About Apple Inc.

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Apple Inc is a technology company founded and established in the year 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in Cupertone California. It mainly deals with the designing, developing and selling of electronics, computer software, and advanced online services. The manufacturing of the hardware products is also their area of specialty producing smartphones such as iPhones, tablet computers such as iPad, personal computers, watches and very many other electronics and computer-related products. They have established and developed a number of outlets in numerous locations globally. These very many stores are 499 in number.

The company’s financial prowess and credibility is with no doubt a force to reckon with. It operates on revenue of above 200 billion dollars. The operating and net incomes are estimated to revolve around 61 and 48 billion dollars respectively. The total assets are worth 375 billion dollars. The company as confirmed by the above financial strength and stability commands a huge dominance and audience locally, nationally and even internationally (Jobs, et al., 2016, p.25). It has a huge number of employees of one hundred and twenty-three thousand that operate in all the retail stores. The website of this technology giant is website apple.com.

The company relates very well to the workers under the mentorship and guidance of their very able and opinionated chief executive officers. There is the tremendous motivation of the best and talented employers in all their retail outlets 9 (Rubinstein, et al., 2017, p.25). This is done by consistent and elaborate promotions to the best-performing workers in their areas of specialty. There are well out of the ordinary technical and leadership contributions that enhance the betterment and continuous growth of the entire company.

There are strict adherence and rules that govern the general running of this technology giant. These policies and well-stipulated outlines necessitate credibility and accountability of all the departments that result in the unquestionable and continuous development of the company. The company’s compensation policy is not as exaggerated as is normally the case in other well-established companies (Jobs, et al, 2016, p.54). It is usually very simple and less complicated for the good of the employees as well as the consumers at large. The company as mentioned earlier on is involved in numerous activities some do with software development, others to do with online services and even dealings in hardware productions (Terlizzi, and Minoo, Apple Inc., 2018, p.58). This now calls for distinctive areas of specialization which revolves around the experts or even specialists being placed in their sections of prowess and skill.

Financial Strength of Apple Inc.

The level of professionalism in the entire company is a force to reckon with as the entire team from the top cream to the regular employees there is a great exhibition of recommendable traits and attributes that enhance and affect the general flow of the numerous businesses performed by the company (Hotelling, et al., 2017, p.254). Corporate secrecy is highly observed and put into play which makes the company, not in need of an anti-leak global security that is generally sourced from the national security agencies. This contributes very much to the company’s excellence in the global market.

Apple Inc as a company is widely known for its endeavors in motivating its entire workforce. This greatly contributes to the performance and productivity of the company. For instance, there is the elaborate fulfillment of the employee’s needs which roles out in a number of faces. One such face is the setting of an average salary to all employees of above one hundred thousand dollars. This further enhances their survival and gives them a good atmosphere to perform their specialized functions in the best way possible. The safety needs of the workers are also given a thorough and appropriate consideration. They are taken through healthcare training programs that result in a great improvement of their lives. They are also trained to identify hazards in their esteemed environments with an extensive provision of safety equipment. The company has provided a better and a conducive working environment that further enhances the betterment of this technology giant. This is made a reality by the provision of social networks that enhances the zeal and fervency of the employees. Enhanced and improved employee and supervisor relations also work for the company in a huge way.

There are also rewards for the workers who effectively accomplish their outlined assignments with a salary increment from 3 to 5 percent. For example, the executives are usually given a recognition bonus. This has also gone a notch higher with the company giving all the employees an iPhone as a motivator that works both for the good of the company and the workforce. There are also increased chances and opportunities for the workers to be involved in education and development programs for their wellbeing (Westerman, Apple Inc., 2015, p.78). These helpful programs are undertaken by over two hundred employees since their unveiled back in the year 2008. Vacations that are fully paid for are also other avenues that the technology giants employ to motivate its workers. There are also paid leaves that the workers are exposed for their relaxation and positive reflection of life. All these motivations are of great importance to the company as well as the workforce for an improved and elaborate performance. Any business entity’s future is based on such acts of motivation.

Workers’ Motivation and Compensation

Teamwork simply refers a collaboration of efforts so as to get a task or tasks completed within the stipulated timeline. There is, however, another definition brought to light by one of the most esteemed outgoing executives off the Apple Inc. by the name Steve Jobs. He suggests and claims that teamwork is being dependent by trusting that the other folk will come through with their parts without being watched or placed under any form of observation at any given time. This company’s teamwork is gathered together in 7 key components (Fadell, et al., 2016, p.105).

One person is placed in charge to run and oversee a smooth flow of all the endeavors of all the departments in the organization. There are also regular meetings for all the project teams on a weekly basis to enhance and affect the projects at hand. It has been put under close scrutiny, which confirmed that the teamwork in the company starts from the top running all the down to the regular workers (Westerman, et al., 2016, p.72). Trust is vital and significance in the efficiency of the work done by all the teams in different capacities of the organization.

There are exposures of wonderful arguments amidst all the teams in the company where a common agreement is reached eventually that enhances the smooth facilitation of the issues at hand. The workforce is highly involved in making decisions which presumably was not the case years back and it all works for the good of the technology giant (Culbert, et al., 2015, p.78). There are also combined efforts whose intentions and purposes are working towards the realization of common goals of the entire organization. There are also deep benches of several executives that work together towards the implementation and realization of the overall leader who is the chief executive already presented well-elaborated thoughts and ideas (Hotelling, et al., 2016, p.78).

There are also subdivisions headed by different persons that enhance the easy distribution of work that needs to be done according to the areas of specialty that eventually results to improved performance and productivity of the organization (Rothkopf, and Apple Inc., 2016, p.9). For instance, different persons head the hardware, software and business divisions respectively. It has been confirmed that most teams in the company get their work done by 10 am and proceed on to other jobs in their respective fields (Pryor, and Apple Inc., 2016, p.74). The teams are also credited with their ability to achieve thirty times more than what most of the other companies can over a given period of time. The heads of these teams maximize more on time, talent and energy towards the realization of the organization’s vision and mission.

Teamwork at Apple Inc.

Each and every organization is built over trust, teamwork and motivation. When an individual thinks about the most essential part of any organization, the first things come into his/her mind is motivation leading to teamwork. Without motivation, no team will be able to work effectively and efficiently (Myers, et al. 2018, p.275). Every organization understands the value of teamwork and motivation helps in enhancing team morale and improves employees’ work quality. Moreover, teamwork not only allows the employees to contribute their valuable ideas or concepts, but also it helps in enhancing their quality of the work. Teamwork is considered to be a collaborative effort to get the tasks completed and motivation from the team leaders helps in enhancing the quality of their work (Franklin, et al, 2015, p.145).

Teams are an essential part of each individual’s everyday life. Everyone is a member of the family team, health care and community teams, school team and a staff team. Most importantly, teams are an essential part of the organizations, which lead to its betterment. Thus, it is highly appropriate to understand the importance of teams and how effectively it functions in the organizations. The teams are multi-dimensional and multi-discipline in nature and several problems leads to the team approach. This particular approach motivates the staff members with competencies and complementary skills in order to coordinate with their efforts (Fadell, et al., 2016, p.105). By establishing the priorities and concentrating on the financial resources, knowledge and expertise, the organizations can have a serious impact on the problems through the programming efforts.

By motivating or encouraging the team members, within the organizations, the organizational leaders can lighten the work load, reduce the duplication of the efforts and also produce greater results than all of the separate efforts. A team can be referred to the group of people who interact with each other in order to achieve the common goals and with motivation; a well-functioning team can generate better outcomes. The participants in the effective team care about each other’s well being. Skillfully, they combine with appropriate talents of the individuals and a positive team is required to achieve the desired results. However, a team cannot operate if the team leaders do not motivate them on a regular basis (Fadell, et al., 2016, p.105).

Therefore, it is highly important for the team leaders to conduct huddles and sessions in order to appreciate them for their efforts. In addition to this, if a team fails to achieve the desired results, the team leaders should not lose hope and rather, they should focus on team motivation. Motivation plays a major role in the overall success of the team members. The degree of integration, commitment and communication seems to increase if the team leaders are encouraging. Moreover, it helps in increasing the interpersonal skills of the team members, which are immensely important for them to work together and that too, in an effective manner at complex levels (Rothkopf, and Apple Inc., 2016, p.9).

The team leaders of the Apple Company take motivation very seriously. They believe that motivation leads to encouragement, which in turn affects the employees and make them perform their best. The motivation can be of any form, which are; organizing team huddles, sessions of appreciation, sessions of giving their best and reaching heights, discussion of compensation or benefits, reward or recognition programs. Apple Company believes that these programs help in increasing their team morale, which in turn, yields better outcomes. In addition to this, staff meetings with an agenda, helps in discussing why the team is lacking behind and what can be done in order to achieve the desired outcomes. Furthermore, it helps in building team trust, loyalty and courtesy. Apple Company believes that conducting team sessions not only helps in motivating the members, but also enhances the team members’ respect towards each other (Westerman, Apple Inc., 2015, p.78).

Team leaders of Apple Company motivate as well as encourage its team members to give their valuable concepts and ideas for the organization’s benefit. The company is all about motivation and innovation, which helped in creating the most innovative technology, ever. Moreover, with the never ending demands of Apple consumers, the employees of the company are being motivated to team up and figure out the desires of their target consumers. In addition to this, they consider different aspects of their organization for creating the most innovative products. The different aspects are marketing, technology, finances and others, which helps in yielding the most beneficial outcomes. Steve Jobs, the former CEO of Apple, stated teamwork as something which is totally built upon trust, motivation and encouragement. This helped in establishing the foundation as well as importance of teamwork at Apple Company. Therefore, it can be said that motivation from the team leaders is an essential component, which helps in building a successful team and in turn, a successful or innovative product (Vock, et al., 2017, p.85).

The organization needs to have several things done differently for an improved performance and productivity. One such thing is for the top cream of the company to involve more the entire workforce in matters relating to decision making and development of ideas for advancing the recent inventions and creations (Hotelling, et al., 2013, p.250). The supply of their products should greatly be improved so as to meet the clientele at the very point of their needs. This will result to improved sales which will add up to the general revenue of the organization (Tong, et al., 2016, p.250). Establishment of newer markets should also be a thing that the company has to put into consideration. This will enhance the penetration of the business into new grounds that will further increase the sales of their products and services.

Conclusion

The company has come a long way with substantiated steps that have is being ranked among the best technological organizations globally. This, however, has not been a smooth sail as explained by the above bits of information where some cite the challenges that have been experienced by the company which has made the top cream to establish and develop ideas and thoughts that have been of great significance to its wellbeing and growth. Steve Jobs the former chief executive officer has taken the global giants to higher heights that his successor must work effortlessly to maintain. The developments and inventions of the company are a force to reckon and the world can only hope newer products  will soon be unveiled.

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