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1. Pick a company or organization, preferably the organization or company for which you work. (If you choose to write about a company other than your employer, please make sure it is one that has easily accessible information.) In your opinion, how well is the company or organization's present strategy working? What are the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) of the organization? Please include at least two points per each SWOT category. How strong, if applicable, is the company's competitive position? What strategic issues does this organization/company face in the next year? Next five years?

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Pick a company or organization, preferably the organization or company for which you work. (If you choose to write about a company other than your employer, please make sure it is one that has easily accessible information.) What is the organization? What is its primary business or services? Tell us about the industry and its competition. What is the organizational mission or purpose of the organization that you selected? How would you characterize the organizational culture? What are the primary strategic objectives or long range plans for the organization?

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Wheelen, T. L., & Hunger, D. J. (2010). Concepts in strategic management and business policy (12th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.

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1. Pick a company or organization, preferably the organization or company for which you work. (If you choose to write about a company other than your employer, please make sure it is one that has easily accessible information.) In your opinion, how well is the company or organization's present strategy working? What are the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) of the organization? Please include at least two points per each SWOT category. How strong, if applicable, is the company's competitive position? What strategic issues does this organization/company face in the next year? Next five years?

The organization selected for this assignment is Apple Corporation. Apple's strategy is working very well for the company in the last decade because it has made the company an undisputed leader in the various segments of consumer electronics industry, be it digital music player, smartphone or Tablet. The company has also been making great strides in its computing business as people are increasingly adopting Mac platform for their computing needs. The company's profitability, market share and market capitalization in the capital markets have grown tremendously.

SWOT Analysis of Apple:

Strengths:

1) Extremely strong brand reputation and goodwill as an innovative manufacturer of world class, smartly designed and high quality consumer electronics products.

2) World class product portfolio and ...

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