Steve Jobs’ stories create a persona for himself. He makes himself out to be an individual who carries on even in the tenebrous of times and who has overcome numerous snags when things didn’t look great. He is trying to tell the audience that failure can at times be great; these are paramount bits of his persona to create. He is known as a very successful man. Creating this persona permits him to unite with audience considerably more. Even though he is a famous person‚ he tried to make himself appear
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Case 10: Apple Computer and Steve P. Jobs CURRENT SITUATION * Performance The current performance at Apple Inc. shows a slightly higher gross margin percentage of 33.9 compared to 32.9 for the previous year. This is based on figures from the quarterly report ending March 29‚ 2008 and the date for the comparison figure is the previous year ending March 31‚ 2007. The revenue for that same quarter was $7.51 billion with a net quarterly profit of $1.05 billion. The Macintosh computers unit
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Apple Computer‚ Inc. whose humble beginnings were borne from two high school friends‚ Steven Wozniak and Steven Jobs‚ is now based in Cupertino California and is a Fortune 500 company. The company began in 1976 when Wozniak designed what would become the Apple l (Apple Computer‚ 2005). Apple Computer‚ Inc. ’s principle activity is to design‚ manufacture and market personal computers and related personal computing and communicating solutions. The products are for education‚ creative‚ consumer‚ and
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42002 - 81 Steve Jobs Book Report Submitted by: Kuntal Shah “I pledge to my honor that I have not violated the Honor Code during this assignment." Steve Jobs was the embodiment of Apple in ways few founder’s and leaders ever are‚ and through his sheer power of personality was able to imbue his essence throughout not only Apple’s products and employees‚ but also to his customers. The Apple story is thus often linked to Jobs‚ and he is credited almost entirely with the success of Apple‚ while
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deal. Just three stories" Steve Jobs (Transcript Line 4 = TL4) said in the beginning of his speech in Stanford University commencement ceremony in 2005. My analysis will argue that in these three life stories Jobs shares with the audience his life philosophy‚ and suggest that if they listen to his tips‚ they would have a better life. I am interested to understand which artistic and rhetorical tools he used to persuade the audience in his ideas. My question is whether Steve Jobs can be describe as a transformational
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“Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” In an effective team everyone collaborates to become successful. Joshua Davis the author of “La Vida Robot” and Walter Isaacson‚ author of an excerpt from Steve Jobs share similar views on what makes an effective team. Both authors believe an effective team consists of individuals who have distinctive and noteworthy skills that lead the team to success. In “La Vida Robot‚” Davis describes the different skills
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During his talk at Stanford’s 2015 graduation Ceremony‚ Steve Jobs gives the students very helpful advice about being confident and staying positive throughout life. Because he is talking to college graduates who are about to enter the real world‚ it is good that he told them about his own experiences‚ because they can hear about a successful person’s struggles. During his speech‚ he talks about how he had to sell bottles to be able to afford dinner‚ had to walk 7 miles to get a good meal once a
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Apple Computer Strategic Analysis Nicholas Acosta and Tiffany Zempel BUSI4763-01 Strategic Management Dr. Scott Ray April 20‚ 2010 Table of Contents CURRENT PERFORMANCE …………………………………..…………………………… 4 KEY ISSUE IDENTIFICATION……………….…………………………………………….. 6 ANALYSIS OF MISSION AND OBJECTIVES…………………………………………….. 7 CORPORATE LEVEL STRATEGIES………...………………………………………..….... 8 BUSINESS LEVEL STRATEGIES…………….………………………………………..….. 11 POLICIES………………………………………
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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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Running head: APPLE INC: A STRATEGIC VIEW Apple Inc: A Strategic View Anonymous Student Palm Beach State College !1 APPLE INC: A STRATEGIC VIEW !2 Apple Inc: A Strategic View Apple reinvented the personal computer industry and more recently the consumer electronics industry. This report will analyze Apple’s history‚ its business strategy‚ and the way it distinguishes itself within the technology industry. Company Description Apple Inc (NYSE: AAPL) is an American multinational
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