Analysis of Leadership and Management at Apple Company

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of leadership and management at Apple, examining the managerial skills and leadership qualities of key figures like Steve Jobs and Tim Cook. It explores their actions and achievements, identifying their strengths and weaknesses in various situations. The report delves into different leadership theories, including situational, system, and contingency theories, critically analyzing their application within Apple. It further investigates two theoretical approaches, Six Sigma and Total Quality Management (TQM), helpful in addressing customer order fulfillment issues. The role of management and leadership within Apple is examined, alongside potential factors in the business environment and their impact on managerial decisions. The report concludes with recommendations for enhancing leadership strategies and overall organizational effectiveness. The report is contributed by a student to be published on the website Desklib, a platform which provides all the necessary AI based study tools for students.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Part 1..........................................................................................................................................3
Different managerial skills and leadership qualities in apple................................................3
Action and achievement of Steve jobs...................................................................................4
Identify and analyse specific strengths and weaknesses of the respective leaders in various
situations................................................................................................................................4
Different theories and model of approach..............................................................................5
Critical analysis of two stated theories...................................................................................5
Part 2..........................................................................................................................................6
Two theoretical approaches which are helpful in customer order fulfilment issues..............6
Role of management and leadership......................................................................................7
Identify potential factors in the business environment at Apple............................................7
Impact on the decisions of manager and make recommend approaches...............................8
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................8
References................................................................................................................................10

Introduction
The manager and leader are the important part of the organisation, they are the one
who are related to effective change management. The chosen organisation is apple, which is
founded by Steve Job, a young and skilful entrepreneur. Further, the manager and leader of
the organisation are provide their best way and use effective theories to analysis and
interpretive the management system within the organisation. Their manager and leaders are
the skill audit which make them more effective resource and provide relevant changes within
the organisational concepts (Aslett, Acken and Yerramilli, 2021). This report include the two
main parts which are related to provide some major changes to analysis the growth and
provide related managerial skills and make leadership qualities. Whereas the second part
show that the company are able to provide relevant theories and models. Further, difference
potential factors and make recommended approaches to analysis the nature for the sufficient
growth to the company.
Part 1
Different managerial skills and leadership qualities in apple
In the apple company, its 33 years of history in the market make a significant
approach for those are really wanted to appoint the schedule and make more effective
approaches. Their team members are really related to their approach and provide significant
market schedule on time. Steve Jobs are really related to effective schedule and provide
sufficient sources for the growth and appointment with major changes. The current CEO of
the apple is Tim cook, who is actually the co-founder of the company also. Now he make the
responsibilities which are associated to the company’s growth and success.
 He Was Reluctant to Delegate: as the growing responsibilities and management
some other conceptual background are related to essential feature and provide some
major changes which are helpful for make him a successful leader and manager. With
recruiting the staff, to solve the jumble balls in the corporate world (Ayough, Rafiei
and Shabbak, 2021). They are working very effectively and managing sources fully in
a right manner.
 He Found the Balance between Empowering His Staff and Leading by Example:
Somehow the managers make a strong relationship between the staff and their leading
employees. Some of the major changes and growth are related to their effective

growth and accomplish major changes that are needed to be analysis major sources in
an authorised manner.
Action and achievement of Steve jobs
This is very effective as they are using right strategies and implement on the right
way. They are working on strong challenges sometimes they get fails. Which are related to
provide and make major changes to analysis effective strength. It will be helpful for the
growth to analysis different challenges and make more significant growth to use effective
achievement to the analysis of authenticate leadership management. The major action and
achievement of the Steve job are related to his talented nature and make more powerful
leader in the company. He always try to work harder and make more significant approaches
to analysis different sector and provide some major changes.
Identify and analyse specific strengths and weaknesses of the respective leaders in various
situations
While analysing the above two situation this can be said that both leaders are able to
communicate their issues and have the capabilities to analysis the measurement and make
success for the growth to accomplish different task. When it comes to Steve Jobs, his strength
is bringing together and make effective ideas which make growth within the firm and provide
relevant changes to the company in an authorised manner (Gibbons and et.al., 2021). Further,
his weakness is to make a bully feeling in other people and try to make other people small in
front of him. His strength are related to solving managing complexities like solving critics in
the management and conflicts in between in leader and employs of the company.
Whereas in Tim Cook, his strength is make and trust the other ideas in a very
significant manner. And try to make the analysis which are related to make successful people
with high motivation style within their team. At the same time, he is using authentic
leadership style which are not good for the company like apple. Some of the major changes
and growth are helpful for make sure to analysis effective changes and provide sufficient
sources. It will be helpful for considering different changes and make successful activities.
Further, his leadership will help the company’s employee to come forward and make more
effective changes to analysis the outcome and provide some major changes.
When it comes to make differentiates in between manager and leader is, manager is
the person who make all the responsibilities for its management system. Or a leader is the one
who provide an effective direction, leading criteria and make effective guides to the

company. In the Apple Inc. Steve Job play an important role playing a manager role and Tim
Cook somehow manage the role of leader within the company.
Different theories and model of approach
There are different theories and models which are helpful for company and their
leaders to manage and provide significant sources. Some of the major theories and models
which are related to Steve Jobs and Tim Cook leadership theories (Reis and Melão, 2021).
Some of them are explained below:
 The situational theory: this theory is related to different type of approaches which
are helpful for getting more significant approaches. It will be related to analysis
different source and change the leadership style as per the management and need of
the company. This will be followed by the Tim Cook in his serving period. This
theory is helpful for analysing some major changes to work and provide effective
growth to work and manage efficient resources on time.
 System leadership theory: This is the theory which are followed by the Steve Job, as
he is working very formally. This will be related to the management and make
concerned efforts which are pre-decided and rigid in the nature. Further, it will be
related to make effective changes and helpful for growing effectively and make more
strengthen approaches.
 Contingency leadership theory: It will be related to make some major changes
which suppose for make leaders for the contingent changes and their growth within
the effective style and leadership qualities (Hartmann, 2021). This will be helpful for
challenging and managing some different aspect and provide relevant sources to
analysis effective growth and provide supportive structure. With the help of
contingency theory Apple Inc. can make some effective growth to accomplishment
for addressing effective changes and make more strengthen approach within a society.
Critical analysis of two stated theories
With the help of above mentioned and discussed theories, it can be analyse that a
manager and leader can work differently. It will be helpful for the firm to work and manage
as per the deciding sectors in an authorised. This will be related to an authorised matter and
management to work and organised the employment system in an authorised manner. Apple
Inc. manager and leader play an important role for addressing major changes and growth
from 33 years in the industry (Zheng, Zheng and Zhang, 2021). Situational and system

leadership theory are majorly related to the two manager of the company and based on their
behaviour they both are working on the majorette to work and make systematic changes.
Situation theory where help, Tim Cook for getting more specified things in a manner. System
leadership are able to work for Steve Jobs for analysing the major situation, or downfall
within the society. some major growth ad adoptability are related to provide some major
changes and provoke some related to analysis opportunities to work and make major changes.
Part 2
Two theoretical approaches which are helpful in customer order fulfilment issues
 SIX SIGMA: This is the method which is essentially related to make capabilities for
their different business progress. In apple Plc. there are different management to
analysis the role and improve the qualities to help and lead the production concepts
in profits, employee morale and make quality for the different products and
services (Zykov, 2021). With the help of six sigma process, most of the companies are
able to provide relevant sources and make significant changes to make a process map
and help in resolving in different customer issues and ordering approaches. This
method will be helpful for the employees for improving profit, increase the employee
morale, and effective qualities of product and services for their valuable customers.
 TQM: Total quality management is a management approach which are helpful for
getting long term success and help in getting high customer satisfaction through the
use of different products and their services. With the help of TQM services, all the
members of organisational approaches and improving participation are helps in
creating effective culture and complete their basic work load with good quality
management (Sharifi and et.al., 2021). This is helpful in Apple Inc. as all the
employees make benefits for going and standard approach by having all their
managerial quality management and work as per the growth of continuous change and
improvement process for getting higher customer service and make effective
organisational changes to uphold the management team and make more effective
approaches. These theories are related to effective management and provide relevant
customer focus, make effective leadership, process the systematic approach and make
effective relationship management. This could be related to work and make effective
approaches to analysis speak to delivery for the growth to work and manage evidence
management

These two approaches are helpful in managing the queries of customer oriented
people and make sure for analysing and managing revenue within the company (Yoo and
Kim, 2021). Six Sigma is the process to work and make process skills for the growth to
accomplish different task and make more relevant approaches for their own positions. But at
the same time, this method is very time consuming and completed procedure. Whereas, TQM
work for attracting customer by providing them effective quality. But this is time taking and
most expensive method, further, this will take the commitment from the company and can be
cause for the negative ripple throughout the process of the company.
Role of management and leadership
The manager and leader of the Apple Inc. are needed to be analyse and make some
effective changes which are related to these above, mentioned approaches. This should be
helpful for the manager of the apple company to work as per the above strategies mentioned
to work and collect the systematic approach for assigning and analysing major success and
declining customer related to issues within an organisation. A manager should be able to
understand that the need of six sigma and their element which are helpful for managing and
working within the conceptual background (Herzog and Stelling, 2021). They should collect
and eliminate the goals for make major effects and waste in manufacturing industry. It will be
related to make findings and provide relevant ideas for the growth of the company and
decline the issues of customer which may be face by the company’s customer. On the other
hand, the manager of the apple should make sure for gaining effective growth on employees
and make organisational development for the achievement to get access in the company’s
structural changes. The best quality management are related to approved continuous
improvement and make some major changes to accomplish effective growth for managing
customer and organisational growth.
Identify potential factors in the business environment at Apple
 Increasing technology integration: This factor may be work as the opportunity for
the apple, as the growing technologies with advance use can make them different in
the market. The major stakeholders which can affect through this factors are
customer, other investor and major shareholders. With the advance use of
technologies they can get adversely affect and provide opportunities for the growth of
business in market.
 Growing technology capabilities: There are different competing interest within the
market, which can be related to different technology advancement and other’s

capabilities to work in effective manner (Cusenza and et.al., 2021). Major business
like, Google, Microsoft and Samsung are related to provide some major changes and
threat to the company. Which may be related to their conflicts and growth within the
business environment.
 Corporate culture: This is the factor which reflect the internal method and culture of
the company. It could be related to work and make more significant approaches to
accomplish the major tools and provide some relevant changes for the growth to
accomplish major success (Bostoganashvili, 2021). This would be helpful for the
company to make effective culture and minimise the impact of customer to work and
make more significant approaches to analyse the tools.
Impact on the decisions of manager and make recommend approaches
After analysing the basic approach, theories and factor, this has been very important
for the companies to work and promote their effective management style. It could be related
to provide some major changes and make effective growth to accomplish their decision in a
right manner. All of these are helps in getting more systematic decision and work as per the
need and demand of the customer. Apple Inc. needed to be work in more advance
technologies and perform with the advance growth of the company (Burström and et.al.,
2021). It will be helpful for growing and managing the demand to work and provide some
effective changes within the market. This seen more significant that all the above factors and
theories are make an impact on the decision further, to analysis and make more significant
approach to the company’s success.
With the help of these theories and models, the manager can get the foresight for
understanding the impact of their decision and make needed changes to accomplish the team
and make more effective approach within the market. It will be related to work and make
more effective approach to analysis the role and provide some major changes within the
society. All of these are helpful for growing and make some major changes to accomplish the
task and work on the basis of management and adaptabilities.
Conclusion
From the above report, on apple plc. This can be said that there management are
effective and hardworking which may get helpful approach for assigning and measuring
success for achieving effective changes. It will be helpful for growing some under
circumstances for measuring success and achieve effective changes. It will be related to

achieve major issues of customer and provide the relevant support to customers and their own
management team. This is helpful for the company’s manager and leader to perform
effectively and make systematic growth within the firm to analyse their best opportunity in
firm. With the help of operational and management approaches a manager and leader can
perform effectively and work more analysing manner within the company.

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