{"id":954,"date":"2013-07-26T12:29:45","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T19:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spreadingscience.com\/?p=954"},"modified":"2013-08-25T19:12:14","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T02:12:14","slug":"how-a-company-organizes-itself-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spreadingscience.com\/2013\/07\/26\/how-a-company-organizes-itself-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"How a company organizes itself matters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Understanding Apple\u2019s Organizational Structure<\/a>
\n[Via asymco<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n

Apple has hired a new VP who will report directly to Tim Cook. Paul Deneve is cited as having responsibility for \u201cspecial projects\u201d and will report directly to Tim Cook.<\/p>\n

The previous roles as a manager in luxury brand companies has led to a great deal of speculation about what new projects Apple could be working on that might also fit this new manager\u2019s background and title.<\/p>\n

The most commonly cited speculation is around the iWatch or TV product lines (with some surprised that he will not be heading Retail.)<\/p>\n

Although reading \u201cluxury product CEO\u201d and concluding \u201cnew luxury products\u201d seems logical, a little knowledge about how Apple is organized dispels this notion. And a little knowledge happens to be about all we have, as Apple\u2019s organization is one of its most closely guarded secrets. Even employees at Apple have little idea of how the company is organized. What we do know is summarized into this org chart:<\/p>\n

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We have heard al ot recently about Microsoft’s new re-organization.<\/a>\u00a0They are organizing around function, not devices.<\/em><\/p>\n

I wonder where they got that idea from?<\/em><\/p>\n

A 21st century company needs to foster collaboration and that is done by\u00a0organizing\u00a0around functions that everyone needs for each product. This ends up creating a lot of purposeful conversations about proper use of resources, etc. that often leads to much greater efficiencies than when things are simply focussed on a product silo.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Understanding Apple\u2019s Organizational Structure [Via asymco] Apple has hired a new VP who will report directly to Tim Cook. Paul Deneve is cited as having responsibility for \u201cspecial projects\u201d and will report directly to Tim Cook. The previous roles as a manager in luxury brand companies has led to a great deal of speculation about … Continue reading How a company organizes itself matters<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-21st-century-company"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe2yp-fo","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":670,"url":"https:\/\/www.spreadingscience.com\/2010\/08\/04\/apples-itunes-remote-app-was-developed-by-one-person-report\/","url_meta":{"origin":954,"position":0},"title":"Apple's iTunes Remote app and one guy","date":"August 4, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"[Crossposted at A Man with a PhD] Apple's iTunes Remote app was developed by one person - report[Via AppleInsider] Apple's iTunes Remote application for the iPhone has not been updated in over 8 months because the software was written by just one person, and he is currently busy with other\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Knowledge Creation"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":691,"url":"https:\/\/www.spreadingscience.com\/2011\/01\/27\/the-real-sign-of-apples-innovations-they-fit-on-a-table\/","url_meta":{"origin":954,"position":1},"title":"The real sign of Apple's innovations - they fit on a table","date":"January 27, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"$76 billion a year from a tableful of products [Via asymco] During the calendar year 2010 Apple spent nearly $2 billion in R&D. 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