Steve Jobs General purpose: to inform Organizational outline method or pattern: topical INTRODUCTION Attention getter: On June 12‚ 2005‚ Steve Jobs told the graduates of Stanford University to “Stay hungry‚ Stay foolish” Specific purpose: The purpose of my speech is to inform all of you about a man that you may or may not already know‚ the founder of Apple Computers‚ Steve Jobs. Listener relevance link: Most people may find this interesting because most
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Criminal: The Individual Trait Theory Drecilla Fields Criminology- Spring FF13 January 18. 2013 Abstract: The inclination for criminal behavior is derived from some inherent biological or psychological trait that separates the criminals from the rest of society. Environmental factors and genetics can play a role in the creation of the deviant. Much research has been done into the individual trait theory and has produced many different focuses from the actual physical traits of the offender to
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Steven Jobs Leadership Style Steven Jobs is a successful strategic leader and the co-founder of Apple Inc. Jobs spent six months at Reed College in Portland‚ OR before dropping out and spending 18 months dropping in on creative classes. In 1974 he took a job as a technician at Atari Inc.‚ then left to travel to India in search of spiritual enlightenment. The “Apple Computer Company” was then formed in 1976. He made great impacts on leading Apple Inc. to become one of the most successful companies
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STEVE JOBS Biography * Steven Paul Jobs was born on 24 February 1955 in San Francisco‚ California‚ to students Abdulfattah Jandali and Joanne Schieble who were unmarried at the time and gave him up for adoption. He was taken in by a working class couple‚ Paul and Clara Jobs‚ and grew up with them in Mountain View‚ California. * He attended Homestead High School in Cupertino California and went to Reed College in Portland Oregon in 1972 but dropped out after only one semester‚ staying on
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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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_CASE STUDY: STEVE JOBS -- APPLE_ Question 1 EXPLAIN HOW EACH OF THE FIVE ELEMENTS OF OUR DEFINITION OF LEADERSHIP APPLIES TO STEVE JOBS LEADING APPLE? As defined by Mr. Achua; leadership is the influencing process of leaders and followers to achieve organizational objectives through change. He defined effective leader to be someone who have the five elements of leadership as mentioned in the above figure. Mr. Steve Jobs has been a good example of being an effective leader for Apple. The five
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MacBook computers and much more. Steve Jobs was the CEO for 14 years‚ and this was probably the most important 14 years of Apple Inc.’s rise. He didn’t design the products but what he did was just as important. The principles Steve Job’s held have benefited the company and are currently shared by Apple Inc. employees. These products mentioned might not have come to pass had it not been for Apple Inc.’s constant need to innovate. That’s an attitude driven by Jobs‚ during flush times‚ as well as when
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Leadership Trait Theory by Mark Shead post mortem Leadership trait theory is the idea that people are born with certain character traits or qualities. Since certain traits are associated with proficient leadership‚ it assumes that if you could identify people with the correct traits‚ you will be able to identify leaders and people with leadership potential. Most of the time the traits are considered to be naturally part of a person’s personality from birth. From this standpoint‚ leadership
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authority or position. In the sections that follow‚ the development of leadership studies and theories over time is briefly traced. Table 1 provides a summary of the major theoretical approaches. Historical Leadership Theories | Leadership Theory | Time of Introduction | Major Tenets | Trait Theories | 1930s | Individual characteristics of leaders are different than those of nonleaders. | Behavioral Theories | 1940s and 1950s | The behaviors of effective leaders are different than the behaviors of
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because the love for the job has dissipated. In his speech‚ Steve Jobs talked about following one’s heart in choosing a career. Pursuing one’s passion brings satisfaction to an individual such that they may not wish to get anywhere else. Jobs used his experiences to make the audience understand his point. Jobs dropped out of college because he was not getting the satisfaction he was craving for. He felt that he was wasting his parent’s money learning the things he did not like. Jobs followed his dream
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