Question

Identify the management issues of Tim cook, for each management issue explain in detail challenges and how he can solve the issue

Answer 1

Answer: Apple Inc was been preparing with the Steve Jobs describing the appointment of new COO as Tim Cook into the replacement of his succession plan & Management ideas, Due to Steve Jobs health condition deteriorating he had to resign the firm & then put Tim Cook into the board to managing the company by all means. Tim Cook has been different CEO compared to Steve Jobs is managing his leadership/management style in the firm but both had to face the key challenges as throughout the management of companies' success.

-Following are the key Management issues of the newly appointed boss Tim Cook & the solution to it is explained below:

1) Management Issue: Tim Cook has to face the challenge on decision making on the making enough iPhones on the board whereas iPhone 5 or iPad 3 with its terms of features, where the key management challenge for him was to ensure the firm to produce enough of them to meet the demand in the year & next whereby being the COO of the apple it is like sealing the Apple deals on components front, to production relation by making more devices on quarter which tends to be a challenge but not a new one.

Solution: As the key issue what Tim has to be faced on management front is to keep the demand matching with making new production on extensive which the management is not agreeing to, the solution here is to define less by what their rivals do & also manage the devices it can get out the door keeping the requirements of the consumer at hand as its unique as well topmost global brand in producing.

2) Management Issue: Tim Cooks had management issue facing another key challenge as to stop the cloud service to become mobile me which affected the decision on servers & infrastructure framework on cloud launch which has been the key task of him, but the management challenge was to cope up with any gremlins at launch with managing the competition as Amazon/google

Solution: To cope up with the above decision by him as a management issue, he can make his strategic decisions communicated clearly with the key stakeholders of coming up with such a service on board, take the inputs from them to make them realize that is also involved in integrating such plan into action.

3) Management Issues: Apple having less social networking services as ping/GameCenter has given considerable room for improvement in process with its complicated relations with Facebook as by Integrating the iPhone iOS, to manage this the firm has signed many deals on twitter front to manage such social networks but the key issue for Cook for management front is to nail Apple social strategy with its competition.

Solution: There are plenty of agreements on upgrading the social connecting platform as by Tims's decision but there is difficulty in managing the team which the Tim has to strategically manage such situation to communicate the goals on its front, reset the deadlines & take every input to solve such management challenge.

4) Management issue: Under the management of Tim Cook there are many other challenges that as per many research reports it can be witnessed on records such as- managing iPhone catalysts as it is disappearing, with mobile expansion on the carrier is slowing, having high smartphone saturation rates on the board, & also managing the iPhone major growth problem at hand which needs to be considered by all sides.

Solution: The solution to Tim & their management front is to keep focusing on upgrading the cycles with appropriate strategic decisions by going into serious evaluation system, keeping the pulse on the iPhone user database management front, Recognizing the iPhone SE's power with additional cultural challenges at micro & macro framework need to be oriented by the Tim to encounter the key aspects on management thereby take the serious call to action to make it overcoming such challenges.