their cell phones as cameras, which was at the time destroying the camera market, he felt soon that they would be using their phones as music players, and iPod will no longer be needed. He decided Apple had to make a cell phone with music as elegant as the iPod and that’s how a second achievement as the CEO of Apple came about, the innovation of iPhone in 2007. While he was creating the iPhone, he realized multi-taps, where two hands can be used to scroll the screen. He developed this first with the iPhone and adopted it to the tablet.
This was how the tablet innovation came about, the iPad, in 2010. Each one of these innovations could have hurt the previous products of Apple. However, Jobs was never worried about cannibalizing his previous products. Like Bob Dylan, he said, “if you
Jobs’ Leadership Style
Leadership is the ability of any individual or company to make efficient decision and to motivate others to perform well. In other words, leadership can be considered as a trigger to improve performance at any department, organization or even an individual. It develops motivation in people to perform well, meeting their targets and deadlines etc. Steve Jobs’ leadership style showed that he had the traits of a powerful leader, someone who has the right mindset, also has the influence to get his employees to work towards his own vision. He was capable of persuading people to agree with his ideas. For instance, when he created the notion of iTunes of buying music for 99 cents, he persuaded record labels to be a part of it, letting them know they would gain from it, if not their music would constantly be taken by Napster for free which gained the music industry as Apple’s consumer. This way he was able to get Apple to succeed where competitors failed, integrating the desktop, iPod and the music industry. Notably, Sony had the same resources but could not put it together as departments battled over turf and protected their profit and loss (A&E Television
He and Mike Markkula ( one of the orignal investors of Apple Co.) knew that contrary to the popular saying people do judge a book by a cover and that people form their opinions about a company and its products based on the way its presented and packaged. Hence, Steve Jobs paid immense attention to the BOX of The Macintosh and forced the designers to come up with new innovative ideas. . He obsessed over the design of the boxes in which the iPods and iPhones were kept, and insisted on adding a handle when the candy-colored new iMacs were introduced, adding a needless expense in order to make the product a bit more friendlier.
Steve Jobs and Fr. Jose Arizmendiarrieta were the founders and leaders of two different but highly successful and profitable organisations, Apple and Mondragon. The two companies are from different parts of the world, in different industries, and can only be compared by their organisational and financial success. Fr. Jose and Steve were the architects of this success, leading and inspiring confidence and support among the people who were needed to achieve their vision and organisations goals (DuBrin, 2013). This essay will compare and contrast the leadership of Steve Jobs with that of Fr. Jose Maria Arizmendiarrieta based on Andrew J. DuBrin’s leadership theory.
In 1976, Apple was just an idea being made in a garage by Steve Wozniak and the well-known owner of Apple, Steven Jobs. The two were college drop-outs and were looked at as outcasts. The first invention that Apple introduced was the Apple I. On April 1, 1976 Apple computer was made a reality (Glen). The company did not take off until 1977, when Apple introduced the Apple II. The Apple II was the first personal computer to have plastic casing and color graphics (Glen). Then in early 1978, the Apple Disk II was invented. It was Apple’s most inexpensive product of the time and had easy to use floppy disk (Glen). By 1980, the Apple III had been invented and the sales were increasing and so was the company. Apple had several of thousand employees and managers and had developed many investors. Fast forward twenty-one years to 2001, when Apple made the iPod. From there Apple grew like wildfire, with the invention of the iPhone in 2007 and many version...
Eisenhower’s definition of leadership is veracious in every single word, particularly in the context of business. Leadership has an influence on all the facets of business. There are many different theories of leadership, however, through this essay, transformational leadership theory will be analyzed, focusing on the three main components: idealized influence, inspirational motivation and individualized consideration. “Transformational leadership is defined as a leadership approach that causes change in individuals and social systems. In its ideal form, it creates valuable and positive change in the followers with the end goal of developing followers into leaders” (Al-Harthi, A. S., Al-Shehri, O. A. M. and Al-Khatib, A. J., 2013, p.155). Besides, the essay efforts are also made a relation to Steve Jobs, Ex-CEO and co-founder of Apple Inc, with this theory. An attempt will be made to evaluate Steve Jobs leadership styles following transformational leadership theory in the specific way under the three main components were listed above of this theory. After viewing the literature on the leadership theory relevant to Steve Jobs case, based on the frameworks it will be argued how well Jobs’ decisions and actions are made.
Leadership is the ability get people together and getting a task done. This is the meaning that is used in the workforce. For the past century we have used leadership to build fortune five hundred companies. Before the start of the free agency period, company’s we lead by a CEO and managers. They would tell their employees their tasks and set deadlines and goals for their projects. Now everyone is starting to use this free agency way of running a workforce. The free agency is based on individualism. This means that they are more focused on themselves as individuals, rather then the company, family, or community. The free agency generation is focusing on their career destiny a better lifestyle and be able to show their talents quickly instead of working their way up the ladder as in the traditional sense.
Leadership is being able to direct or guide other people by either your own actions or by actually guiding them into the right direction (Acumen). Inspiration to be a leader might come from many different areas like your family, friends, peers, or even teachers. My inspiration didn’t really occur to me until I started attending college in August 2013. In all actuality I never even thought of how to be a leader until I was in Mrs. Moore’s Perspectives class. I now have a desire to be a great leader, and the inspiration has come from Mrs. Moore, and my family. I am the first to attend college out of my family, so in a away I have already started leading my siblings in the right direction. Being a leader means inspiring others to pursue their dreams, and aspirations and helping throughout the journey to success. Being a leader has nothing with authority or being able to tell other what, and how to do things, it’s about having people who look up to you and want to follow your example.
Steve Jobs was the utmost CEO of all time. In the speech it states, “……… he’s been called a visionary, a creative genius, a rebel, a non-conformist, an original, the greatest CEO ever, the best innovator of all time.” In the article it states, “He was intensely focused when committed, confident enough to take risky leaps, and charismatic enough to enlist legions of employees and customers in the restless pursuit of his aspirations.” Both texts describe the traits of Steve Jobs which made him the greatest CEO of our age. Steve Jobs was an original genius he had a significant and unique imagination. It’s one thing to envision your own company broadening, but it’s another thing to envision that your company’s services and products will change people lives for the better, the way we communicate and work. Jobs built his company thinking that Apple’s products and services would change the
It was Steve Jobs who made Apple leave the garage and make leaps and bounds in the world of technology. Steve Wozniak made the first prototype, but it was Jobs who “saw the potential” in his computer and persuaded Wozniak to sell it (Peterson 106). Even though that first computer saw very little success, Jobs knew that Apple had potential and so released the Apple II. From the beginning Jobs knew what the consumers wanted, and where computers were going to take the world; he had a vision of the opportunities in technology and saw that Apple needed to move in a different direction. In 1984, one year before he left, Jobs finished the Macintosh computer system. He was pushed from his original computer design project, “the Lisa”, and then raced to release the Mac first, but the Lisa was released to the public first. Although the Lisa came out first, the Mac “[became] synonymous with Apple, mark[ing] a…revolution in…personal computing,” (Peterson 106).
Leadership is the action of leading a group of people or an organization. Leadership is leading a group of people or company to reach a result or further and the organization. A leader is supposed to be an example of how all employees are expected to act and what they should be striving for. Good leaders also don’t use their position within a company to take advantage of the company and its employees. A good leader is supposed to be able to perform their job with high standards, efficiency, and honor. However, for every good leader, there are bad leaders and the worse the leader the more detrimental he or she becomes to employees and the company they run. Poor leadership skills can ultimately ruin a company 's chance of success. The attitude
In chapter eleven case study, we were asked, What special qualities of Steve Jobs seem to have contributed to his leadership success as Apple’s CEO? We think Steve Jobs was a successful leader because he was imaginative; passionate about his job, he had the ability to push employees to create new things, had confidence, and believed
...t cell phones. Then, in 2010 Jobs outdid himself by introducing the iPad. It was a perfect gadget for all gamers, geeks, or people who just wanted this amazing technology at their fingertips. The iPad had a significantly larger screen than the iPhone and was capable of holding more data.
Where does our leadership style develop from? Many of us will readily agree with the idea that the presence of certain personality traits will positively influence a leader’s style or successfulness. Determining exactly which personality traits are conductive to successful leadership is more difficult. For example, although many support the idea that charisma is a key trait for leadership, Komives et al. argue that the presence of charisma in a leader can actually be a negative influence in leadership, citing Adolf Hitler as one such case (66). Therefore, the question becomes not only if personality determines who we are as leaders, but which personality traits determine who we are as leaders. In my opinion, leadership is determined by the
Leadership is essentially the ability to motivate. An effective leader can motivate others toward reaching a common goal. Leaders are different than managers in that leaders inspire others to do the work needed while managers generally tend to manage the tasks associated with completing the goal.
Apple normally doesn’t invent a new product or product category. Sure, the company did invent the first commercial PC with the Apple II,
In 1976, Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer with his friend Wozniak in the garage of Job’s parents. In 1984, Jobs introduced the Macintosh to the world. It was a very innovative and good product but sales were not strong. Apple’s board wanted to Jobs to step down from his position. In 1985, Steve Jobs founded NeXT Inc. Steve was able to create technologically advanced product but the cost was too high to be successful. Company made first profit after 10 years of operation. In 1997, NeXT Inc was acquired by Apple Inc. In 1986, Jobs bought The Graphics Group. In 1995, the first film, Toy Story, came out. It was a big success and Pixar became one of the biggest animations producing company in the market. Jobs had opportunity to return to Apple, after Apple decided to purchase NeXT Inc. After Jobs returned to Apple, He started to invent new product. iMac was introduced to market and Jobs became permanent CEO of Apple. Apple started to expand their expertise under Jobs guidance. Apple started to introduce digital appliances like iPod, portable music player. In 2007, Apple introduced the iPhone, the very first multi-touch display cellphone. iPod and iPhone completely changed world. These inventions were not only a better product but also new way...