How Did Steve Jobs Impact The World

Steve Jobs impacted the world in a powerful way. Some might argue that his impact could be compared to that of Thomas Edison’s in electricity, Martin Luther King Jr.’s in the Civil Rights Movement, and even Plato’s in philosophy. However, the focus of this paper is on Jobs as a leader in great empire he created and called Apple. Apple is a worldwide phenomenon that extends far more into people’s lives than just simply an electronic device. Steve Jobs was a creative genius, as well as a true hardhead, that had many strengths, specifically playing the role of a magician, and weaknesses that were portrayed using the Political frame of mind, and could have been enhanced by using the Human Resource frame.
Jobs went after his ideas and creative beliefs
The only situation that I believe Jobs was in some way a peacemaker was when there was a scandal revolving around his bookkeeping errors. To him, by acting as if he was unaware of the wrongdoing, it would diffuse the situation. However, his wannabe peacemaker mindset backfired on him in that situation and made things more a scandalous than they could have resulted with the truth that he did know about the improperly documented activities and made up staff meeting. The typical peacemaker would handle times like these in a calm, patient manner and compromise. Oppositely, Jobs reacted defensively and not in a way of a
The Political frame revolves around power. Jobs was power hungry. He was not happy unless he was the head of the project and his ideas were at play. The film showed Jobs in an office meeting “discussing” different ideas. The “discussion” was not really a discussion at all. It seemed to be more of a session for Jobs to strike down others’ ideas, good and bad, so he could promote his own righteous ones. Conflict is also commonly found under those leaders with a Political frame of mind. Apple’s conflict could get ugly. But, interestingly enough, a lot of times situations were diffused because of Jobs’ magic. All to say, if a conflict did arise, Jobs acted dictator-like in handling it and, ultimately, would get his way, whether it meant losing an employee or adding a bad adjective to his name. One striking detail that showed his Political frame was when he refused to contribute part of Apple’s earnings towards philanthropic endeavors. I am not sure of Jobs’ reasoning behind the decision, but I do know that Apple, a corporation comparable to Bill Gates’, was not operating under the same philanthropic ideals that would be foreseeable to some.
It is interesting to look at Jobs as a leader within the context of General Krulak’s three values: integrity, moral courage, and selflessness. In most all successful and “good” leaders, at least one of the values if not more can be found.