Apple has risen to the number two spot on the “Best-Run Companies’ list by the Drucker Institute. Last year it was third on the list. Microsoft took the top spot. Below Apple in the top 5 are IBM, Amazon, and Alphabet.
The Drucker Institute is a unit of Claremont Graduate University. The “Best-Run Companies” list ranks America’s largest publicly traded companies according to founder Peter Drucker’s principles of effectiveness.”
The “Best-Run Companies” list ranks corporate performance on five dimensions: customer satisfaction, employee engagement and development, innovation, social responsibility, and financial strength. On a 100-point scale, Apple scored 65.2, 62.5, 113.7, 67.2, and 90.3, respectively, for a “effectiveness” score of 96 (compared to 89.4 in 2019).