2. Background Knowledge
Timothy Donald Cook was born November 1, 1960.
He is an American business executive, industrial engineer. Cook is the chief executive
officer of Apple Inc.
Cook joined Apple in March 1998 as a senior vice president for worldwide operations,
and then served as the executive vice president for worldwide sales and operations
He was made the chief executive on August 24, 2011, prior to Jobs' death in October of
that year.
3. Introduction
Timothy Donald cook has great leader.
He have great leadership skills such as communication, listening, conducting meetings,
managing stress and building credibility and many more.
Tim cook is the CEO of apple inc. And it is the second highest technological company on
the planet.
After graduating from auburn university, cook spent 12 years in IBM personal computer
business.
4. History
• ON 1 APRIL 1976, APPLE COMPUTERS, INC. WAS FOUNDED.
• STEVE JOBS AND STEVE WOZNIAK (COLLEGE DROPOUTS)
ARE THE FOUNDERS.
• WOZNIAK CLEARED OUT APPLE IN 1983
• THIS WAS DUE TO A LESSENING INTRIGUED WITHIN THE DAY-
TO-DAY RUNNING OF APPLE COMPUTERS.
5. Success Stories
Apple Inc. has been among the world's leading growing companies since 2010.
The reason behind the success of the company is that it makes well known items
with liberal edges.
Apple shocked the world on August 2, 2018 by becoming the world's most
profitable company to launch with a $1 trillion business calculated by
advertisement profitability.
6. Skills of TIM COOK in making the
organization successful
Multinational technology company.
Taking over the position of masterful, Steve Jobs.
Necessary Leadership qualities to run Apple.
How he was able to maintain the sustainable leadership?
MAKE YOUR OWN RULES.
TAKE RISKS TO SUCCEED.
FOCUS AND LISTEN TO PEOPLE AROUND YOU.
Fig: Apple logo
7. DIVERSITY IS IMPORTANT.
TRUST AROUND YOU AND WELCOME
THEIR OPINIONS.
ACCEPT YOU’RE WRONG AND MOVE
FORWARD.
BE YOURSELF.
BE TRANSPARENT AND OPEN TO
CRITICISM.
CRITICAL THINKING.
Fig: Tim Cook
8. Findings
1. Apple likes to assemble all of the hardware, software and online services themselves.
This permits them to make some advanced and easy to understand items.
2. Steve Jobs has consistently favoured vertical combination to give an incredible client
experience to the individuals. Making everything lets them control the client experience
and make items that may satisfy Apple's name.
3. After the introduction of iPod, iPhone and iPad, Apple earned about $40 Billion in profits
in the fiscal year of 2014.
4. In 2014, Apple took the securing of Beats for $3 Billion, which was the greatest cash
Apple had spent on Acquisition.
5. Apple is worth $2 Trillion, which makes it the most valuable organization in the world.
9. Recommendations
1. Apple should be taking a shot at their Performance and Reliability issues.
2. Cutting Down the costs somewhat will doubtlessly build the buying intensity of
their clients.
3. Apple should be working on providing more battery capacity in the iPhone as
customers are having problems regarding this matter.
4. They should be providing more free storage in the iCloud. 5Gb of storage isn’t
enough in the current data storage environment.
5. They should work on opening more retail stores worldwide and provide users
with a good customer support service.
10. conclusion
As we discussed above, Timothy have a great leadership skills.
Effective communication is one of the main elements for bringing a change in
organization.
Leadership skills is formed a part of process of learning in an organization.
Timothy Donald Cook as a leader beliefs in certain norms, values, responsibilities,
humanity .
Tim Cook once stated that you have to “write your own rules”
12. Refernces
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Anders Melin; Tom Metcalf (August 10, 2020). "Tim Cook Hits Billionaire Status With
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Richtel, M. and Chen, B.X., 2014. Tim Cook-Making Apple His Own. New York Times,
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