...and fortunately, Clara and Paul Jobs were desperate for a new born. However, when she found out they had both puled out of high school, she refused to sign the adoption papers. The standoff lasted two weeks until Joanne relented at the couples promise to make a savings account for the boy’s college funds even though they weren’t particularly wealthy. It wasn’t until his thirty’s that Jobs met his real mother, Joanne Simpson (as she was called before she was married). Jobs knew from an early age that he was adopted, as his parents were always quite open with it. He once said ‘I never felt abandoned, even though I was different from the rest of the kids’. However, he does remember sitting in the front garden talking and playing with a girl from across the road. When he told the girl he was adopted, she said ‘So does that mean your parents really didn’t want you?’ Jobs ran inside crying and his parents reassured him by saying ‘We specifically picked you out’. Job’s dad always tried to get his son into cars, which was his personal passion, but Jobs was never interested. Instead, his dad provided him with small, broken electronic gismos, which he took apart. Jobs always considered himself lucky to be growing up in Santa Clara Valley, a place where there were many other engineers and people who shared his interests. Jobs once called Bill Hewlett the founder of a rapidly growing company, HP. They talked for at least twenty minutes on the phone and by the end of the call, Jobs had...
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...Ron Wayne: The Third Apple Co - Founder Bianca Snead Brenau University The apple company has had many successes throughout it’s the years, and will continue to have success as long as technology is the main focus of the generation, and the economy. The Apple company has made sure to make excellent foundations for their future, with their choices in release dates, products that are offered, and also customer satisfaction. Steve Job’s was the man behind all of the success of the company which began on April 1st 1976. However, he had some great executives behind him to keep his dream alive. Those people consisted of Steve Wozniak, and Ron Wayne, who were also co-founders. Ironically, Ron Wayne did not want to work for the company, he declined his share for 10% of the company after the incorporation documentation was signed. In turn, he left with eight hundred dollars, and took another journey. Throughout this article on Ron Wayne, it really puts in perspective what personality he carried throughout his lifestyle, and career choices. If management were to pay more attention, they would see that Wayne was not the best choice for being an additional CEO of the Apple company. If there were any engineering positions available, Wayne would have been the perfect candidate. Ron Wayne expressed that he was brought into the Apple company to be more of a chaperone and helping hand to make decisions. In the text, job satisfaction is described as a,” pleasurable or positive emotional...
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...Memo Re: Apple, Inc. Issues 1. Apple, Inc.’s reputation after Steve Jobs is no longer head of Apple, Inc. and keeping a competitive advatange. Recommendations 1. Maintaining and adding value to Apple with their intellectual capital. Rationale 1. It all starts with the culture of the company. Apple has the best of the best in technology, marketing, ect. Finding that person who has a vision and is not afraid of his ideas like Steve Jobs could carry on innovation aspect of the company. Apple has the partnerships with their suppliers and the consumer’s base that keeps looking out for Apple products. They are known worldwide and even though Apple is being questioned as to whether they will make it without the mind of the man who created Apple, this company will succeed if they think ahead of the market. They have to look at their opportunities and take them to build something great for their customer base. With Apple’s awesome supply chain management they have been able to stay competitive in their wide variety of market entries. To keep the company up float they need to engrain the company’s mission and values to their employees and partners. Apple has to trust their employees that they could come up with innovative ideas just like Steve Jobs. In doing so their employees will have more confidence and show the world that is putting their capabilities to question that they can still keep up with what Steve Jobs created and go beyond. Treasuring your workers...
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...Lu October 8, 2012 No Me-Too Products? Why Not Me-Too Products! Executive Summary To stay competitive in an ever-evolving landscape and in response to the emerging trend of mobile computing a decade later, HTC should introduce “me-too products” and join the tablet PC bandwagon. My research shows that HTC is likely to remain the major player in smartphone and tablet PC manufacturing if it follow suit. First, tablet PC category is fairly new, HTC does not necessarily need to sustain this “no-me-too” rule as long as its product concepts are no less innovative than the current offerings by competitors. Second, the 3G smartphone market is far from saturated. With HTC’s brand and R&D ability, HTC can vastly improve its market share. Third, Good artists borrow great artists steal--Pablo Picasso To implement and maximize the Me-Too Products strategy, my recommendations are as following: 1. Ensure the originality and creativity of “Me-to Products” • “Learn” from Samsung and “Steal” from Apple • Not necessarily price war involved, stay cool and stay stylish • Disruptive innovation—develop “Textbook” for students and “Solus” for the senior citizens. • Stick to Google Android system 2. Remain the pioneer of mobile computing a decade later • Keep the R&D intensity over 8 • Cooperate with both Google and Microsoft to develop products with Android and Windows systems at a ration of 2:1. 3. Transit from 3G to 4G • Develop...
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...Yee, Raffaelle Lemarc T. ENGLCOM C44 11350288 Entry # 4 “As light as a feather” (1) Apple. Co Company had recently launched their new and improved product the “iPad Air”. (2) Apple has unveiled their new slimmed down version of the iPad tablet but will charge customers up to 739 euros. As always with Apple, expectations on systematic breakthrough hardware innovations are irrational. Apple is good at inventing new products like iPod, iPhone and iPad and at maximizing profitability of its product range over time through software innovations and clever marketing. Today's new range of products from iPad Air, iPad Mini 2 and new line of MacBook computers are great additions to the Apple product portfolio just in time for the holiday season. They will maintain Apple's premium positioning in the increasingly competitive tablet market. Apple is increasingly offering free content, services like iLife, iWork, iPhoto, iMovie and etc. Marketers need to wake up to these new opportunities by differentiating their tablet strategy. Apple's iPad Air is beautifully light, so much so you can handle it with one hand. To promote it they launched a commercial about it, called “Your verse”. (3) Apple wanted consumers to know that the iPad is an inspirational device, which becomes a tool to create something that would enrich your life experience as a whole. (4) The ad evokes emotions that mean to inspire and take pride in one's life. It focused on the capabilities of the iPad as a...
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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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...Tutorial 4 Management Information Systems Case Study from pp. 133-134 Is the Ipad a disruptive technology? According to Forbes.com, Apple Inc. is engaged in designing, manufacturing and providing consumers with mobile communication, personal desktops, laptops , portable digital music players as well as software and operating systems. They also provide applications, networking solutions and services. It provides products like the Ipad, Mac and Ipod as well as operating systems like the Mac OS (Forbes.com 2012). They also provide options and services like Icloud and is a middle man in providing applications like IBookstore or Mac App store or music through Itunes. They also provide accessories and gadgets which are personalised to their products in their stores. What is the Ipad? According to Apple.com, the Ipad has two versions which is Wifi only and wifi and 3G/4G. The main specifications of the Ipad is • High resolution retina display–2048×1536 pixels more than on an HD TV • A dual core CPU twice as powerful as the A5 found in the iPad 2 • A rear iSight camera with 5MP sensor and advanced optics, including IR filter, autofocus, face detection, and white balance • HD video recording (1080p resolution) • Voice dictation (there’s a new key on the keyboard for speaking into the iPad) • 4G LTE support: HSPA+ for up to 21Mbps or dual-carrier HSDPA for up to 42Mbps or LTE for a max of 72Mbps connectivity • Battery life is 10 hours (9 for the 4G models) What is the...
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...of including education on the leadership style and type of leadership on the selected individual that success in corporate business. As an initial step, this thesis sought to characterize and perform case study towards selected individual that success in corporate business and the impact gain by the corporate of committing their leadership. This thesis does set for understanding in deeper on the 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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...Table of Contents Executive Summary I. Brief Biography of Steve Jobs II. Steve Jobs and Apple III. Ethics and Values IV. Death of Steve Jobs V. Conclusion VI. References Executive Summary Steve Jobs has been labeled a visionary by many, and rightfully so. Though he may not be the tech celebrity that he once was, nor is his name any longer so strongly associated with the basic, commonplace components of software and hardware design that he helped to pioneer and that computer users the world over take for granted, the charismatic, passionately counterculture chief executive officer of Apple Computer was once the most important individual in Silicon Valley and even today dictates the trends and, some would say, overall health of the industry, continuing to drive innovation. I. Brief Biography of Steve jobs Steve Jobs is a great man so the rules don’t apply, is how Steve Jobs is described at the beginning of his career at Apple computer. From his early childhood, he was always thought of as an oddball or different. From Steve Jobs rise to power, to his fall, and to his second coming, Steve Jobs has always been different. Steven Paul Jobs was born an orphan on February 24, 1955 in Los Altos, California. Steve Jobs was adopted from infancy by a Northern California machinist named Paul Jobs and an accountant Clara Jobs, both now deceased...
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...I love apple products, I cant get enough of them when I was younger I dreamed of having great technology that made my life easier and not harder. Technology can either make you better or worst and I rather choose items that make me better. Simplicity is actually a rarity in the 21st century. And its great to go to a place were you could service for next to almost all your technologic needs. The apple store is one of the smartest places on the planet. They work for you the people, me being a student I look up to people that can make my life easier and I view them as daily heroes of humanity that do not get enough praise. Now you may say to yourself well Farley its just the apple store theirs nothing special about that. Fine I will prove to you in these next paragraphs why I hold the apple story so high in my heart. 2009 March 28, I had just enter training school in the military and I was a young naïve marine and I had just enter sprint and purchased my first cell phone it was a fairly simple mode no crazy features just enough to call mom. It wasn’t any iPhone but it did the job I guess. I know what you’re thinking what does this have to do with the apple well first off the phone already started giving me problems within the first month of having the phone. And yes customer service was horrible when I went to the store they told me to call up the head quarters and when I called the head quarters they told me to go to the store. Now you can see the frustration I had...
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...class The Legacy of a Man Who Changed the World “Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” –Steve Jobs. (Steve Jobs Quotes) His very voice echoed in the ears of millions across the globe, his saga, leaving a lesson to be taught to the indigenous people of the twenty first century. Steve Jobs, a man whose innovative thoughts transpired to develop one of the highest technological advancements in the history of mankind. Steve Jobs cofounded Apple in his parents’ garage in 1976, was ejected in 1985, returned to rescue it from near bankruptcy in 1997, and by the time he died, in October 2011, had built it into the world’s most valuable company. (Isaacson). After the release of Job’s biography, other inspired leaders got a chance to scope out how he lived, thought, and ran his company. All the lessons that can be passed down from his life cannot be simply described in one sitting. Although, there are seven key components that helped shape his life of success; being a rebel, an optimist, a dreamer, an enabler, an adaptor, and a philanthropist. Steve Jobs was the ideal figure head of his company’s Apple and Pixar. Yet with his success there were other contributors that, without their knowledge, Apple would not be in existence...
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...such as construction or banking industry. In the end, the reflection of the most appropriate theories that I would prefer to use when opening a company like Amazon or Apple with 5 experienced people. In addition, critically evaluation of the relevant theories is also analysed. Leadership and Theories Leadership is a process in which one individual influences others towards the achievement of group or organizational goals. Leadership is a social influence and it cannot exist without a leader and followers. Leadership results in the behaviour of the followers that is meaningful and goal-directed in an organized setting. Despite the efforts of a standard definition of leadership, Fred Luthans, mentions in his book Organizational Behaviour (2005), ‘’it [leadership] does remain pretty much of a ‘black box’ or unexplained concept.’’ Leadership also means awakening passion among its followers, to have an ability to transform dreams in to reality. Leadership is an on-going process that persuades people to do right things for better future where one person encourages, inspires and motivates for betterment of society. Leadership encourages people to go on the path they do not want to go but they ought to. In short, leadership deals with ‘influence’. Following are various theoretical approaches of leadership: 1. Great man theory: The individual characteristics of leader are born, not made. 2. Trait theories: Individuals possess certain qualities that make them leaders. It can...
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...International Management Project - Apple - Summary In a context of “fast growing technological market", what could be the futures perspectives of Apple over the strategic issues in order to maintain its competitive advantage? Introduction I – A Sociology of Steve Jobs A) Steve jobs: the perfect illustration of a charismatic authority B) Steve Jobs: does he really is an inventor? C) From death to succession II – How does Apple react about the uprising competition on the consumer electronic market? A) Understanding the market B) External and Internal analyze through specific models C) Major changes on the market D) Apple’s strategic positioning: a specific target audience III – Recommendations and Justifications A) Drawing of frightening competitor B) Possible strategies C) What Apple is looking for and how to reach it? Conclusion Appendix Introduction In a period of financial turbulences, the consumer electronics market is facing several challenges where every company have to differentiate themselves and bring something more through innovation in to be able to maintain their competitive advantage and to grow their market share. In this case, Apple, great name, is probably the most innovative corporation established on this market by staying aware of the trends evolutions as well as of the electronics consumers’ needs to gain competitive advantages. Indeed, its orientation...
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...leadership under Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak has built this empire with great success and long term relationships. The violations that they have endured have strengthened their moral and ethical fundamentals. I have identified Apple’s current position and the background of this huge empire. The paper will also introduce the methods used for their success and overall advertising strategies: that has enhanced product sales. The loyalty of their customers and continued growth has factored in significantly increasing new product development. Apple’s contribution to this world has made them a well-known corporation. Introduction Apple Corporation Steve Job co-founder of Apple Computer alongside with Steve Wozniak pioneered a cycle of revolutionary technologies. In 1980, Apple Inc. had a market value of $1.2 billion during their first day of trading. Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer, Inc., is a conglomerate corporation that creates consumer electronics, computer software, and commercial servers. Apple’s foundation lines are the iPad, iPhone, iPod music player, and Macintosh computer line-up. The founder’s s Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak effectively created Apple Computer on April 1, 1976, with the release of the Apple I. On January 3 1977, they became incorporated, in Cupertino, California. Apple Computer mostly produced personal computers, which included the Apple II, Macintosh, and Power Mac lines, but it faced unsteady sales and low...
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...that we have absolutely no control over, the natural disasters that have also impacted many of the economy’s turmoil. There is a very strong need for increased knowledge and more innovative measures of putting the state of the economy in a more favorable light. There are organizations that seek to find inventive ways of solving the issues that can be solve by man. Many corporations are looking for more efficient ways of preserving the environment, inventing planet friendly technology and creating a society of educated consumers. Apple computer Inc. is committed to being the leader in the computer industry. This essay will discuss the contributions that Apple has contributed of the past decade, such as how and why it continues to be the leading corporation among all of its want to be competitors. Apple Computer Inc Overview Apple computer Inc. was co-founded by CEO Steve Jobs and friend Steve Wozniak in 1996. Their original products were computers. Apple continues to manufacture computers and related software currently. It also develops and markets, portable digital music players, related accessories and services , including online music distribution and sales, audio books, videos and has even marketed movies. It operates in the United States and global (datamonitor.com, 2000). Although there was no transparent missions statement, Apple brings the best personal computing products and support to students, educators, designers, scientist, engineers, businesspersons and consumers...
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