...Table of Contents Table of Contents Introduction Steve Job’s Definition of Leadership Model the Way Inspire a Shared Vision Challenge the Process Enable Others to Act Encourage the Heart Challenges and Opportunities Faced by Steve Job’s Conclusion Reflection Reference page Introduction Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco on February 24, 1955. He was the biological son of a Syrian political science professor and a speech therapist. They gave him up for adoption and Steve was adopted by Clara and Paul Jobs. As a child, Steve and his father would work on electronics in the garage. They would take a part and rebuild electronics and mechanical things building confidence and drive in Steve. Steve did not like school that much so he dropped out of college. In 1974, he worked with Atari, but did not stay at the company long. He took a trip to India to find spiritual enlightenment. In 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple. Apple is a company that designs and creates Macintosh laptops and desktop computers that have the OS X operating system. At Apple, Jobs and Wozniak invented revolutionary products such as the iPad, iPhone, iPod, and iTunes. The first products were assembled in a garage. Even though he was successful at Apple, Steve resigned as CEO in 1985. He founded a hardware and software company called...
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...established in 1976 in California by two pioneer personalities Steven Wozniak and Steve Jobs. Both of the founders having a unique skill set and both highly interested in electronics (Researchomatic, 2012). The company’s background goes back to when Steve Jobs started in his garage innovating new technologies that would be used everywhere around the world today. Eventually Jobs turned his invention of the iPhone to a corporate empire in 1977 and it has soared till his death in 2011. The research in this paper goes to outline what changes his death brought about in the company, and what the management needed to solve along with impacts it had on the stakeholders. Introduction Changing organization is as messy as it is exhilarating, as frustrating as it is satisfying, as muddling through and creative a process as it is a rational one (Palmer, Dunford & Akin, 2009).The company that I have chosen to research is Apple, Apple incorporation, an American multinational corporation was established in 1976 in California by two pioneer personalities Steven Wozniak and Steve Jobs. Both of the founders having a unique skill set and both highly interested in electronics (Researchomatic, 2012). The company’s background is simply put; it soared with increased revenue growth and innovative ideas from 1977 till Jobs death in 2011. My research goes to examine how former CEO Steve Jobs died in 2011 and the change the organization experienced. The company not only...
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...Leadership of Steve JOB Abstract Insert body of abstract here. If there is no abstract, delete this page. Enjoy your APA template! Leadership of Steve Jobs “Jobs didn't create the Macintosh project -- it was started by Jef Raskin in 1979 -- but he took it over in 1981 and brought it to fruition. Jobs didn't write the code or design the circuit boards, but he provided the vision that made it happen.”(Macworld; Nov 2011,) Steve Jobs was a visionary it all started for him in 1976 when he cofounded the Apple company with Steve Wozniak in their garage. Steve Jobs found electronics fascinating he worked on electronic hobby kits when he could. While in college Steve Jobs dropped out but keep going to classes that interested him in the field of electronics and he would also attend computer club forums with friend Steve Wozniak. Shortly after he landed a part time job with Hp where is good friend Steve Wozniak worked. He later returned home from College and found a job with Atari where he helped to innovate some of the features of the famous game known as pong again with the help of Steve Wozniak. According to Grossman lev, McCracken, Harry (2011)“Jobs already had a lot of experience, though not the kind you usually think of as preparation for building a company.” Steve Jobs major business challenges came when he started Apple were he did not know much about computers but what he wanted to do was to sell them. He was not technical but he knew how to get people and...
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...across the world. There are many heroes who have greatly contributed to the change of technology, however Steve Jobs is one who strongly stand out. He was hard working, he was creative and different from others, and he has massively change the lives of many. Firstly, steve Jobs was a person who worked very hard. From building electrical circuits to thinking of new products, he never stopped working. In fact, he did not think of work as a job, Steve Jobs thought of work as a hobby. For example, in his high school years, Steve Jobs along with his high school friend, Steve Wozniak would always stay in each other’s garages and build electrical circuits and figure out how they work. Therefore, Steve Jobs is greatly looked at as a very hard working man. Secondly, Steve Jobs was very creative and different from others. From exploring and creating his first products such as the Macintosh I, and the neXT computer series, he learned how to modify and improve the product to make it better. Surely, Steve Jobs put much thought in his work, and always use different concepts and ideas through the making of his products. For example, when making the most known Apple products such as...
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... Within the corporate world changes occur everyday companies are lost as well as gained, and in April 1976 another company began, a new and incentive change that basically transformed the world of computers. Two young men, whom had dropped out of college, created the new company. They were in their early 20’s, and like most young people were undecided what to do. They did have a passion and that passion was computers. Both men complimented the other with their skills, Steve Jobs had a vision on how he could see things as well as what he wanted to do, and Steve Wozniak was the brains and technical mastermind behind the plan. They built a circuit board for a computer in Steve Jobs garage and before they knew it Apple 1 was created. Their business became a small success and before they realized it they had roughly 200 sales in computers. Now that the business was becoming stronger and busier they needed to have help, and that help came from a man name Mike Markkula Jr. Mr. Markkula was also a young businessman whom had retired at the age of 33 from Intel (Apple Inc., p. 2). In 1978 Steve Jobs wanted to put a computer on the market that would be easy for all to use and that goal was accomplished with the Apple ll. With the company transforming as it did in such a fast and short period of time the world of technology was in for many more surprises. Within the transformation of the company the name was also changed to Apple Inc. Not only did the company sale computers...
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...Steve Jobs and Jesus’ Prophets lived thousands of years apart yet in their particular lives they accomplished many outstanding feats. Even though the Prophets and Steve Jobs had very different occupations, we can pull out qualities and ethics that they both shared. Steve Jobs began his love for technology at a very young age, working with his father on appliances and things that needed fixing around the house. He would work in his garage with his father learning about the mechanical world. It was from a young age that Steve Jobs had been instilled with a unique passion for technology. Just like the Prophets, Steve Jobs would face trials and tribulations that would put anyone on the edge of sanity. The difficulties these men faced in their...
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...marketing plans involving Apple Computers and/or Steve Jobs. It will discuss how a marketing plan made a product successful and it will discuss how a marketing plan made a product unsuccessful. A failed movie will be discussed and marketing concepts will be applied to analyze its failure. Marketing Plans Introduction One of the most important aspects of any business is marketing. It can make or break the strongest retailer. Figuring out what the customer wants and analyzing that data will help determine the marketing plan; getting that information right will determine if that plan is successful. Considered a genius when it comes to marketing, Steve Jobs made Apple what it is today, but he didn’t always do everything right. He learned some lessons along the way that contributed greatly to his success and legacy. His determination allowed him to learn those lessons and ultimately it helped him change the world. Definition of Marketing Plan A marketing plan is a written plan that explains in detail how an item or service will be marketed. This will include what has been learned about the market, including demographics and population. It will also include established goals and how they will be met. A marketing plan, if done well, will facilitate the entire direction and coordination of the marketing endeavor (Kotler & Keller, 2012). Marketing Plans: an Example of Success Even before the recent passing of Apple CEO Steve Jobs he was considered by many as a living legend...
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...Business Leadership EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs, the man who saved a company that was literally a fiscal quarter away from bankruptcy and proceeded to grow it into the largest company in the world by market capital the company ‘The Apple’. Steve Jobs was an American businessman, designer and inventor. He is best known as the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. Through Apple, he was widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution. Good leadership is major, particularly in today’s competitive global economy, and can make the difference between the success and the failure of the organization. As per the sentence Steve jobs is the concrete example of a lifetime natural successful leader, evidence is the Apple’s success. Apple’s market capitalization is over $300 Billion (Elmer-Dewitt, 2011) making it the second most valuable publicly traded company in the world, surpassing even giant (and rival) Microsoft. Steve Jobs was an American businessman, designer and inventor. He is best known as the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. Through Apple, he was widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution. He was different from many other corporate leaders in that he always knew what he wanted. When he returned to Apple after his decade-long banishment starting in the mid-80′s, the company was on the margin of bankruptcy. He actually wrote some of the...
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...Steve Jobs; leadership Style ------------------------------------------------- Leadership Management Studies Fatima Ali M.Phil (Morning) Steve Jobs; leadership Style ------------------------------------------------- Leadership Management Studies Fatima Ali M.Phil (Morning) Table of Contents Steve Jobs: Change Leader 3 Steve Jobs Biography 3 Leadership Style 4 Autocratic versus participative 5 Entrepreneurial 6 Trait Theory 7 Focus 8 Judgment & Decisiveness 9 Non-conformity 10 Persistence against obstacles; Tenacity 10 Vision 11 Sociability & Inter-Personal Skills 11 Ability to Enlist Cooperation 12 Steve Jobs as a Charismatic World Leader 13 Steve Jobs as a Distant Charismatic Leader 13 Steve Jobs as a Close Charismatic Leader 14 Golden Circle Theory 15 Leadership Grid 16 Fiedler’s Contingency Model 17 Vroom-Jago Contingency Model 19 Steve Jobs and the Path-Goal Theory 20 Leader Member Exchange by a Game Changer 22 Myers-Briggs Type Indicator 24 Steve Jobs as Transformational leader 25 There is No “I” in Team 28 Tuckman’s Group Development Model 30 Discussion 31 Conclusion 33 Appendix A 34 References 37 Steve Jobs: Change Leader Steve Jobs Biography Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco, California, on February 24, 1955. He co-founded Apple in his parents’ garage in 1976. He was fired from his own company in 1985, but he returned to rescue it from near bankruptcy in 1997. By the time he died...
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...social responsibility, for example Steve Jobs of Apple, Inc. At the other end is the approach that, although profit oriented, accords significant priority to social responsibility, for example, Sir Richard Branson of the Virgin group of companies. Steve Jobs, whose persona was indelibly imprinted on Apple opined that “[o]ur belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.”(Jobs, n.d.) That statement reflected an unswerving commitment to the profit motive where consumerism was a means to an end. The following discussion presents Steve Jobs as an example of a business leader who is strongly profit-oriented, and Richard Branson as one whose primary goal is to make a positive impact on society. The leadership style, and major business principles of Steve Jobs Leadership Style Steve Jobs’ leadership poses an extraordinary challenge for description, judging by the basic categories of leadership as delineated in most business curricula. His leadership is best summed up by the Leadership Editor of Forbes magazine in the article Steve Jobs Broke Every Leadership Rule. Don't Try It Yourself (Allen, 2011). Jobs displayed charisma, revolutionary vision, and innovative genius, along with a relentless drive for excellence. On the surface these are hallmarks of Transformational leadership. However, his formidable temper led him to berate and eviscerate employees when outcomes did not meet with his expectations. Indeed...
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...wouldn’t be possible without the brilliant idea of Steve Jobs. Mike and Steve got along very well, they conversed well and shared similar and constructive thoughts about ways to change the world and to do important things. He's quite intelligent and makes sense, although he doesn't always listen fully but then again for me he’s my favorite inventor in the entire world. After seeing Pirates of Silicon Valley, I understand the differences between being professional and intellectually inclined. Like in Steve Jobs case he can’t easily be approach without you being perfect to his eyes and because of this Bill Gates took advantage on him. How cruel and stupid Bill did to Steve, after he gotten everything to Steve Jobs he immediately relinquished the entire corporation of Steve. I felt so devastated for him perhaps because of Steve’s attitude brought him down. On the other hand of the movie, it shows that Steve is just an ordinary person who also faces failure. Every person who is already on top cannot avoid any failures in their every endeavor. Still you should fight this and continue to develop what is in your mind, not to become a failure one. The success of Steve Jobs includes his faith, passion, courage, innovation and his vision. Faith, in a way that he didn’t know what he is doing in his life and what should be his carrier all about. He still continues to pursue what he thinks and believes that maybe he is the one who could change how people thinks in the manner of technology. ...
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...individual leadership characteristic and their contribution on leadership method. This thesis also proposes an educational approach of including the education of the societal and moral implications of leadership practices within a corporate in management engineering courses. Management engineering students that encounter leadership style across social sciences and humanities may be better equipped to participate in debates about how leadership style ought to be helping corporate communities. OBJECTIVE The objective of this case study is to gain a deeper understanding of the leadership manifestation that had been presented by the well-known late chief executive officer (CEO) of an American electronics multinational corporation (Apple Inc.), Steve Jobs. CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Leadership has been a major part of human relations for as long as people have lived and worked together in groups or teams. Bass (1990) once described that leadership is a “universal phenomenon” and “the study of leadership is an ancient art”. Since more than hundred years ago, researchers have...
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...which lead to the success of Steve Jobs as a technopreneure. Before looking at the success and failure we will see what does technopreneur means. Technopreneur’s is entrepreneurs who starts their own business using technology, new ideas, originative, enthusiastic, and self-confident and fervent about their work. They are always ready to accept risk, face trials and aim for greater achievement. Technopreneur’s struggle for continual improvement of the economy. Technopreneur’s are ready to accept failure because they view things differently and walks persistently for next challenge. Technopreneur’s intelligence can be seen by the way he/she think, the way he/she moves, and most importantly the self-assurance...
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...and Disney(R) is Steve Jobs. A person who proved that he was a born leader not made. He is one person who holds a great importance to millions of people all around the global. Steve Jobs never went to college but his leadership qualities are taught in all college’s around the word. He had his own taught process and can truly be said as unconventional leader. His trick was never found on the management course. It is because of his vision that Apple Inc., who had a 5 billion dollar market share in 2000, now has become 351 billion dollar today. This paper will look at the theories of leadership, and how they have been incorporated in to Steve Job's and Apple Inc. Ethics: - In general ethics are values and principles that distinguish right from wrong (Organizational Behavior, 2011). It has nothing to do with culturally acceptable norms. Every aspect of his company was ethical and this is one of the reasons, why his company has such a good market value. Steve Jobs saw to that for his company’s profit, the society is not affected. For instance- He has the highest approval rating from his employees for the chief executive post. Every employee was strictly warned for not playing politics. Self Competency: - A leader has to be competent enough to lead his organization. He is the one who represents his organization and should be dependent on others to do his job. For Instance, it’s because of his self competency after the clash with his co-founder Steve Wozniak in 1985;...
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...wouldn’t be possible without the brilliant idea of Steve Jobs. Mike and Steve got along very well, they conversed well and shared similar and constructive thoughts about ways to change the world and to do important things. He's quite intelligent and makes sense, although he doesn't always listen fully but then again for me he’s my favorite inventor in the entire world. After seeing Pirates of Silicon Valley, I understand the differences between being professional and intellectually inclined. Like in Steve Jobs case he can’t easily be approach without you being perfect to his eyes and because of this Bill Gates took advantage on him. How cruel and stupid Bill did to Steve, after he gotten everything to Steve Jobs he immediately relinquished the entire corporation of Steve. I felt so devastated for him perhaps because of Steve’s attitude brought him down. On the other hand of the movie, it shows that Steve is just an ordinary person who also faces failure. Every person who is already on top cannot avoid any failures in their every endeavor. Still you should fight this and continue to develop what is in your mind, not to become a failure one. The success of Steve Jobs includes his faith, passion, courage, innovation and his vision. Faith, in a way that he didn’t know what he is doing in his life and what should be his carrier all about. He still continues to pursue what he thinks and believes that maybe he is the one who could change how people thinks in the manner of...
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