case analysis on Steve jobs
Case Analysis on Steve Jobs
- Praneeth Konduri (srk591)
Who is Steve Jobs?
Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Computer, is considered an inventor in the modern era of computers and mobile phones. He is regarded as the person who ran Apple computers. He made the company so successful that it became the most valuable company in the history by 2012 (a while after his demise) (Forbes, 2012). He used strong leadership traits to achieve this success. The organizational structure in the company was very top-down that any major decision has to be made by Steve Jobs himself. His personal character has a considerable impact on the way he ran the company, exhibiting trait theories of leadership.
Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco on February 24, 1955 and was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs. His parents were always open to him about his adoption. They always emphasized three concepts for him: Abandoned, Chosen, Special. Those concepts became a part of who Jobs was and how he regarded himself (Isaacson, 2011).
Highlights of his career include tremendous successes and utter failures as well. But, the impact of the achievements was so high, that they overshadowed his failures. His employees, even though were put a lot of pressure by Steve, considered him as the most valuable person, and they trusted him. Steve Jobs was so particular about the design of each product that he used to push his designers to rework on the designs until he felt that the design is compact enough. He inspired millions of people with apple’s products such as Macintosh, iPod, iPhone, and iPad, which revolutionized the tech industry. Under his leadership, Apple Inc., has released new products from time to time. Even though, it means the death of their previous products. Jobs always believed that they should kill their own products before their competitors did. His personality is very aggressive, and very self- centered. It reflected the way he leads the company as well. And, it worked out very well for
- Praneeth Konduri (srk591)
Who is Steve Jobs?
Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple Computer, is considered an inventor in the modern era of computers and mobile phones. He is regarded as the person who ran Apple computers. He made the company so successful that it became the most valuable company in the history by 2012 (a while after his demise) (Forbes, 2012). He used strong leadership traits to achieve this success. The organizational structure in the company was very top-down that any major decision has to be made by Steve Jobs himself. His personal character has a considerable impact on the way he ran the company, exhibiting trait theories of leadership.
Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco on February 24, 1955 and was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs. His parents were always open to him about his adoption. They always emphasized three concepts for him: Abandoned, Chosen, Special. Those concepts became a part of who Jobs was and how he regarded himself (Isaacson, 2011).
Highlights of his career include tremendous successes and utter failures as well. But, the impact of the achievements was so high, that they overshadowed his failures. His employees, even though were put a lot of pressure by Steve, considered him as the most valuable person, and they trusted him. Steve Jobs was so particular about the design of each product that he used to push his designers to rework on the designs until he felt that the design is compact enough. He inspired millions of people with apple’s products such as Macintosh, iPod, iPhone, and iPad, which revolutionized the tech industry. Under his leadership, Apple Inc., has released new products from time to time. Even though, it means the death of their previous products. Jobs always believed that they should kill their own products before their competitors did. His personality is very aggressive, and very self- centered. It reflected the way he leads the company as well. And, it worked out very well for
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