Please Comment on the Effect that Alliances Such as Apple and Microsoft Can Have on Competition Within the Context of Operations Management

Operations Management is the term applied to the correlation of activities which achieve the core objectives of an organisation.
Apple and Microsoft are companies which come from very different cultures, Apple a very steady stable environment, which non-the-less appreciates and recognizes employee input. For example at Apple computers, Cupertino, California, all employees who worked on the design of the original Mackintosh computer had their signatures engraved on the inside of the models case. Microsoft's also has a strong employee focused culture but one which really embraces change. …