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Case
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Reference no. 9-491-040
Subject category: Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour
Authors: Michael J Gibbs (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1990
Version: 18 November 1991
Length: 16 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Computer industry; Corporate culture; Corporate strategy; Employee morale; Human resources management (HRM); Silicon Valley
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Abstract

Explores how the human resource (HR) function at Apple Computer can best support the company's strategy. Provides an overview of the company's history, industry, competitive position, strategy, and organization. Written at a time when the company faces a very compelling threat to their business, and when morale within the company is very low. The purpose is to identify the key organizational issues which the company must address, and to begin to think about how the HR function can help it address them.
Location:
California
Industry:
Personal computers
Size:
Fortune 500, 12,500 employees
Other setting(s):
1976-1990
Supplement
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Reference no. 9-491-041
Subject category: Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour
Authors: Michael J Gibbs (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1990
Version: 18 November 1991
Length: 17 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Human resource management; Morale; Organizational culture; Corporate strategy; Attitudes; Employees
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Supplement
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Reference no. 9-491-043
Subject category: Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour
Authors: Manton Gibbs (Indiana University of Pennsylvania)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1990
Version: 12 October 1994
Length: 15 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Reorganization; Human resource management; Organizational culture; Corporate strategy; Organizational change
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Supplement
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Reference no. 9-492-013
Subject category: Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour
Authors: Michael Beer (Harvard Business School); Manton Gibbs (Indiana University of Pennsylvania)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1991
Version: 9 December 1991
Length: 8 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Human resource management; Organizational culture; Corporate strategy; Strategic planning
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Abstract

Explores how the human resource (HR) function at Apple Computer can best support the company's strategy. Provides an overview of the company's history, industry, competitive position, strategy, and organization. Written at a time when the company faces a very compelling threat to their business, and when morale within the company is very low. The purpose is to identify the key organizational issues which the company must address, and to begin to think about how the HR function can help it address them.

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Location:
California
Industry:
Personal computers
Size:
Fortune 500, 12,500 employees
Other setting(s):
1976-1990

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Supplement
-
Reference no. 9-491-041
Subject category: Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour
Authors: Michael J Gibbs (Harvard Business School)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1990
Version: 18 November 1991
Length: 17 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Human resource management; Morale; Organizational culture; Corporate strategy; Attitudes; Employees
View full details
Supplement
-
Reference no. 9-491-043
Subject category: Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour
Authors: Manton Gibbs (Indiana University of Pennsylvania)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1990
Version: 12 October 1994
Length: 15 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Reorganization; Human resource management; Organizational culture; Corporate strategy; Organizational change
View full details
Supplement
-
Reference no. 9-492-013
Subject category: Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour
Authors: Michael Beer (Harvard Business School); Manton Gibbs (Indiana University of Pennsylvania)
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Originally published in: 1991
Version: 9 December 1991
Length: 8 pages
Data source: Field research
Topics: Human resource management; Organizational culture; Corporate strategy; Strategic planning
View full details