...colleagues, competitors and even with people who had ill experiences with Jobs. He was given exclusive and unprecedented access by Jobs to write the biography. This book is about a person; who was a great thinker, innovator and a genius entrepreneur who touched and changed the world of technology, music & animation industry, and computers & mobile phones industry. And yet he was human; he was controlling, manipulative, and had his share of failures and successes. Steve Jobs was adopted by Paul and Clara jobs. They lived in Palo Alto, San Francisco at the time when Silicon Valley was flourishing. His parents were open about his adoption to him from an early age and always told him that they picked him because he was special and different. Though he felt abandoned by his birth parents; he always knew he was special and a chosen one. Paul Jobs who was an automobile technician introduced his son to the world of design and engineering. His knack for making things look simple, neat and beautiful; even the part of the craft or tinkered part of a car which was not visible from the outside had highly influenced Steve in becoming a perfectionist which we see in all the Apple products today. Steve was no doubt an intelligent child with higher IQ for his age at pre-school because of which he was often bored in his class and always found himself in trouble for playing pranks. His parents and teachers agreed on skipping one grade to keep him interested at school. When he was in high school...
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...business publications, newspapers and relevant magazines), provide a detailed history of Apple and describe the current state of the company and the corporation’s future goals and vision. (Page limit: 2-3 pages, double spaced. Please include references and in-text citations). On April 1st 1976 Apple Computer was founded in a garage as the result of the combined effort of Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. At this time Steve jobs was working at Atari, under Atari founder Nolan K. Bushnell. Wozniak finishes work on the Apple 1 at the time when he was working for Hewlett Packard and made them an offer for $800 for a machine that runs BASIC. HP at that time turns down the offer. After that, they decided to cut the price to $666.66 and exhibited the computer at the Home Brew Computer Club meeting. Paul Terrell, president of Byte Shop Chain was impressed by the new invention and placed an order for 50 pieces. The order was delivered before the deadline. After short period of time Ronald Wayne decides to leave the company making Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak the primary founders of the company. This was the first big order that Apple got. In the same year, both of them came up with Apple II. It dint attract any buyers. At this time the company was facing a financial crisis and needed funding. A Steve job asks his former boss to help him find some investors who had interest in the project. Nolan Bushnell, who was his former boss introduces Steve jobs to Mike Markkula , who then...
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...the founder of Atari Nolan Bushnell who was also Jobs entrepreneurial role model, called him into his office and sketched out a single-player version of pong on a blackboard and asked jobs to design it. Bushnell knowing that Jobs was not a great engineer knew that Jobs would seek help from Stephen Wozniak a high school friend of Jobs. While working on the single-player version of pong with Wozniak, Jobs realized that he has to be his own boss and that’s the only way his visions/ideas will become a reality. This turned out to be a key turning point in Steve Jobs life along with the amazing operating system that Wozniak had developed. This operating system sparked a vision for Jobs to strive for to be his own boss of his startup company Apple Computers. After presenting the operation system at homebrew,...
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...Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL; previously Apple Computer, Inc.) is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The company's best-known hardware products include the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. Apple software includes the Mac OS X operating system; the iTunes media browser; the iLife suite of multimedia and creativity software; the iWork suite of productivity software; Aperture, a professional photography package; Final Cut Studio, a suite of professional audio and film-industry software products; Logic Studio, a suite of music production tools; and iOS, a mobile operating system. As of August 2010[update], the company operates 301 retail stores[5] in ten countries,[6] and an online store where hardware and software products are sold. As of May 2010[update], Apple is one of the largest companies in the world and the most valuable technology company in the world, having surpassed Microsoft.[7] Established on April 1, 1976 in Cupertino, California, and incorporated January 3, 1977,[8] the company was previously named Apple Computer, Inc., for its first 30 years, but removed the word "Computer" on January 9, 2007,[9] to reflect the company's ongoing expansion into the consumer electronics market in addition to its traditional focus on personal computers.[10] As of September 2010[update], Apple had 46,600 full time employees and 2,800 temporary full time employees...
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...Individual Learning Project 1 Liberty University BUSI 601-Accounting for Decision Making July 22, 2012 Individual Learning Project 1 Apple was incorporated on January 3, 1977, along with its subsidiaries .Apple is engaged in designing, manufacturing and marketing mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, software and portable digital music players. Apple was created by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs in Silicon Valley, California. The two began building Apple Computers in 1976 in the living room of Steve Jobs’ parent’s living room. Steve Wozniak would build the computers and Steve Jobs would market and sell the computers. Apple uses various marketing techniques to promote their products. These processes are distinct in design and are adhered to throughout Apple’s organization Individual Learning Project 2 S.W.O.T Analysis Chart Strength 1. Innovators of high-tech quality products. (i.e. IPhone, Ipad, and Mac). 2. Globally recognized symbol (i.e. Apple sign) 3. Loyal customer (“Apple Culture) 4. Retails stores are made to be hands on with customers to experience Apple products. 5. One of a kind Research and Development team 6. Solid presence in the education division Weakness 1. The passing of Steve Jobs 2. Lower market share and higher price compared to other competitors (i.e. Microsoft, Dell). 3. Apple TV has limited selection compare to other TV companies such as Comcast or Direct TV. 4. Apple has not been able to go as deep mixing Facebook...
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...was interested in computers. Over the years he tried many things and finally ended up going to college (Steve Jobs Encyclopedia Britannica). After a short time he dropped out, in my opinion a bad idea but it seemed to work out for him. He ended up sleeping on his friend’s floor and only had money from turning in bottles (all about Steve Jobs.com). Steve Jobs finally found his calling when he was desperate for money. He took a job at Atari. He learned a lot from Nolan Bushnell the founder of Atari (all about Steve Jobs.com). This is where he got his love for working on computers. He started his company with a friend Woz. To start building the computers that Woz had come up with they sold a VW Van and an hp 65 calculator (all about Steve Jobs.com). Steve came up with the name Apple for the company’s name and they had a friend Ron Wayne help them set up the company. Their first customer was Paul Terrel and he bought 50 computers (all about Steve Jobs.com). After that they started building the computers in Steve’s garage. They started selling them by them self and tried to sell to a company homebrew and got turned down but that did not stop him. A short time later they built the apple 2 which was based on the first apple computer but was a breakthrough because it was a lot faster and it was the first computer that could produce color on any TV (all about Steve Jobs.com). It was also able to do graphics and sound. The apple 2 was the start of the computers today. They designed...
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...Skill Assessment/Technologies innovative Apple solution (see Figure 2). The key aspects are being able to plan effectively, being able to solve problems via understanding not only Apple’s technology, but being aware of how the competitor’s technology operates, and being influential. Furthermore, it is important to understand the skills needed to be proficient in the development of Apple products and to be innovative. If the current staff does not have the skills to be successful, Human Resources should take a look at the pre-hire skill assessment as potentially the pre-hire qualifications may need to be revised based on company needs, goals, and objectives. Assessment Costs The analysis of training costs is an important process in any organization. The training costs of this process include things such as the materials used during the process, travel costs and accommodation of all of the people involved during the entire exercise, as well as the fee for the facilitator and if found necessary some other small key costs. Although a lot of the training costs are given upfront and direct, there are also some indirect costs that come into play. These include things such as the costs of administration, all of the utilities that are used during the process and the time management costs (Larson & Gray, 2014)....
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...Apple computer operates under a Functional Structure. Such organizations are divided into specific departments and employees are hired for each department based on their professional skill sets that are best suited for that department. For instance, an accounts graduate would be preferred over an arts graduate for handling the accounts and taxation department. Apple has their store which you can visit in almost most major big city as well as their online market base site. Apple computers offer to the consumers the Mac, iPod, iPhone, iTunes, iPad, and Support Apple computers purchasing function concentrates on purchase activities. Human Resources personnel handle the hiring, training, and firing activities. The accounting department takes care of financial activities. Manufacturing focuses on rolling out the finished product. The sales team takes the role of promoting the finished product in the marketplace. Marketing activities market the product with a long range goal of staying competitive in the market. Self Service allows you to use your own computer to navigate their website through chat or a live walkthrough to fix your apple device. Apple allows you to create a profile on their site to Check Your Service & Support Coverage, Check, Your Repair Status. Register an Apple Product, Contact Us link as well and if it is an inconvenience for you they can make an appointment to go to their store or have them call you. The age group is from early teen to adults. As a consumer...
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...will like to look at is Apple Corporation. Upon researching this company, I came up with the following swot analysis Strengths Apple has a very smart marketing strategy and capitalizes on the shortcomings of other similar software company’s products by offering other hardware programs to resolve such frustrations encountered by users. Apple’s products set high standards for the market as a whole, these they do achieve by focusing much on their product development. Also the brand name (Apple), is a powerful source of identity. In one word, the Apple brand name conveyed the exact same values as those which had driven them to revolutionize computer science. Clearly, the brand name had in itself all the necessary ingredients to produce a major breakthrough and establish a new norm. Lastly the product designs are shapened in a way that best suites consumers’ lifestyle. Example is the iPhone having a few buttons and fits perfectly into the palm. The products sleekness and simplified functions gives Apple an edge over its competitors. Weaknesses. I researched and read a biography about the company’s CEO Steve Jobs and realized that he is being described as a very demanding and controlling individual. The company is very proprietary and controlling, not giving opportunities to other hardware developers to create hardware compatible with Apple products. This attitude is hurting the company by making the company’s hardware unadapt able to other computers thereby controlling the...
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...Apple is the multinational company of United States. The underlying company produces and sells the electronic products and computer software. Apple Company was established in 1976 with the name of Apple computer but after that it has changed its name as Apple incorporation and provides several other services. The underlying company is the largest information technology company according to the revenue. Apple also produces mobile phones and it is the world second largest mobile phone manufacturer. The total employees of apple are 115,000. Apple has total 478 retail stores in seventeen different countries. The total annual revenue of apple from the whole world for the year of September 2015 was $233 billion. The revenue of Apple contributes to...
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...Steven Wozniak and Steven Jobs were the true founders of Apple. In 1976, Steven Wozniak designed what is now known as the Apple I. Jobs convinced Wozniak that he needed to try to sell the machine, and on April 1, 1976, Apple Computer was created. However, the market was not ready for such an advancement in technology, thus setting back the take off of Apple until 1977. Apple began to increase development with the introduction of the Apple II. The Apple II, included color graphics and came in its own plastic casing. The first real computer to come pre-assembled, there for making it more attractive to a larger group of consumers. After the introduction of the Apple II, the orders for Apples increased dramatically. During 1979, Jobs began working on the Macintosh, when Apple's "Lucy" project began to crumble. The "Lucy" project was originally Jobs idea after visiting the Xerox PARC research facility in Palo Alto. There Jobs first saw and realized the potential or graphical user interface. "I thought it was the best thing I'd ever seen in my life. Now remember it was very flawed, what we saw was incomplete, they'd done a bunch of things wrong. But we didn't know that at the time but still I though they had the gem of the idea was there and they'd done it very well and within you know ten minutes it was obvious to me that all computers would work like this some day." So as Apple's sales began to tumble Jobs started Macintosh. The Macintosh idea was to be an inexpensive DOS PC that...
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...Ron Edwards Research paper 10/2/08 Apple computers was established in Cupertino, California on April 1, 1976 and incorporated January 3, 1977 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. The company was called Apple Computers Inc. for it’s first thirty years but dropped the word “computers” leaving it’s name simply Apple Inc. when they began working on expanding into consumer electronics like the iPod and iPhone. Apple employees twenty eight thousand people world wide and posts sales in excess of twenty seven billion annually. Apple has a devoted customer base and a unique reputation in the consumer electronics industry. Fortune Magazine named Apple inc. one of the most admired companies in America. In 1976, Apple Computer Inc. began to offer the Apple I personal computer kit at the Homebrew Computer Club. The Apple I was hand made by Steve Wozniak and consisted of a motherboard (with CPU, RAM, and basic textual-video chips) less than what is today considered a complete personal computer. They went on sale in July 1976 for $666.66. Apple then incorporated on January 3, 1977 without Ronald Wayne who sold to Jobs and Wozniak for $800 at which time Mike Markkula invested $250,000 and also lent his financial expertise. To compete with the TRS-80 and Commodore PET the Apple II was introduced in April of 1977 at the West Coast Computer Faire. It distinguished itself because it came with color graphics and an open architecture. In later models it offered a 5 ¼” floppy disk for...
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...| 2014 | | MGT 306 | [Apple Inc] | [Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] | Introduction into Apple: Apple Inc. was founded in 1976 and incorporated in 1977; it is headquartered in Cupertino, California. Apple’s focus is designing and developing personal computers and other software programs and portable devices. Apple’s mission statement is “Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with iPad.” Apple’s vision statement captures their approach to the market and goals. The vision statement is “We believe that we are on the face of the earth to make great products and that’s not changing. We are constantly focusing on innovating. We believe in the simple not the complex. We believe that we need to own and control the primary technologies behind the products that we make, and participate only in markets where we can make a significant contribution. We believe in saying no to thousands of projects, so that we can really focus on the few that are truly important and meaningful...
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...his interest in electronics. Also Clara who was an accountant taught him to read and write from a very young age. Because of these intellectual factors at home, he tested so high that the school wanted him to skip a year, but is parents declined. One of the problems with finding school easy is that you will find it boring. So Steve often found himself in the principal’s office for being a prankster. Which was also a very lucky break for him because this led him to Stephen Wozniak and 18 year old who was very good with computers and also a prankster. Unbeknownst to him this would be the start of is career with computers and electronics. After high school he enrolled at Reed College a very expensive liberal arts school where he stayed for one semester then dropped out. He says he was more interested in philosophy and LSD then actually taking the classes. After college he then moved out to hippie community where his responsibility was growing apples. After a few months in Oregon he moved to California and worked for Atari. He worked there just long enough to make even money to take a trip to India to be enlightened. After this hiatus for society he came back to America with a renewed passion and interest in...
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...Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 8 ( 1991 ) 67-83 Elsevier Towards a new theory of innovation management: A case study comparing Canon, Inc. and Apple Computer, Inc. Ikujiro Nonaka Institute of Business Research, Hitotsuhashi University, Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan Martin Kenney Department of Applied Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA Abstract This paper argues that innovation can be best understood as an information process which is then concretized as a product that meets demand. Two very different firms, Canon Inc. and Apple Computer Inc., are used as case study illustrations. Innovation does not proceed through logical deduction, but rather is furthered by the use of metaphors and analogies. The bureaucratic and staid structures of the firm can be challenged and broken up to provide the space for innovations to emerge. The leader’s role in the innovating firm is as a catalyst and facilitator, not as an allknowing despot. The importance of innovations is not merely in the new product, but also the “ripple” effects of innovations which can propel the firm into a self-renewal process. Keywords: Innovation management, High-technology, Case study. 1. Introduction Increasingly, corporate competitive success is hinging upon the effective management of innovation. Innovation has been the object of considerable academic study from a variety of perspectives. However, innovations are usually considered as objects. We...
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