Business Chief APAC+ANZ Magazine December 2015 | Page 11

SECTOR landscape , it has become harder and harder over the years to keep track of who does what in the executive structure of a large company .
Which style of corporate governance is most successful ? Which method is most popular ? Should analysts and observers be more interested in news surrounding a company ’ s CFO or vice president ?
With those questions in mind , here is a look at some of the world ’ s top companies and how its top-level management is set up .
Apple ’ s executive structure is basically a traditional hierarchy , but takes away some aspects of other organisational structures to meet both market and industry demands . The company ’ s set up gives the first openly gay CEO in the Fortune 500 Tim Cook and senior VPs the majority of control , while the lower levels of the system has little say in market demands and business
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