In the 2005 essay " you’ve got to find what you love" Steve jobs CEO of Apple Computer and Pixar Animation Studios gives a speech to the graduating class at Stanford university encouraging them to be risky‚ strive for what you want in life and just trust in their "Gut Instinct" even if it means to be different. In the first story jobs urges the students to trust in themselves and take chances in things that might not seem to be. Jobs himself took a chance when he "dropped out of college"
Premium Steve Jobs Apple Inc. Macintosh
where “the servants are completely and personally dependent upon the lord.” (Weber‚ 1958:4). Weber’s second type of authority is known as Charismatic Authority which is based upon the perceived extraordinary characteristics of an individual that is on his or her charisma. The personal magnetism of the leader characterizes the relationship between the leader and his followers. (Heywood‚ 2007:220). It is not based on customs and it often has no limits. Traditional authority focused on the special
Premium Authority Charismatic authority Max Weber
Ted Talk “how to live before you die” by Steve Jobs‚ the founder of the Apple technology company. In his Ted Talk‚ Jobs gives an inspirational speech to Stanford University graduates of 2005; during his speech‚ jobs explained that doing “what you love” will bring you true satisfaction and happiness. Because if you love something so much‚ you have the passion and desire to do your best work and are willing to success no matter what life throws at you. Jobs elaborates more on the concept by tell us
Premium Steve Jobs Life Apple Inc.
Adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs to live in Santa Clara‚ California * Graduated high school in 1972 * Enrolled in Reed College in Oregon * Dropped out after one semester * Returned to California in 1974 and was hired as a technician for Atari * Jobs met Steve Wozniak shortly after they both left school while working for Hewlett-Packard * Wozniak was an incredibly talented engineer‚ especially in electronic gadgets * While developing a “blue box” device‚ Jobs convinced Wozniak to
Premium Steve Jobs Apple Inc. Steve Wozniak
pieces fit together? Is the strategy evolving? The chief elements of Apple’s strategy are built upon its value chain activities. All activities of its functional areas fit tightly to serve the overall Apple strategy. Apple has done an outstanding job of developing a very separate strategy through industry leading innovation. Apple has employed a differentiation strategy in an attempt to meet the needs of a global market by offering customers innovative new products and improved existing products
Free Apple Inc. Digital audio player App Store
entrepreneurs of this generation‚ Bill Gates (founder of Microsoft) and Steve Jobs (founder of Apple)‚ at Harvard(2007) and Stanford(2005) respectively. By analyzing texture of speech and choice of content‚ we will observe that though the speakers are nearly identical in age‚ choice of career and professional status; there is disparity in the personae projected and ultimately the message delivered by them. The message in Jobs’ speech (Stanford University News‚ 2005) was to encourage the students
Premium Difference Audience Commencement speech
Transactional Leader as the word implies business or exchange. Burns‚ 1978‚ opined that a transactional leader is someone who leads though social exchange. It is a process that I simply call trade by batter‚ you do this for me‚ and you get that in return. A politician can be a transactional leader when he seeks to exchange one thing for another i.e. making promises and pulling through with the promises after an election. Also most business leaders are seen as transformational when they give out incentives
Premium Leadership Sociology Management
FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION DEPARTAMENT OF COMMUNICATION STUDIES 1.study year Essay The importance of acoustic environment in charismatic worshipping in the Christian congregation “Prieka Vēsts” Master studies "Social Anthropology" Student ID nr 011272 Matīss Šteinerts 2012‚ Riga The importance of acoustic environment in charismatic worshipping in the Christian congregation “Prieka Vēsts” For these people are not drunk‚ as you suppose‚ since it is only the third hour of the day [1
Premium Pentecostalism Holy Spirit
Charismatic Leaders February 19‚ 2014 SP2750 The German sociologist Max Weber is the person responsible for introduction the idea of charisma as being a type of leadership. Weber believed that leaders who possessed charismatic leadership qualities were highly esteemed persons. Talcott Parson is widely credited with importing Weber’s ideas to the United States. Lowell Bennion was the first person responsible for making available Weber’s original ideas in the United States. (Papers‚ 2009)
Premium Leadership Charismatic authority
always depend on the individual‚ their perceptions‚ their needs and their beliefs. When a person’s perception is skewed‚ their needs high and their belief of what can be done that is when trying to motivate them in another direction is difficult. A leader is able to meet someone where they are‚ understand their perceptions‚ needs and beliefs and guide them into a new understanding in order to meet their needs and ultimately change their beliefs; in order to motivate them. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Premium Maslow's hierarchy of needs Motivation