index Economic Measures: Economic variables measures bottom line and flow of money Personal income Cost of underemployment Establishment churn Job growth Revenue by sector contributing to gross state product Environmental Measures Environmental variables represent measurements of natural resources and reflect potential influences to its viability. It incorporate air and water quality, energy consumption, natural resources, solid and toxic waste, and land use/land cover. Fossil fuel consumption. Selected priority pollutants.
- 5. Social Measures Social variables deals with social dimensions of a community or region. Measurements of education. Equity and access to social resources. Health and well-being, quality of life, and social capital. Unemployment rate Female labor force participation rate Apple on TBL Apple on TBL Examples of Apple’s TBL Engagement
- 6. Training of 2.3 million of workers about their rights and 92% of compliance regarding the norm of 60 working hours per week maximum. Apple Supplier EHS Academy : Training of best practices in terms of environment, safety & health. Clean Water Program: To help suppliers to process water and recycling it. Apple’s flawed TBL Strategy Apple hasn’t adopted TBL thinking. Its practice shows it is all about profits. Apple has no CSR leadership team. Apple does not release sustainability report. Apple lack stakeholder engagement strategy. Apple does not have a holistic approach to sustainability. Foxconn Foxconn is the 10th largest employer in the world in the world Foxconn manufactures; PC’s, game consoles, and network gear for many top companies Foxconn and Apple’s partnership started in early 2000s and by 2004 most of Apple’s products were being manufactured by Foxconn.
- 7. In 2010 Foxconn was pushed into the public spotlight Ten Foxconn employees committed suicide and many more attempted. Employees cited poor working conditions, excruciating hours, minimal pay, skipped meals, restricted bathroom breaks, and no/lack of training. In response to the suicides Foxconn put up “suicide net” to deter further actions Foxconn “THE CRISIS” An audit of Foxconn Technology Group revealed “serious and pressing” violations of Chinese labor laws. Employees were given the ultimatum by their Foxconn supervisors to either obey the rules and work grueling hours or to leave their employment positions Competitors - Apple’s largest competitor
- 8. Competitors - Apple’s largest competitor Competitors Apple has managed to merge both consumer surplus as well as product surplus for greater ROI. Through its product differentiation and marketing, Apple has been successful in creating economic value in the minds of its customers, and customers are willing to pay a premium price for its products, hence the steep profits when compared to Google. Competitors Founded in 1994 by Jeff Bezos 1995 Annual Sales $20,000 1998 Launched Music and Video Service 2007 Amazon Kindle launched 2012 Sales $61 Billion, 51,300 employees Mostly an online retailer but has pushed into Apple’s market with the Kindle Fire
- 9. Amazon is also rumored to be looking into its own line of smartphones Apple Practical Example #1 “Brand” “Sure, other brands are cheaper. But nothing beats going to the Apple store and having them fix it on the spot.” Apple Customer Apple uses a premium pricing strategy in a market where competitors sell handsets for half the price. Their strategy leaves them vulnerable to (Refer to slide 2): Pricing competition from competitors who can sell similar technology,--Samsung for example—at lower prices to consumers. This point is made worse by – Patent Infringement. In the case of competitor Samsung, the technology is identical because Samsung manufactures components for the iphone and then infringes on Apple's technology by incorporating the design into their reduced price handsets. So with cheaper identical substitutes, How does Apple maintain lead market position using premium pricing? The answer is the brand. Everything from the inviting retail locations, hands on service, extensive warranty coverage, carefully curated peripherals (software and hardware), user friendly interfaces and design all provide the competitive edge over cheaper identical competitors. It is all built into the brand.
- 10. Apple Practical Example #2 “Network Effect” “I have to buy the next Iphone. If I get another brand it may not work with my TV, or stereo, car radio, or the scale in my bathroom” - Apple Customer Apple leverages the Network Effect to maintain a competitive advantage. The large market share incentivises other related related technology into a symbiosis with the brand products : Critical Mass. Apple’s mass market share is a weapon against competitors. Companies that make other products (anything from televisions to thermometers) can leverage Apple's market share to bolster their sales. This requires integration with Apple devices. So if your company makes bathroom scales , then you are almost guaranteed more sales if that bathroom scale connects to the Iphone. Product Synergy. Apple products work best when paired with other apple products. You own an Iphone? It syncs much simpler with a Mac than with a PC. Controlling a large share of the cellphone market gave Apple a larger share of the computer market because Iphone owners switched to Macs. In so many words, the network effect gives Apple a leverage over its competitors because the ubiquity of their products forces integration into daily consumer life.
- 11. References Rothaermel, F. (April 22, 2013). Apple (in 2013) How to Sustain a Competitive Advantage?. Strategic Management Edition 2. http://www.cnet.com/news/riots-suicides-and-other-issues-in- foxconns-iphone-factories/ www.ibrc.indiana.edu/ibr/2011/spring/article http://marketrealist.com/2014/02/ecosystem/ www.cnet.com http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/01/29/samsung-vs-apple-who- was-no-1/ http://appjeed.com/samsung-galaxy-s5-vs-iphone-5s/ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/virnetx-wins-6256- million-patent-infringement-verdict-against-apple-in-east-texas- 300214979.html http://fortune.com/2016/02/26/apple-samsung-patent-appeal/ https://www.statista.com/search/ http://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/ http://www.strategicmanagementinsight.com/swot- analyses/apple-swot-analysis.html www.calvin.edu Apple, Inc. Sustaining Competitive Advantage
- 12. Company Background Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple Computer, Inc. in 1976. The first personal computer, the Apple II, was launched in 1978 and the company became a publically traded company later that year. In little over 10 years, Apple grew into a $2 billion company with over 4,000 employees. Jobs was fixated on design and style, allowing the Macintosh the advantage of unique industrial design and ease of use. However, the product struggled against IBM’s personal computers with open software programs. A power struggle erupted between Steve Jobs and John Sculley over differing visions causing Apple’s reputation to greatly suffer. Jobs was publicly fired from the company. Jobs returned as CEO in 1997, reinvented Apple’s product line, and began enjoying profits again for the first time in 5 years. The company was rebranded as “cool” and “hip”. Innovation has kept Apple on the cutting edge; “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower” (Jobs, pg 546). The inventions of the iPod, iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV have created a technical revolution, making Apple a self-proclaimed mobile-devices and computer company. Competitive Advantage Innovation & Differentiation Apple began marketing itself as the rebel against cloned products, manufactured by its competitors. Innovation is embedded throughout the culture of the company and is displayed through the creation of their products. Over time, Apple has created a category within the consumer electronics segment. Complementary Products/Services Apple has created products to address any technological need a
- 13. consumer has from the initial product the personal computer (Mac), portable digital music player (iPod) to something as simple as a watch (Apple Watch). Along with the innovative products, Apple has created its own digital services (iTunes, Apple Music, and Apple Pay) to complement. Competitive Advantage (continued…) Brand Loyalty Loyal Apple product users are referred as the “Cult of Apple.” This cult owns over 1 billion active devices with iOS software (Apple). As of the summer 2015, Apple commanded more than half of the US smartphone market with nearly 100 million iPhones in use (Kline, 2015). As many as 42% of iPhone owners own another Apple device (VertoAnalytics). Low R&D Expenditures in Comparison to Competitors Apple benefits from the advantage of a high tolerance for failure. The company encourages its employees to take risks to find the next big success. Over time, Apple has spent billions less than its competitors while sustaining a competitive market share in each product’s sub-segment. Apple US Market Shares Market Share (US) PC Industry Tablet IndustrySmartphone Industry 0.10340000000000001 0.24 0.39100000000000001
- 14. Performance By June 2008 iTunes had exceeded 5 billion downloads. IPhone 3G was launched later in 2008 and had 6 million in first year sales. Apples stock prices rose 15% when the iPad was introduced. Apple products all had a competitive advantage over competitors resulting in 82% sales growth from 2008-2012. Apple TV was expected to have a major market impact in 2012 but didn’t reach that goal because of hardware and regulatory issues. Apple faced lawsuit in 2012 relating to its eBook business model and collusion. From 2008 to 2012 Apple experienced a lot of innovations in the company. The growth rate was outstanding. Apple constantly captured more market share every year by releasing top of the line devices such as the iphone, ipad and apple t.v.. The iphone 4 was released in 2010 and captured 17.4 percent of the smartphone market. This shows that Apple had a device that was not only cool ,but they had a competitive advantage over any rival companies. The iphone was a great platform to show the power of Apple. Every year since the iphone release, the device was improved and had new technology that forced the competitors to think outside of the box. Other innovations such as the ipad and apple tv forced many competitors to try and imitate the products. Despite the various efforts Apple was still successful because of the amount of market share and its appeal to the younger more hip consumer. 6 Accounting Profitability Increasing Net Income from 2008 to 2012 Valued at 650 Billion Dollars in 2012 Value of 350 Billion Dollars in 2013
- 15. Only 2% of revenue spent on R&D in 2011 Apple lost nearly half its value in 2013. This is partly because of the emergence of Samsung as a primary competitor, but another reason for the decline is that Apple made no major innovative advancements in 2013, which is something they had be known for doing every year since Steve Jobs returned. 7 Shareholder Performance Most valuable publicly traded company of all time in 2012 ($623 Billion). Stock prices tumbled nearly 30% throughout 2013. Steep decrease in profitability coincides with increasing competency of competitors. Despite this, Apple is still more valuable than its competitors, despite losing market share Competition Samsung Samsung was started in 1938 by Byung-Chull Lee as a small export business focusing on fish, vegetables, and fruit. Today, the company sells products worldwide and is known for its innovative and consumer-driven products. By 2012, it had become the smartphone leader globally. Its Galaxy S devices pose the biggest threat competitively to Apple’s mobile devices. Samsung has partnered with Google, combining expertise in manufacturing, hardware, software, and user experience. The company manufactures its own devices, enabling heavily discounted prices. Apple even uses Samsung to manufacture
- 16. part of its iPhone products! Samsung held 28 percent of the smartphone market share in 2012 while Apple held 20.5 percent. Compared to Apple between 2008 and 2012, Samsung has greater financials. Sales and earnings per share are larger, however net income is significantly lower. Samsung invests a larger percentage of its profit in research and development than Apple, explaining its lower net income. However, the comparison isn’t apples to apples in that Samsung has a much larger business with more products. Competition Microsoft Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen with a vision to put a computer in everyone’s home. It dominated the market in the early 1990s and 2000s with its Windows Operating System. The reveal of the Windows phone in 2010 introduced Microsoft into the smartphone market. In 2011, the company entered into an agreement with Nokia. Nokia agreed to use the Windows phone as its primary smartphone, competing with Samsung and Apple. Microsoft’s Surface rivals the iPad and its own retail stores compete with Apple’s retail stores. The company’s financials are a bit weaker than Apple’s. While sales were up in 2008, they paled in comparison in 2012. Microsoft’s earnings per share and net income are also significantly less. Conclusion Even with the ups and downs over the last 40 years, Apple
- 17. continues to hold a strong position in the technology market, despite vast direct and indirect competition. Innovation, differentiation, and brand loyalty are the competitive advantages that have strengthened its reputation and will continue to grow its customer base. The company has all of the financial potential to continue to innovate and improve technology for many years to come. References "Q1 '16 Earnings Supplemental Material”. (2016, January 26). Apple. Retrieved February 28, 2016, from https://www.apple.com/pr/pdf/q1fy16supplementalmaterial.pdf Kline, D. B. “How Big Is Apple's U.S. iPhone User Base?” (2015, July 28). The Motley Fool. Retrieved February 27, 2016, from http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/07/28/how- big-is-apples-us-iphone-user-base.aspx “Apple Device Owners Are More Loyal to Their Platform Than Android Users”. (2014, July). Verto Analytics. Retrieved February 27, 2016, from http://www.vertoanalytics.com/2014/07/apple-device-owners- loyal-platform-android-users/ Elmer-DeWitt, P. (2016, February 11). About Apple's 40% Share of the U.S. Smartphone Market. Retrieved February 27, 2016, from Fortune: http://fortune.com/2016/02/11/apple- iphone-ios-share/ Keane, J. (2016, February 16). Apple gains notebook market share in 2015, but can't top HP and Lenovo. Retrieved February 27, 2016, from Digital Trends: http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/apple-2015-notebook- market-share/ Protalinski, E. (2016, February 01). IDC: Tablet shipments decline 10.1% in 2015, leaders Apple and Samsung both lose market share. Retrieved February 27, 2016, from Venture Beat: http://venturebeat.com/2016/02/01/idc-tablet-shipments-decline-