One of the two environmental factors that has a negative effect on Apple in the tablet industry would definitely be competitive rivalry.Apple's tablets are basically the iPhone and the iPad. There are three very big competitors in this area. Google has come out with the new android powered phones which mimic, if not out-perform, Apple's iPhone. Samsung has just come out with the Galaxy Tab. The Galaxy Tab is a straight knock off of the iPad just a little bit different design. Then there is also the famous Microsoft who came out with the Zune and Zune HD, both internet enabled, app running, and music playing; however it is not a phone as well so it is not as threatening to Apple but it is a challenge to Apple as it's Microsoft's way of saying whatever you can make we can do as well. An environmental factor that is positive for Apple in this industry is with customers. The amount of people buying electronic gadgets for their convenience, necessity, or just because there cool is growing. This helps Apple in the tablet industry because it is a new fad to have a gadget that can run apps, games, view documents, surf the internet, and etc. This is very good for Apple business. Apple's competitive strategy is to have the newest, best, and most innovative technology available. As per the article states, Apple has their new designs planned out two to maybe three years in advance and are constantly improving the old tablets and gadgets they have come out with. With this strategy they will only stay on top if they can keep coming up with the next best thing.
This week we learned all about what exactly an organization is and what things affect and shape them. We also discussed disruptive technologies that can take a company out of the game if they don't know how to adapt to the new technology. One of the things that can impact the organization is transaction costs which are the costs of having to buy the material or services that the organization cannot produce themselves. Another way IT impacts the organization is that it flattens, or creates fewer levels of administration and management in the organization which in turn brings down costs. After that we learned about the ties between task, people, structure, and technology. Any change in one of those aspects will have an effect on one or more of the other ones. Like in the discussion in class if a company changes how it takes tracking orders from phones to online, they can take out most of the phone department, structure, and switch the people from phone answering to online help/chatting, task. The next important thing we learned this week was the competitive forces model. This model can help businesses decide if a market is worth trying to get into. it focuses on the five aspects that could either be beneficial or non-beneficial. It includes competitive rivalry, such as google and yahoo; customers, how many people are actually interested in this product or service; suppliers, if there are sufficient amount of people to get supplies from; new market entrances, whether or not the market is easy to get into or the ability to get into it at all; substitutes, if there are other alternatives, such as an alternative to online gaming like Bazinga is reading a book. All of these things together can show if it is a good/easier market to get into or if it will be difficult and take alot of work. The last thing is the business value chain. This chain consists of primary and secondary activities.
The primary activities deal with production and distribution as where secondary activities are more administering type things.
This week I took a clicker quiz, which I think I did pretty decent on. We started talking about our group project in my group. We had a company but then it turned out that it was no longer running so now we have to find another one which I'm sure we can do. The last thing I did, probably at the last possible minute (not a good choice) is this blog. And that about wraps it up.
Carson Frank
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