Steve Jobs fits best with the trait theory which is also called the “great man” theory of leadership. The main believe of trait theories are that they can develop through experience and learning. As a matter of fact that apple is well-known as learning and innovative company due to Steve Jobs amazing management style. Jobs has faced a lot of different market situations along with his career and almost in all he has succeeded‚ although he suffered from a“trailblazing start” in 1980’s. Interestingly
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Chronological Biography of Steve Jobs 1955 - Steven Paul “Steve” Jobs was born. -he was adopted at birth by Paul Reinhold Jobs (1922–1993) and Clara Jobs (1924–1986) 1960 - Jobs family moved from San Francisco to Mountain View‚ California 1972 -Graduated from high school at Homestead High School in Cupertino‚ California -Jobs enrolled at Reed College in Portland‚ Oregon - dropped out of college after six months -Given a job as a technician at Atari‚ Inc. in Los Gatos‚ California mid-1974 -Travelled
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Steve Jobs Personal Life Steve Jobs was a computer designer‚ executive and innovator‚ as well as an all-around role model for many people in both their businesses and their personal lives. As the cofounder of Apple Computers and former CEO of Pixar Animation Studios‚ he revolutionized the computer and animation industries‚ amassing a fortune worth $10.2 billion at the time of his death. Jobs passed away on Oct. 5‚ 2011‚ in Palo Alto‚ Calif.‚ at age 56 after battling pancreatic cancer for eight
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D’Andrea Haynes Professor Lany SPC 2608 12 December 2012 Steve Jobs: 2005 Stanford Commencement Address Steve jobs gives the commence speech at Stanford University. The commence ceremony is held outside on the football field and it appears very hot. I think Steve audience analysis was done and done very well. Is speech was sport and to the point. He told the audience that he would tell 3 short stories from his life and that would be it. Several times he mentions that cost of the school being
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STEVE JOBS Biography * Steven Paul Jobs was born on 24 February 1955 in San Francisco‚ California‚ to students Abdulfattah Jandali and Joanne Schieble who were unmarried at the time and gave him up for adoption. He was taken in by a working class couple‚ Paul and Clara Jobs‚ and grew up with them in Mountain View‚ California. * He attended Homestead High School in Cupertino California and went to Reed College in Portland Oregon in 1972 but dropped out after only one semester‚ staying on
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INTRODUCTION Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members‚ friends‚ adversaries‚ competitors‚ and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers‚ animated movies‚ music‚ phones‚ tablet computing‚ and digital publishing
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blurred definition of a successful life‚ happiness and pleasure are characteristics that have been lucid and parallel in the many contrasting ideas. Amongst successful icons in today’s society‚ Steve Jobs has been admired by many people as a role model and a representation of a successful journey. In Steve Jobs’s commencement address to the Stanford University alumni‚ he elaborates on the idea that it is essential to follow one’s heart‚ in order to find what genuinely makes one happy. He also emphasizes
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Steve Jobs was born February 24‚ 1955‚ to two University of Wisconsin graduate students Joanne Simpson and Abdulfattah "John" Jandali. Steven would later be adopted by Clara and Paul Jobs he was named after his adopted father‚ Steven Paul Jobs. His mother worked as an accountant and his father was a Coast Guard veteran and a self-taught machinist. The family lived in Mountain View within California’s Silicon Valley. While in high school‚ Jobs spent his free time at Hewlett-Packard. It was there
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Engineer‚ inventor‚ computer programmer are three elements that describe Steve Wozniak. Many people know that Steve Wozniak was an engineer of Apple‚ but he was so much more. As a well known engineer of Apple‚ Steve Wozniak‚ showed Americans that technology could benefit them in their daily lives. His legacy showed us to not give up when you fail. The early life of Steve Wozniak’s call to change started when he figured out that people could not afford to buy a lot of technology‚ and decided he
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Engineer‚ inventor‚ computer programmer are three elements that describe Steve Wozniak. Many people know that Steve Wozniak was an engineer of Apple‚ but he was so much more. As a well known engineer of Apple‚ Steve Wozniak‚ showed Americans that technology could benefit them in their daily lives. His legacy shows us to not give up when you fail. The early life of Steve Wozniak’s call to change started when he figured out that people could not afford to buy a lot of technology‚ and decided he
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