focuses on Steve Jobs‚ current (and former) CEO of Apple Computer. The case describes how Apple is using the success of the iPod to reemerge as a serious competitor in the computer industry. Topics covered include creativity‚ personality‚ leadership‚ and motivation. Primary emphasis is placed on creativity by detailing how the iPod was developed with Steve Jobs at the forefront. Discussion could center on the three-component model of creativity and how it applies to Steve Jobs. For example‚ which
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Steve Jobs 1955-2011 Chapter 1 Steve Jobs- 1955-2011 An era ends: Steve Jobs‚ rebel icon and merchant of cool‚ is dead Steve Jobs‚ innovator extraordinaire‚ who started up Apple Inc in a Silicon Valley garage and built it up into the world’s most innovative company‚ died on Wednesday. He was 56. Apple said in a brief statement: “We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today.” (Read Apple’s statement here.) “Steve’s brilliance‚ passion and energy were the source
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Steve Jobs is one of the successful leaders that managed to achieve great success for an organization. Therefore‚ Steve Jobs is the leader that I personally admire and would like to emulate. According to Gallo (2011‚ p. 4)‚ Jobs was named the best-performing CEO in the world by the Harvard Business Review. Jobs was given the title as he delivered “a whopping 3188% industry adjusted return (34% compounded annually) after he rejoined Apple.”(Gallo 2011‚ p.4). The key traits that made Jobs an aspiring
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Steve Jobs was born on February 25‚ 1955. He was soon adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs of Mountain View‚ CA. Steve wasn’t happy at school in Mountain View so the family moved to Palo Alto‚ CA. Steve attended Homestead High School. His electronics teacher recalled that he was "something of a loner" and "always had a different way of looking at things". [www.apple-history.com] After school‚ Steve attended lectures at Hewlett Packard Electronics firm in Palo Alto‚ CA. There he was hired
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Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs February 24‚ 1955 – October 5‚ 2011)[3][4] was an American entrepreneur‚[5] marketer‚[6] and inventor‚[7] who was the co-founder‚ chairman‚ and CEO of Apple Inc. Through Apple‚ he is widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution[8][9] and for his influential career in the computer and consumer electronics fields‚ transforming "one industry after another‚ from computers and smart phones to music and movies".[10] Jobs also co-founded and served
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction - 1 - Purpose of the project - 1 - The history of Apple - 1 - Overview of Steve Jobs - 2 - Steve Jobs Traits & behaviors - 4 - Steve Jobs leadership STYLE - 8 - Directive - 8 - Charismatic - 9 - Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard Contingency - 12 - Transformational & Transactional Leader - 13 - Major traits & behavioral expectations of the followers - 14 - Appropriate & INAPPROPRIATENESS of the leadership style & the effectiveness
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Steve Jobs Born 1955 Los Altos CA; Evangelic bad boy who‚ with Steve Wozniak‚ co-founded Apple Computer Corporation and became a multimillionaire before the age of 30. Subsequently started the NeXT Corporation to provide an educational system at a reasonable price‚ but found that software was a better seller than hardware. Steven Paul‚ was an orphan adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs of Mountain View‚ California in February 1955. Jobs was not happy at school in Mountain View so the family moved to
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Marina Szabo Professor Dana Kerrigan English 15 March 19‚2012 Steve Jobs Everyone is unique on this plant. We share the air and shine to live but we all do things in our own ways. Some people don’t do anything with their lives and others do great things with theirs. One particular person that has done great things with his life is Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs wasn’t some original person‚ he was a creative‚ crazy‚ rebellion‚ and over all a life changing person that wanted to make a difference
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Steve Jobs: The Brilliant Mind Behind Apple – By Anthony Imbimbo The Apple Company was founded by a few people‚ which includes Steve Jobs‚ the CEO of the company. This biography‚ Steve Jobs: The Brilliant Mind Behind Apple‚ is a very well-written book that clearly describes Steve’s childhood and his life thoroughly. It shows from the day Steve was born to the eighth year of the second millennium. In addition‚ it has many interesting facts about computers and a lot of definitions of business
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to determine exactly what Job did wrong. Some even thought that he deserved harsher punishment than what he was receiving. Once in the story Bildad even stated that Job’s children brought death upon themselves. Job’s friends did right in telling him that there was something that he had to have done wrong. From their knowledge they knew nothing of the devil testing them to see how strong their faith in God really was. His friends were also correct when they told Job to seek the favor of God. Of
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