1. Should Apple’s board of directors be expecting Jobs to push transformational change or incremental change‚ or both‚ at this point in time? Why? What Is Transformational Leadership? Transformational leadership improves the performance‚ morale‚ motivation‚ and dedication of both leaders and their teams or supporters. Successful transformational leadership : makes an incredibly strong case for why change should happen‚ promotes a common vision‚ leads change in an organized manner‚
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Module title: Business Communication Assignment number: 2 Assignment title: Press Release and Media article Submission date: 24th Jan 2014 Press Release Apple’s God Father‚ Steven Jobs dies aged 56 October 6‚ 2011 12:15:00 CUPERTINO‚ California‚ October 5‚ 2011 The co-founder and chief executive of Apple‚ Steven Jobs has passed away in Palo Alto at 56 years old. He had suffered a long term pancreatic tumor and died at his home‚ surrounded with closest family members. As a visionary and
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April 11‚ 2014 Summary and Response of Steve Job’s TDX Speech In 2005‚ Steve Jobs gave a TDX speech at his Stanford University about his life‚ and how to be successful. Steve Jobs was hungry for success. This is what his three stories were about. In TDX‚ he gave a speech of three stories summaries his life. Steve Jobs’ first story was about connecting the dots; likewise this is was his hindsight. He gained it through his early life; although Steve job did not born with a sliver spoon in
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Fred Vogelstein’s essay‚ “And Then Steve Said‚ “Let There Be An Iphone‚” was surprisingly pleasing for me to read. Although the story seemed to be a more eye opening account of how the iPhone came to be‚ there was a sense in realization from me the reader. I’ve had heard that Steve Jobs was a stern working man that did not like to take no for an answer. The iPhone would be the golden standard of smartphones if they could present it without any glitches. Unfortunately‚ during rehearsal there were
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rise of the home computer (personal computer) through the rivalry between Apple Computer and Microsoft. The film stars Anthony Michael Hall as Bill Gates and Noah Wyle as Steve Jobs. (Wikipedia.com) "The Pirates of Silicon Valley" is about the beginning of both Apple and Microsoft. Steve Jobs and his buddy Steve Wozniak have a tiny computer they’ve invented which is causing a lot of excitement. Eventually‚ they’re getting orders‚ then money. Soon Apple is a flourishing company. In
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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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The movie starts by revealing the core of Steve Job’s personality. He speaks to the camera saying‚ "I don’t want you to think of this as just a film - some process of converting electrons and magnetic impulses into shapes and figures and sounds - no. Listen to me. We’re here to make a dent in the universe. Otherwise‚ why even be here? We’re creating a completely new consciousness‚ like an artist or a poet. We’re rewriting the history of human thought with what we’re doing. That’s how you have to
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Times journalist named Steve Lopez was looking for a story. He ends up going to the park‚ where he finds this homeless man playing on his violin and it sounding remarkable. He starts talking to him and wants to do a story on this homeless man‚ named Nathaniel Ayers. In the movie “The Soloist‚” as Steve starts finding more about Nathaniel‚ and Nathaniel finds out more about Steve‚ they unexpectedly become friends. Nathaniel helps out Steve by giving topics to write about and Steve helps Nathaniel by putting
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“La Vida Robot “ by Joshua Davis‚ the author shows how people with different skills could still make a good team as he writes about four Mexican students who competed in a robotics competition. In the biography Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson‚ readers learn about how Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak came together and combined Wozniak’s shy personality and knowledge about electronics with Jobs’ business sense . In La Vida Robot lorenzo ‚luis‚Oscar and Cristian have different skills but they’re all
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the great shift in the corporate culture and business success due to one leader who was able to implement the innovative image that totally changed the company. History of the Company Apple computer was founded on April 1‚ 1976 by Steve Jobs‚ Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne (O ’Grady‚ 2009‚ 26) with the aim of selling personal computers. Incorporation of the company happened in 1977 when Wayne sold his shares to co-founders. The vision of the founders towards their company was to bring people
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