Introduction
Steve Jobs was a genius of the modern age, he gave us tools to change our lives and the way we communicate. Steven Paul Jobs was born February 24, 1955 and was adopted by Paul and Ciara Jobs a few weeks after his birth. The family moved to San Francisco to a town called Mountain View, California where Steve grew up and found his passion for computer electronics. He quickly teamed up with with his neighbor Steve Wozniak (Woz) and realized they both shared a interest in computers which developed into a partnership. Starting from scratch, Jobs and Woz began putting together very basic computer mother boards that could be connected to a screen in their garage. Steve and Woz created Apple Computers which has grown to the largest and most successful computer company in the world and surpassing Bill Gates and Windows.
Steve’s eye for the beauty within technology and his passion for the user experience are they key factors to Apples success. Steve jobs had a rather unique and controversial leadership style that was highly scrutinized by his board of directors as wells as his employees, but ultimately led to the companies success. Jobs leadership could be defined by saying he used the Relational Leadership Model or the Transformational Leadership Model, or even the Great Man Leadership Model, but the truth was that Steve Jobs did not fit into just one of these model. Jobs had a philosophy and leadership style that was authentic and indecent which caused a great deal of friction within Apple. Jobs was known for scourging his employees, working them to death, and then throw them away when he was done with them.
Literature Review
The following articles were reviewed in an attempt to examine the leadership style of Ap...
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...e CEO of Apple Incorporations. “Jobs' constant innovations led Business 2.0 to name him the fifth most important leader in business in 2006. It called him "easily the greatest marketer since P.T. Barnum" and a muse for innovators” (“Steve Paul Jobs”). A man this powerful and intelligent will never be forgotten. That extraordinary phone called the iPhone that almost everyone in the world has is only here because of Steve Jobs. Thanks to him there are barely any more of those somewhat embarrassing flip phones.
Kouzes, J., & Posner, B., (2007). The leadership challenge, (4th ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-
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On February 24th, in San Francisco California Steve Jobs was born to Joanne Schieble and Abdul Fattah Jabali. Joanne was a speech therapist and Abdul Fattah was a political science professor of Syrian decent (Isaacson 2011). His mother was raised in Wisconsin in a family of German Decent and his father came from a prominent and rich family Syrian family with 9 children. His mother was a strict Muslim housewife and there was a lot of importance put on education in the house. Not long after his birth Steve, a nameless baby still, was given up for adoption. Clara and Paul Jobs who named him Steven Paul Jobs adopted him. Many say Steve’s father Paul lit the fire of interest in electronics in Steve’s mind and often encouraged him to experiment with these things. Job’s adopted father was not a college graduate and had grown up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin with an alcoholic father. His mother was a daughter of Armenian immigrants who had just fled the Turks and come to America. They were married within ten days of meeting each other. They had a happy marriage but due to having an ectopic pregnancy in the past, Clara was unable to conceive. (Isaacson 2011). So in 1955 they were looking to adopt. They were blessed with Steve.
Kouzes, J. M., & Posner, B. Z. (2007). The Leadership Challenge (4th ed.). San Francisco, CA:
Everyone has a different definition of what makes someone a leader. My definition is not a statement of requirements, but more so a list of characteristics. I believe it takes a strong, independent, dependable, open-minded, thoughtful, selfless, smart and creative, someone who can work well with others, able to work under pressure, respectful, and experienced individual to be a leader. I believe it is someone who knows who they are and know their morals, someone who has already found who they are in life and accepts who they are, making what I believe the most important characteristic is, is someone who knows and sticks with their personal values. If someone cannot respect values and stick to their word, then how can they be a leader of others? A leader takes a lot of work, but if you are good at it, it may seem like nothing. Some people are leaders and do not even know it, like role models. When little kids look up to certain people that have impacted their lives in a way, they will see those people as role models. Truth is, leaders are everywhere and not everyone knows or can see that. It's not always the person who stands out for taking control or being bossy, but the one with the characteristics and high values that do the right things, even when no one is watching.
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
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
Kouzes, J., & Posner, B. (2007). The Leadership Challenge (4th ed.). San Francisco, CA 94103-1741: Jossey-Bass.
Steve Jobs was a transactional leader who influenced his employees to have a strong desire for work and provided them with vision. He was a task oriented leader his focus was more on task and organization performance than on people. Job got people to follow him rather they like him or not. Job was also an adaptive leader he used himself as an example to lead the company. Jobs was not concerned about how the employees felt his focus was only on their ideas. Jobs had the ability to motivated employees to accomplish more than what they could dream possible. Steve had a demanding personality and was a perfectionist.
Steve Jobs (CEO and chairman of Apple Inc.) was an American entrepreneur and inventor. He was born in February 24, 1955 and founded Apple Inc. with his high school buddy Steve Wozniak in 1976. But later in 1976, when Apple was about to bankrupt he returned to it as advisor and Interim CEO. He made Apple profitable from near bankruptcy by 1998 (Walter Isaacson, 2013). From (1996-2011), he proved himself as one of the best engineering leaders of the world and made Apple the most innovative company of the world.
Kouzes, J., & Posner, B. (2007). The Leadership Challenge (4th ed.). San Francisco, CA 94103-1741: Jossey-Bass.
Steve jobs changed the world by creating Apple, inc, that made products that were revolutnary for there time period. He won several awards for his inventions, he died of pancreatic cancer. Steve jobs was the co-founder of apple with Stephen Wozniak. Steve jobs got fired from apple in 1984. He then started a new business called NeXT computer that made special computers for education and businesses. NeXT computers failed so he bought Pixar in 1986. Steve jobs created the ipad that came out in 2010 it is a cross between a iMac and a Iphone.
Steve Jobs’ was an effective leader by being truthful and letting his team know exactly what he wanted. Steve Jobs’ push others to do things they thought they could not do. Steve Jobs’ was a leader that would get in there and do the job himself if need be and others know they could count on him.
Steve Jobs has significantly impacted today’s society and many industries. Steve Jobs was born in February 24th, 1955 in San Francisco California. He was adopted at birth by Paul Jobs (1922 -1993) and Clara Jobs (1924 ` 1986). Jobs went through rocky days in elementary school. Despite his rough time in elementary school, Steve was able to skip couple of grades. Steve enrolled at Reed College in Oregon but he dropped out after six month. Steve studied creative classes, including calligraphy.