Discuss advantages and disadvantages of its business practices
The advantage of Apple Inc. having its own operating system is they own the whole algorithm from hardware to software so this is considered as the most secure OS (Genes, n.d.). However, if anything goes wrong with the operating system, worry not as Apple has it recall switch which is the App Store. Furthermore, it is simpler for Apple Inc. to distribute the latest update to their customers (Snelling, 2018). On the other hand, the disadvantage is limited customization and widgets. Apple Inc. thinks they know the preference of the customers so they do not offer choices for customers to choose as compared to Samsung (Piltch, 2017). Hence, Samsung’s operating …show more content…
can adapt their business strategy accordingly. Competitor’s strength would be accessed by Apple Inc. and they will develop strategy to tackle. However, competitor’s weakness will be a chance for Apple Inc. to take advantage of to gain market dominance. Conversely, the disadvantage is competition drive Apple’s strategies. This would keep companies anchored in the red ocean but they should adapt blue ocean strategy to sway from the limits of competition (Kim and Mauborgne, n.d.). Blue ocean present unlimited growth opportunities for the company to gain profit and to serve different target …show more content…
It includes the ability of solving problems, where we have to manage our time effectively to have a meeting in order to produce a quality assignment that fulfil the criteria needed. Also, we must learn to discuss the outcome and visualise the assignment that will be matching our expectations. We learnt to solve problems without raging. Sometimes, our opinions will differ between teammates and it will lead to small wrangles. To solve the problems peacefully, we have learned to tolerate our teammates' weakness. Additionally, we learnt to seek advice from our lecturer and tutor and we value them a lot. We learnt about the history where Steve Jobs poured in a lot of endeavour in making Apple Inc. a successful company. Also, by developing the first IOS, Apple launched a game changer operating system that redefines what a smartphone is capable during that era. Additionally, the products of Apple Inc. are improving significantly every year with unexpected functions added on. Moreover, we learnt that Steve Job’s successor Tim Cook has no intention in slowing down the pace of developing Apple Inc. During the scandal of the latest IOS update, Apple Inc. admitted that it is a marketing strategy to drain the battery of the iPhone, causing the current iPhone users to be irritated and plan to switch over to the new devices. However, to make up, they launched a new campaign to