Booted Up General Purpose: To inform. Specific Purpose Statement: To inform my audience about the day apple was born Organizational Pattern: Causal Introduction I. Attention Getter: On an April fool’s day‚ April 1‚ 1976‚ the two Steves‚ Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak‚ both of them who were college dropouts found the company APPLE which is now the most valuable company in the world according to the Forbes list. At present Apple has $117 billion in cash reserves (Biggs‚ 2012). According to the
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Tucker H. Drimal 2/5/13 BU201-Orgazational Management Professor Lawter Steve Jobs: His Desired Attributes Steve Jobs is considered one of most successful men in our nation’s history. He is recognized most famously for the establishment of the company “Apple” and given credit for creating and perfecting the’ Smart Phone”. Someone like myself entering into the real world you find yourself looking for the best possible root to achieving your definition of “success”. Many people through time
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late Steve Jobs. Now a polarizing figure and a well publicized rash‚ short tempered business leader‚ many of his workers would go on record to say that they hated working for such an “in your face” and ridiculing manager‚ and in 1987 the New York Times published: “by the early 80 ’s‚ Mr. Jobs was widely hated at Apple. Senior management had to endure his temper tantrums. He created resentment among employees by turning some into stars and insulting others‚ often reducing them to tears. Mr. Jobs himself
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Background Apple Computer Inc.‚ what is common day known as Apple Inc.‚ was established on April 1st‚ 1976 by Steve Jobs‚ Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. Two weeks later Wayne sold his company shares back to Jobs and Wozniak for $800. Apple Computer Inc. then became incorporated‚ without Ronald Wayne‚ on January 3‚ 1977. The first product Jobs and Wozniak created was the Apple I. Steve Jobs used his parents’ garage as a workplace to manufacture this product. The finished product was a crude computer
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we understand the whole case‚ we have to know all the character belongs to this case. So I tried to list out all the character below: * Steve Arnold: Production Manager & theme person of the case. * George Summers: Steve Arnold’s Friend. * Ruth Sweeney: Steve Arnold’s Secretary. * Frank Jones: Vice President of Production & Steve Arnold’s Boss. * Sue Bradley: Vice President of Sales. * Lucy Adams: Production Supervisor. * Paul Chen: Production Supervisor
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organization and draws on the knowledge and experience of employee’s throughout the organization (Bateman and Snell‚ 2009). This paper will discuss the planning functions of management within Apple Inc. Apple Inc.‚ was co-founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak‚ in 1976. Steve Jobs who revolutionized consumer technology‚ was able to slash expenses from $8.1 billion in 1997 to $5.7 billion in 1999 by outsourcing manufacturing‚ trimming inventories‚ shifting 25% of sales to an online store‚ and slicing the
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Three – Critically assess Steve Jobs as a strategic leader at Apple 12 Conclusions 15 Appendices 17 References 20 2 Executive Summary “Increasingly‚ though‚ we live in an irregular world‚ where irregular people take advantage of irregular events and use irregular means to produce irregular products that yield irregular profits.” – The Future of Management: Gary Hamel; Bill Breen‚ 2007. During his time as CEO of Apple‚ Steve Jobs displayed the attributes
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full-time students and workers by also producing a particular computer‚ the Macintosh computer. However‚ in 1985 Steve Jobs lost against the Apple board‚ and because of the unfortunate negative outcome of the meeting‚ Steve found a positive outlook from the situation. He then founded another PC company called NeXT while Apple took a turn for the worst. In 1996 Apple reconnected with Steve and bought his NeXT Company and gained the technology that would later help create the MAC. The Apple bounce back
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computers. It was founded by Steve Jobs‚ Steve Wozniak‚ and Ronald Wayne on April 1‚ 1976 to develop and sell personal computers and it was incorporated as Apple Computer‚ Inc. on January 3‚ 1977. Later‚ it renamed as Apple Inc. on January 9‚ 2007‚ as it was no longer only focus on computer and to reflect the company’s ongoing expansion into the consumer electronics market. The current CEO of Apple is Tim Cook since 2011 after the death of the former CEO Steve Jobs. Apple has 425 retail stores
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framework companies use to outline their authority and communication processesSeveral factors affect the organizational structure of a company. These factors can be internal or external. .Apple has earned the rep u ta tion as one of the most admired brands — and envied com pa nies — in the world. For the third year in a row Apple ranked as the world’s most admired com pany‚ by the high est mar gin ever. But this didn’t hap pen overnight‚ and it’s not just because Steve Jobs is one of the world’s most
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