Bill Gates – Strategic Thinker & Leader? Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to explore the published work on strategic leadership in order to develop an inventory of qualities‚ skills and behaviours that define and explain the concept of strategic leadership. A full review of literature on this topic aims to shed light on this definition. Having discussed and defined this concept the report will then focus on Bill Gates‚ former CEO of the Microsoft Corporation‚ with the aim of
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BILL GATES 1. Mini Biography Bill Gates is known for his company Microsoft‚ his participation in the computer revolution‚ and for being the youngest self-made billionaire in history. In 1986‚ he launched Microsoft Windows‚ a program that is one of the most used operating systems in the world. Many of today’s adult‚ and perhaps in particular today’s young adults‚ remember the exciting introduction of personal computers using Microsoft software. Childhood William (Bill) H. Gates was born
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work of Bill Gates is significant because his work changes the life of hundreds of thousands people in the United States. In the late 1990s and early 2000s‚ Bill and his wife Melinda gates started the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that help with medical and educational causes (“Bill Gates”). Bill Gates are among the top Philanthropist in the world (Strouse). The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation became the largest in the world with assets of 21.8 Billion Dollars (Strouse). Bill Gates surpasses Andrew
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family.[3][4] Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. He is widely respected for his foresight and ambition.[5][6] He is also frequently criticized as having built Microsoft through unfair or unlawful business practices. Since amassing his fortune‚ Gates has pursued a number of philanthropic endeavors‚ donating large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation‚ founded
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Auntie Anne ’s‚ Inc. Company Overview Company Overview Auntie Anne ’s‚ Inc.‚ the world’s largest hand-rolled soft pretzel franchisor manufactures and sells pretzels. Its products include pretzel dogs‚ gourmet bread sticks‚ pizza knots‚ pretzel kits‚ mixes‚ twists‚ and baked pretzels‚ as well as various drinks and dips. The company was founded in 1988 by Anne and Jonas Beiler and is headquartered in Lancaster‚ Pennsylvania. . Auntie Anne’s‚ Inc was purchased in 2005 from Anne and Jonas
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Bill Gates‚ a man of his time‚ has given numerous donations as well as creating foundations to benefits equaling to a Captain of Industry. However‚ Bill Gates is a Robber Baron in more areas compared to that of a Captain of Industry. The steps and actions in which it took Bill Gates to get where he is makes him a Robber Baron. Despite his more than gracious donations and foundation gains‚ Gates still took and held a reputation that was overbearing and aggressive (Biography). The business model Bill
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The Ishtar Gate is a monument of tremendous value from the Neo-Babylonian and Persian period. It was built during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II around 575BCE. The gate is located at the end of one of the world’s first streets‚ Processional Way. In addition‚ through the Processional Way‚ the gate also guarded the northern entrance to the city of Babylon. The gate is made of mud brick‚ surfaced with glazed clay bricks of a very deep blue color. However‚ the gate is decorated and inlaid yellow and
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Des Dearlove Doing Business the Bill Gates Way 1. Explain what you think is interesting about Bill Gates and his career. William Henry Gates III was born on October 28‚ 1955 in Seattle‚ Washington. Bill Gates was born into a very intellectual and well educated family. Throughout the book‚ we receive an impression of him as a very curious person who always seeks for new knowledge. At the age of eight or nine‚ he began to read his family’s encyclopaedia and his interest in technology at a very
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Background: Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey..…………………………………………2. 4.1. Bill Gates…………………………………………………………………………….2. 4.2. Oprah Winfrey……………………………………………………………………....3. 4. Literature Review: Theories on leadership…………………………………………...4. 5.3. Traits Theories…………………………………………………………………......4. 5.4. Leadership Styles…………………………………………………………………..5. 5.5. Transactional versus Transformational Theories……………………………….6. 5. Critical Review of Leadership Qualities: Bill Gates and Oprah
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CHAPTER 2 BINARY CODE 2.1 History of Binary Code: Binary numbers were first described in Chandashutram written by Pingala around 300 B.C. Binary Code was first introduced by the English mathematician and philosopher Eugene Paul Curtis during the 17th century. Curtis was trying to find a system that converts logic’s verbal statements into a pure mathematical one. After his ideas were ignored‚ he came across a classic Chinese text called I Ching or Book of Changes‚ which used a type of binary code
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