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How Apple Is Organized for Innovation
Inside Apple -- From Steve Jobs down to the janitor: How America’s most successful—and most secretive—big company really works.
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Apple is not a company where general managers oversee managers; rather, it is a company where experts lead experts. The assumption is that it’s easier to train an expert to manage well than to train a manager to be an expert.
Morten T. Hansen, Joel M. Podolny • How Apple Is Organized for Innovation
Having leaders who are experts in their areas and can go deep into the details has profound implications for how Apple is run. Leaders can push, probe, and “smell” an issue. They know which details are important and where to focus their attention. Many people at Apple see it as liberating, even exhilarating, to work for experts, who provide better... See more