MGT 380 Leadership for Ogranizaionts Instructor: Bill Davis Final Paper Leadership. Why is proper leadership important? Is there a model out there that makes a good leader? There are some who think that change is bad or there is fear when change is merely mentioned. Why is there so much apprehension about change‚ what is there to fear. “There is nothing to fear but fear itself” (FDR). We fear change because we fear that our world or our comfort zone being infringed upon. Apple Inc
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two main competitors of this age‚ Apple and Microsoft. The film shows how Steve Jobs of Apple Computers is easily deceived by Bill Gates of Microsoft whom he refers to as “Big Brother” after some time. It also shows us the complete transformation of Steve Jobs from a long-haired and bearded man to a neat-looking professional in order to sell their stuff and how Bill “Nerdy” Gates became the wealthiest man today. Steve Jobs is shown and said to be obsessed in putting IBM down. IBM (International
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innovators that history has ever witnessed – Late Mr. Steve Jobs. His untimely death has left a permanent hole in the heart of every computer and gadget enthusiast. Steve Jobs‚ with his brain child Apple Inc‚ in the true sense revolutionized the way the world listened to music and operated the traditional computers. The beginning of Apple Inc can be traced down to the early and mid seventies. It came into existence as the joint effort of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. They spent their teenage life in San
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Introduction Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in California. It designs‚ develops and sells consumer electronics‚ computer software and personal computers. The company was founded on April 1‚ 1976 by Steve Jobs‚ Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. Strategy Apple’s strategy has always revolved around innovation and creating a high-performance culture‚ through which it achieves and sustains its competitive advantage. MISSION STATEMENT “Apple is committed to
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including IBM has one among it. Then‚ he moved to Apple and became the pillar for the transportation boom in apple. He supported apple in the worst starting stage of the company‚ by giving the most innovative ideas and development features. "He’s no Steve Jobs" are words that are often spoken in comparing Cook to the legendary founder of Apple‚ and while that certainly may be true‚ Cook has strengths of his own. Under his leadership Apple has become a much more socially aware company‚ working to improve
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and duties of an organization. From staff all the way up to CEOS in an organisation. This is an organisational structure chart for Apple Inc. it shows the span of control in the company you have the Chief executive officer Steve Jobs. This isn’t quite accurate as Steve Jobs have passed away and the COO took his place as CEO Timothy D. Cook. And as you can see his span of control is eleven people and only one of the eleven people reporting to him was a woman. Other important roles in the company
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Apple’s external environment 6 4.3.1 Macro level‚ PEST analysis 6 4.3.2 Meso level‚ Five Forces Model 6 4.3.3 Micro level‚ Business Environment 8 5 Conclusions and recommendations 9 6 References 10 Executive summary Apple started out small‚ producing visionary new products. With the combined strength of Jobs and Wozniak Apple computers soon had developed a clear strategy for the company. They wanted to make top of the line computers that work straight out of the box
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Spindler Page 10‚ 11 &12 Gil Amelio Page 12‚ 13 & 14 Steve Jobs Page 15‚ 16 & 17 Tim Cook Page 17‚ 18 &19 References Page 20 – 27 Background Information Apple is a company that everyone in the world knows about today‚ and most people own at least one Apple product‚ but Apple did not start out as a huge company. It started out with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak working on computers in the garage of Steve Jobs. Jobs and Wozniak had been friends since college and both
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1976 in a garage in Santa Clara‚ California‚ Apple is the brainchild of Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs‚ two college dropouts who sought to provide a user-friendly computer to a new and distinct market of small computer users. Between 1978 and 1980‚ sales increased from $7.8 million to $117 million‚ and in 1980 the company underwent its initial public stock offering. In 1983‚ Steve Wozinak left Apple. That same year Steve Jobs hired away John Sculley from Pepsi to be the company’s president. After
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Famous for helping the personal computer revolution to commence Known worldwide for the success of their hardware including the iPod and the iMac. O ne of the main reasons that I have chosen Apple computers as my topic is that in my opinion‚ Steve Jobs (founder of Apple Computer Inc.) is undoubtedly a genius in the marketing sector. Apple Computers Inc started with the production of 2 computers in the garage at the side of Steve’s house. With very limited education Job’s has managed to build his
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