Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak in Cupertino, California, founded Apple Inc. in 1976 (Glen Sanford 1996). The first two created only Apple Computers at first, and as their company became more successful, they branched out into other types of electronics such as laptops, various music devices, computer software, and e-book compatible machines. Apple Inc was founded because both Jobs and Wozniak had always been interested in electronics throughout their lives. Wozniak was part of the creation as he was interested in computer design. Jobs was the one who encouraged Wozniak to sell the computer to see what would happen. On April 1, 1976, the first Apple computer was created. Apple Inc.'s organizational chart includes three key elements which are centralization, scope of control and departmentalization. Centralization is defined as the foundation of power and control which in this case is the company's CEO, Timothy D. Cook. The next part of the organizational chart is the scope of control; refers to the amount of people a manager neglects (BUSN 235). Since Apple Inc. is a rather large company, there are many managers who neglect lower-ranking employees in the office. There is no specific number of employees assigned to a particular manager. It is based on the strengths and weaknesses of the manager and subordinates, workload and location of staff members (235). The last part of the organizational chart is departmentalization; dividing employees into rational groups such as functional, product and geographic, customer and process (235). Those that apply to Apple are functional, product, and geographic. Functional departmentalization involves separat...... middle of paper ......if and they would not have been prepared for it. Additionally, to stay ahead, companies need to have a secure global database, and Apple doesn't. Their jobs are mostly concentrated in the United States and therefore the parts to make the products are made and built abroad. Since I couldn't find a definitive mission statement, they will eventually have a series of them instead of having a list of accomplishments that pass as the mission statement. One recommendation I would give to Apple is to make cheaper products because that way more products would be sold. Another recommendation would be to build offices around the world that make products related to the needs and satisfaction of that particular country. I also agree with Shaughnessy about making Apple's product market more elaborate and diverse and focusing on the future instead of the present.