Timothy D. Cook

Analysts believe that he is Apple’s greatest strength due to extraordinary operational excellence (Sullivan, 2015). Firstly, Apple’s cost of goods sold decreased from 71.02% of revenue in 2006 to 61.41% in 2014. Additionally, the operating margin has increased from 12.70% to 28.72% over the same period of time. Reviewing this in statistical terms, Cook has done a tremendous job in continuing the growth of Apple. This leads to the issue regarding Apple Pay. With such overwhelming numbers, it is impossible to think that the exclusive deal with American Express is the only option. Apple has more than proved themselves to be successful and trustworthy to stakeholders due to operational excellence alone. Therefore, it would be wise for Apple to explore further options to solve the…

recently have developed a vision and mission to be more updated that help the CEO, Mr. Cook to achieve and make its corporation striving towards achieving their new goals in terms of sales and other technical innovations. Apple 's vision proclamation and mission over the direction are the foundation of the organization 's prosperity as a standout amongst the utmost important establishments on the globe. These attributes are connected to Apple 's statement of purpose and vision proclamation,…

Tim Cook is the CEO of Apple Inc., and serves on Apple’s board of directors. He is considered the head of the most profitable business in America. After the retirement of Steve Jobs, Tim took over Apple Inc. in August of 2011 with a salary of 10.28million dollars and net worth of 785 million dollars. (“Tim Cook.” Biography.com) He has been acknowledged for a great deal of achievements that led up to his position in the Apple Inc. Tim Cook graduated from Auburn University with a bachelor's…

Inside Sung Kook Hong’s Rollercoaster Life The stainless steel knife, the wooden cutting board, the raw fish, and the white rice all became something that he would see often and become used to handling. Sung Kook Hong was soon going to be given a certificate of completion of school and later a badge to become the main chef of a restaurant. He brings back his memory of graduation day where the students of the culinary school and their parents came together to receive a certificate and he…

“Cooking is like painting or writing a song. Just as there are only so many notes or colors, there are only so many flavors, it is how you combine them that sets you apart.” -Wolfgang Puck. According to dictionary.com, a chef is someone who is a professional cook, typically the chief cooks in a restaurant or hotel. The word chef comes from the french term chef de cuisine, which means director or head of the kitchen. The profession is getting “much more acclaim and and media attention than ever…

There are dreamers and there are visionaries. Robert Stewart is a true visionary who has laid out a platform of success in the food industry. As a chef with Turner Broadcasting Network, Stewart visualized that opening his own restaurant was within his grasp. As a chef on set, Stewart formed good relationships as he prepared meals for well-known celebrities such as Shaquille O'Neal, David Banner, and Tracee Ellis Ross. Stewart stated that God was revealing more about his journey than just…

colonel in the US military. Each of the women received an invitation to dinner and were told they would hear important information. I told all the women to wait in the library while the table was being set by the maid Ms.White. Once the table was set I invited all the women into the dining room. As I lead the women to the dining room they started hounding me with questions like “why are we here”, “ where's Mr.Stierwalt”, and “what's the important information”. The women were seated I then rush…

Who knew a rich young white girl and an old Chinese cook could have so much in common? Of all the characters in the book, East of Eden, by John Steinbeck, the two that seem to share the closest and purest bond are Lee and Abra. Lee is the cook for the Trasks, and Abra is the daughter of the rich county supervisor, but even though they come from very different walks of life, their differences bring them as close as their similarities do. From the beginning, Lee and Abra seem very different…

From dishwashers to servers, manager to chef, there are many different jobs in the culinary world. One of the few professions that you can start out at the bottom and work your way to the top is the culinary world. What are some culinary careers? In the culinary field there are numerous jobs a person could have, some are chef jobs, some are baking jobs, then there are the other misalliances culinary jobs. Without chefs we would never be able to go out to eat at restaurants. Some chef jobs…

When I started the process for the Internship at Buffalo Wild Wings, I set up different goals for myself that I wanted to accomplish by the end of the Internship in each department that I worked during the Internship. In the Kitchen Department, I was able to learn the proper procedure for creating each dish by shadowing the cooks and Kitchen Manager. I was able to meet this goal by shadowing Wing Certificate Trainer (WCT) and the Kitchen Manager, not only did I learn the dishes by shadowing WCT…