I have chosen the Apple business

• introduction
  • Provide an overview of the business you selected.
  • Explain why you selected this business.
• History
  • Provide a brief history of this business.
• Products
  • Identify and describe the main products (goods and/or services).
• Type of Ownership
  • Identify the type of ownership.
  • Identify the Stock Exchange where this business is listed (eg., NASDAQ, NYSE, AMEX)
  • How is the business listed on the stock exchange? (Example: Target is listed as TGT on the New York Stock Exchange)
  • What is today's price of this company's stock? Is the price higher or lower than yesterday?
• Social Responsibility
  • Just about every company has some sort of social responsibility or community service plan or initiative published on their companys home page or on a linked page.
  • Briefly describe this companys social responsibility plan.
• Conclusion
  • Using the information found through your research, give your opinions about the following:
    • Do you or would you use this companys products?
    • Would you like to work for this company?
    • Will this company be successful in the future?

• • This template includes a cover page, headings you see in the outline above, and a reference page.
• Resources for this report:
  • The companys corporate website is going to be the main source of information.
  • Do not use Wikipedia. Wikis are not valid sources for professional research.
  • You should not copy/paste any parts of your report from a website on the internet.
  • Provide a citation for any information that is not your own. For example, if you tell how many employees a company has, then include a citation for this data to let your reader know where you got this information.
• Your own ideas:
  • The purpose of any research here at school and for your job at work is to find solid, reliable information and then to form your own ideas about your findings.
  • We want to see evidence of research, but we want to see what you have to say in this assignment as well.
  • You do NOT cite your own ideas.
• APA Style:
  • The template gives you a good guide to follow for APA style.
  • There are tutorials in Canvas that show you how to use APA Style and how to cite the information you find.
  • You can also get help in the Writing Assistance Center (WAC) with APA citation.
  • APA Style can be hard to master. By the end of this course, we want you to have a good basic understanding of how to prepare a professional research report.