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Wk 1 Apply: Degree of Alignment

Advanced Organizer

Review the companies listed in the case studies portion of the textbook. Choose 1 of the companies to use for all weekly assessments. Complete the chart below with information provided in the textbook and other resources. Provide your analysis below the chart.

Selected Organization:

Describe the organization in the follow chart:

Element	Description
Mission	Apple Inc. mission is “To bringing the best user experience to its customers through its innovative hardware, software, and services” ("Mission Statement Academy", 2019).
Vision	“We believe that we are on the face of the earth to make great products and that’s not changing.” (Farfan, 2019).
Values	Apple’s values include “inclusion, diversity, education, accessibility, environment, supplier responsibility and privacy.” ("Mission Statement Academy", 2019).
Structure	Apple Inc. has a hierarchical organizational structure with divisional characteristics. This type of organizational structure is common in traditional business organizations.
Culture	“The company’s cultural features focus on maintaining a high level of innovation that involves creativity and a mindset that challenges conventions and standards.” (Meyer, 2019).

Analysis

Based on your advanced organizer and further research, analyze the degree of alignment between what the organization is currently doing (actions) and their mission, vision, values, structure, and culture.

Apple Inc has an impressive lineup of products that have changed the lives of millions of consumers. Apple Inc embraces technology and channels that focus towards the vision and the mission statement of the organization. The values of this organization provide management and employees with direction as well as an overview of what is required from them (D O'Rourke, 2018). Apple is a wildly successful technology company and has a market capitalization of over $1 trillion. The company has definitely lived up to their mission of innovating and creating great products that bring the best user experience for their customers. Although the company has enjoyed much success, Apple Inc has faced criticism and is accused of unethical business practices, sweatshop labor, and anti-competitive behavior (Gruber et al., 2017). For Apple Inc to continue being successful and staying aligned with their values, the company needs to focus on improving partnerships as well as supplier and production quality (Ng et al., 2018). I’ve met a lot of Apple Inc employees through my job and they all have great things to say about the company and the employee benefits they receive. Although the employees have great benefits, they all share the same frustration about the stress and pressure to perform. Based on that feedback, Apple needs to come up with a desirable solution where employees can still innovate and be effective while providing employees work life balance.

Citations

D O'Rourke, A. (2018). The world apple market. Routledge.

Gruber, T. R., Sabatelli, A., Aybes, A., Pitschel, D. W., Voas, E. D., Anzures, F. A., & Marcos, P. D. (2017). U.S. Patent Application No. 15/193,971.

Ng, E. H., Nepal, B., Schott, E., & Keathley, H. (2018). TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT & APPLE SUCCESS.

Mission Statement Academy(2019). Retrieved from https://mission-statement.com/apple/

Farfan, B. (2019). What is Apple's Mission Statement. Retrieved from https://www.thebalancesmb.com/apple-mission-statement-4068547