Which of the different types of leadership profiles presented in the literature best describes Steve Jobs? Leadership is the process that a manager follows in order to inspire‚ motivate and direct subordinates towards the achievement of the company ’s goals (Jones‚ George‚ Hill‚ 2000). Transformational leaders have a strong vision to reshape the future by creating new realities. They have four main characteristics; they are charismatic‚ they use inspirational motivation (they come with a vision
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Steve Jobs was born on February 24th 1955. Steve Jobs had a nice big family who supported him through the good and rough times of his job and life. He had a wife name Laurene Powell and 4 children Lisa‚ Eve‚ Erin‚ and Reed Jobs. Jobs always wanted to make an invention that would make him a hero to thousands around the world. Steve Jobs was a hero because he wanted to make researching and asking questions easy‚ so he made advanced technology to make schools‚jobs‚ and work much easier. “I want to put
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to their advantage to be able to make it in the business world. One such entrepreneur who made an impact using the free enterprise system would be Steve Jobs. The free enterprise system made him able to compete against other companies to see who’s inventions were better. It was this that made him one of the most successful business men in the world. Jobs started his business all from the garage of his home. He had to invest in his own company and be able to create ideas that would lead him to think
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work of Bill Gates is significant because his work changes the life of hundreds of thousands people in the United States. In the late 1990s and early 2000s‚ Bill and his wife Melinda gates started the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that help with medical and educational causes (“Bill Gates”). Bill Gates are among the top Philanthropist in the world (Strouse). The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation became the largest in the world with assets of 21.8 Billion Dollars (Strouse). Bill Gates surpasses
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was established in 2000 by its namesake‚ Bill Gates‚ and his wife Melinda. The couple created the foundation “to help reduce inequities in the United States and around the world.”1 It is headquartered in Seattle‚ Washing and is co-chaired by Bill‚ Melinda and William Gates Sr. Since its founding the foundation has accrued an incredible $31.9 billion and has a net worth of almost $50 billion. With such spending power‚ the foundation has been able to make great
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Leadership Styles Leadership plays a key role recruiting identification with the organization ’s objectives‚ regulations and directions regulations and directions. Leaders generally tend to adopt more than one leadership style as their default mode of operation within the workplace. "Certain styles tend to work well under some circumstances but are contraindicated in others" (Zervas & Lassiter‚ 2007). Certain leadership styles may have shot-term effects but be counterproductive in the long-term
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On February 26th‚ Bill Gates gave a speech to governors‚ policy makers‚ and business leaders from across the nation to discuss the problems with education. During that speech‚ Bill Gates gave a keynote address where he called American public schools "obsolete." This statement made by one of the most powerful and influential men in the world could destroy the education systems of the United States let alone destroy the education systems of the world. Gates has spent almost a billion dollars influencing
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Leadership Style Leadership and Performance Development January 13‚ 2014 Leadership Style From John F. Kennedy to Martin Luther King and Steve Jobs to President Obama there is a myriad of ways to lead people as there are leaders. When and individual can understand leadership styles and the framework‚ then he or she can develop their own approach to leadership‚ and become a more effective leader as a result (Center for Leadership Studies‚ 2014). In this paper‚ I will highlight some of the
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ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY RESEARCH PAPER Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ------------------------------------------------- OETOMO RAHARDJO 90120120003 INDUSTRY DESCRIPTION Non-profit Organizations exists for focusing and promoting public benefits or educational or charitable reasons‚ from whose shareholders or trustees do not benefit financially. Generally‚ large non-profit organization receive important revenue from the services they provide. The money they received is used for its own expense
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Steve Jobs once said‚ “The ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world‚ are the ones who do.” A single man had the ability to show the world that he could change the way we live today. His first steps to becoming the man he once was‚ started with the founding of Apple Inc. Jobs‚ not only founded Apple‚ but he was an inventor and entrepreneur of many of the electronics we use today (“Wikipedia”). He was a dedicated man‚ and if one of his inventions failed‚ he would try again
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