continuous improvement in our environmental‚ health and safety management systems and in the environmental quality of our products‚ processes and services.” (www.apple.com/investor) Problems * Apple does not have the same visionary mind without Steve Jobs. * There is not a clear succession plan. * Employee empowerment?? * Entering different markets‚ drifting away from Computers only. * Exclusivity may narrow target markets. External Environment As being‚ an Apple consumer myself
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Steve Jobs - The Silicon Valley Pioneer The case examines in detail the leadership and entrepreneurial skills of Steve Jobs‚ CEO of Apple Computers (a leading Information Technology company) and Pixar (a leading US animation studio). Steve’s role in shaping the computer industry through Apple’s revolutionary products and a few ’unconventional’ business practices has been explored in detail. The case also discusses the aspects of Steve’s personality that were appreciated by many businessmen
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innovation that Jobs brought with Apple will inspire the world for decades to come. “The world has lost a visionary‚ he made an unprecedented impact not only on the world of computing and consumer electronics with insanely great products that inspired a generation of people to dream big and be different‚ he has also reinvented management by building and rebuilding one of the greatest companies on earth” (Mootee‚ 2011). How will Apple sustain the success it held under the management of Steve Jobs? After
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Apple Inc. Case Study Apple Case-- “Taking a Bite Out of the Competition” Synopsis On April 1‚ 1976 Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs started and founded Apple Computers. Jobs was the visionary and marketing expert while Wozniak was more about the technical aspects. In 2004 Mr. Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Then in 2009 Jobs to medical leave from the company. Since 2004‚ the Apple Company led its competition in revenue and margins. And with the introduction of the products (iMac‚ MacBook
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Industry Would be Floundering without Apple." _Apple News_. Mactrust‚ 13 Feb. 2012. Web. 13 March. 2012. Hangen‚ Eric. "7 Key Strategies you Must Learn from Apple ’s Marketing." Kissmetrics‚ 5 Feb. 2012. Web. 27 Feb. 2012. Isaacson‚ Walter. _Steve Jobs._ US: Simon and Schuster‚ 2007. Print. Linzmayer‚ Owen. "30 Pivotal Moments in Apple ’s History." Macworld‚ 30 March. 2006. Web. 13 March. 2012. Loyola‚ Roman. "Financial History of the Apple Retail Store." MacWorld‚ 2011. Web. 2 March. 2012. McAllister
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Global economics: Source 1:http://business.time.com/2011/08/31/will-steve-jobs-departure-hurt-the-economy/ Summarize: This article discusses how big of an impact Steve Jobs has on the economy we live in today. Apple is a multi-billion dollar company. It has more financial ammo than most sovereign countries‚ by financial ammo I mean it has much more money than others companies in sovereign countries. Apple trumps the Gross domestic production of Denmark‚ Thailand‚ and Greece‚ which makes the company
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Assignment 2: Characteristics of Business Leadership Daniel Sloat Charles Wittenberg BUS 302 2/22/2012 Abstract In this paper I will discuss how Steve Jobs became the leader of the largest publically traded company in the world. Along with being CEO of Apple I will discuss the many challenges he encountered in founding Apple and other companies and his rise to the top of the companies and industry. I will discuss his leadership styles such as his unconventional tactics and is unusual
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especially in work that is complex‚ requires creativity or involves problem solving. • Only an external motivation to achieve short term success not in the long term. APPLICATION (APPLE INC) • Steve Job always pushed his workers as far as they could go • Carrot and stick management was applied by Steve Job to develop worker’s potential • Example : If people can’t stand for Macintosh project‚ he fired those that stand against
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that I truly admire. It is Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs was a co-founder and CEO of Apple. Despite the fact that trajectory of his life was not so straight‚ he managed to become one of the greatest businessman in the history. He had difficulties in his life since he was born. Steve Jobs’ parents gave him for an adoption‚ as they did not want to have a child. He did not graduate from college‚ but that was not an obstacle for him in his professional life. Paradoxically Jobs used it as big advantage and
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business world of Apple a most recent and crucial management issue highlighted is whether without Steve Jobs as CEO‚ Apple can continue to innovate and stay ahead of the competition? (Shearman‚ 2011) Within the Apple Business Steve Jobs was an iconic figure‚ and one whose impact on the technology industry and the world at large is hard to measure (Dawson 2011).With the innovative spirit and remarkable Steve Jobs built up a reputation as a forthright and demanding leader. The identified theory of Leadership
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