Can employees be considered of the utmost strategic importance?

Many companies announce in their corporate communications: ‘Our people are our greatest resource.’ In terms of the criteria listed in Figure 3.5 (from textbook), can employees be considered of the utmost strategic importance? 2. The company ‘Apple’ has been highly successful in dominating the market for touch-screen tablet computers with its iPad product. Can Apple sustain its leadership in this market? If so, how? Embed course material concepts, principles, and theories, which require supporting citations along with at least one scholarly, peer-reviewed reference in supporting your answer unless the assignment calls for more. Grant, R. M. (2019). Contemporary strategy analysis (10th Ed.) Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 9781119495727