You have been hired as a consultant at the company you have
been researching (Apple Inc.). This report is an in-depth look at the strategy
and corporate management based on your detailed research completed throughout
the course. This paper is designed as a full report with recommendations that
the executive team will use to enhance the existing strategic management.
Provide answers to all of the Components 1 and 2 questions.
1. Corporate Strategy: Business Diversification
Summarize the company’s methods to diversify into related or
unrelated businesses. Be sure to answer the following questions:
· Which diversification strategy is used—diversification
into related or unrelated businesses, a mix of both or none, and/or divestiture
and retrenchment?
· How has this helped or hurt the company?
· Offer a future proposal for business diversification and
describe how it will help the company’s strategic position.
2. Ethics, Social Responsibility, and Environmental
Sustainability
Summarize the corporate ethics statement, statement about
social responsibility, and sustainability statement. If none exist, report what
you believe are these unwritten statements or code of conduct based on what the
company says about itself. Be sure to answer the following questions:
· Does company practice conform to its ethics statement or
code of conduct? Where does practice diverge from the statement?
· Does the company have a comprehensive, proactive social
responsibility statement? Does company practice support this statement?
· Does the company follow environmentally sustainable
business practices? Does this help or hurt the company? How?
· Offer suggestions for improvement in the above areas.
· APA format. Citation within the text and reference page
· 2.5-3pages, reference and cover page not included
· at least 2 academicals and reliable sources.
