...Steve Jobs: Man turned Ordinary Inventions into Extraordinary Art Forms Abstract There have been numerous individuals who have walked the earth throughout the existence of mankind, but there are a very limited number in the amount of individuals who leave a great impact upon the land. History may not recall the extensiveness and importance of these individuals but there contributions still remain very evident even in today’s society. There comes a time in every generation that a mind comes along and transforms the way we view and see things, and most importantly change the way we live our day to day lives. Of this generation, Steve Jobs transformed the way we view technology, he added a sense of character, savvy, and style to a market which was just emerging and led that area of interest to heights unimaginable in present day. Inventions such as the telephone, computers, and software were major advances manhood created, however there were major destructive flaws. Every once in a while, one is born with extreme hyper intellect, and utilizes all of their natural abilities, and uses that greatness to transcends those relegated to that which is ordinary (mediocrity) into extraordinary. Steve Johns had an endowed vision, fortitude, relentlessness, passion and iron force that made an impact on how we communicate to the world (phone, computers, and television, multimedia and animation). . This paper will discuss how a man with the seeds planted from birth to adulthood propelled...
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...Melinda Swigart January 18, 2015 Abstract This paper will examine Apple’s current position in regards to ethical and social responsibilities. The leadership under Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak has built this empire with great success and long term relationships. The violations that they have endured have strengthened their moral and ethical fundamentals. I have identified Apple’s current position and the background of this huge empire. The paper will also introduce the methods used for their success and overall advertising strategies: that has enhanced product sales. The loyalty of their customers and continued growth has factored in significantly increasing new product development. Apple’s contribution to this world has made them a well-known corporation. Introduction Apple Corporation Steve Job co-founder of Apple Computer alongside with Steve Wozniak pioneered a cycle of revolutionary technologies. In 1980, Apple Inc. had a market value of $1.2 billion during their first day of trading. Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer, Inc., is a conglomerate corporation that creates consumer electronics, computer software, and commercial servers. Apple’s foundation lines are the iPad, iPhone, iPod music player, and Macintosh computer line-up. The founder’s s Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak effectively created Apple Computer on April 1, 1976, with the release of the Apple I. On January 3 1977, they became incorporated, in Cupertino, California. ...
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...Garrett 1 Instructor Barb Gerber WRA 150 5 October 2011 The IPods Impact on Society “Design is not just what it looks and feels like. Design is how it works.” (Issacson). This is a famous quote by Steve Jobs. The project was a secret. Other then Steve Jobs and a few other apple executives nobody knew what it was. The code name was P-68 (Knopper). The IPod was introduced to the public in 2001. At first, it was only compatible with Mac computers, but two years later, the iPod could be used with any type of computer. This caused sales to skyrocket! Steve Jobs worked with apple inc. to come up with the IPod. Although Apple was not the first to come up with the idea of an mp3 player, no other mp3 player has ever been as big of a hit. Sony and a few other companies had come up with digital music players a few years prior, but their versions were more expensive and could not hold nearly the amount of songs as the IPod could. The IPod was the first mp3 player to really succeed because people loved the idea. Not only was the IPod a convenient way to store music, It was a social and fashion statement. The IPod changed everything about society. Think about how technology, fashion, and the Internet have changed since the IPod. The ads were genius, making the Garrett 2 IPod an irresistible necessity. Marketing caused the IPod to be “cool” and every one wanted one. The IPod has changed society in more ways then anyone could have imagined, but not all of the changes are positive...
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...What man could possibly change how people use personal computers, phones and listen to music in a lifetime? Steve Jobs believed he could, and proved not to fail. Five decades ago, a man that should completely renovate big part of every one’s life, was born. This man was Steve Paul Jobs, and he changed the world. The following text is a summary of his life and his importance to the society. Mister Jobs was a rebel. A shocker? Not really, it is the crazy ones who make an impact. He was a problem-maker in school, and he got expelled several times. As a 17-year-old, the guy went on a psychedelic adventure in India – shaved his head and found him inner self. Following high school graduation in the early 70s, Jobs enrolled at Reed College, a favorite among the hippies. Although he dropped out after only a year, he continued to participate on several classes he found interesting. He pretty much did whatever he wanted. He was known for being a rude, and often times unbearably mean man with serious lack of social-skills. He was often high on LSD, which he later said was one of the top three most significant things he did in his life, and frequently “far off”. His lack of an education and social intellect would not become an obstacle in his way for success; he only needed the right friends. Steve Wozniak – a true computer-genius, was a man Jobs found interest in. A rebel in his own way, Wozniak was – tricking teachers and elderly with childish and harmless pranks. The two Steve’s were...
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...technological advances. The premature exposure of technology in the course of early childhood has had a negative impact on traditional Hispanic family dynamics because the role of the kitchen table is no longer...
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...help people get success in their work : identifying clearly future goals and future job , being honest and friendly with other people , being enthusiastic in work , being self-confident . * How positive attitudes affect our work II. Boby : Depend on some cases, how each of good attitudes affects success in work. * First attitude : indentifying clearly future goals and future jobs . * Second attitude : loving work * Final attitude : being self-confident * Explain about them * Advantages of these attitudes III. Conclusion : There are a lot of ways which helps people succeed in work, and good attitudes are one of the most important conditions. An attitude can be defined as a positive or negative evaluation of people, objects, event, activities, ideas, or just about anything in your environment (Zimbardo et al., 1999). Besides, attitudes are also the way you think about the life or the way you behave with other people. If our behaviors and thinking are positive, it is easy for us to get success in many kinds of fields like work, study, entertainment and even it affects our life strongly. Thus, many people believe that positive attitudes are the most important characteristics which human should have. Three positive attitudes in work are identifying clearly the future goals and future jobs, loving work, being self-confident. Depending on some cases, how...
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...2011) Being an entrepreneur involves taking risk, stepping out on a limb to take a chance on an idea. That is what Steve Jobs; CEO of Apple, did, he took a chance on an idea. Steven Paul Jobs was born in 1955 on February 24, and given up for adoption by his parents. (Isaacson, 2011) Job’s biological parents were two graduate students from the University of Wisconsin, who felt it necessary that their unnamed son be adopted by great parents that had went to college themselves. Jobs biological parents wanted the best for him and that included a great education. (Isaacson, 2011) Although Paul and Clara Jobs were not college or even high school graduates, they promised the biological parents that they would send Steve Jobs to college and started a savings account to fund his education. Steve Jobs interest in technology was shaped by his father and the neighborhood he grew up in. The neighborhood was filled with engineers working on electronics and other gadgets in their garages on weekends. At a young age, Jobs met Stephen Wozniak, one the most important people in his life. Wozniak was an electronics wiz kid. Steve Jobs had his heart set on attending Reed College — an expensive liberal arts college in Oregon. The tuition fees were astronomical for the Job’s family, but they had promised Steve’s biological parents he would get a college education, so they relented. Jobs attend Reed...
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...Steve Jobs and Father Jose Maria Arizmendiarrieta were both exemplary leaders. In just 35 years, Steve Jobs took Apple Computers from a mere idea to a $380 billion dollar enterprise. Father Arizmendiarrieta educated and aided the first founders of the Mondragón Cooperative that today employs more than 80 000 people. Great achievements from two man who simply cannot be defined by any one “textbook” leadership style. It appears that in real life leadership theories may be applied in synergy, allowing the flexibility for a leader to adapt their style as the situation requires. Whilst Steve Jobs and Father Arizmendiarrieta were both effective leaders, one stands out. Father Arizmendiarrieta led a population to self-sufficiency and whilst never the vast financial success of Apple, Mondragón’s continuing existence is the legacy of a truly superior leader. Five theories; trait, behaviours, power motives, charismatic and transformational leadership will be discussed in turn, each one examining the similarities and/or differences Steve Jobs and Father Arizmendiarrieta displayed and how these differences made Father Arizmendiarrieta the more outstanding leader. Trait leadership is one of the original leadership theories and has resurfaced recently with Zaccaro (2006) arguing that traits and attributes combined, can be a significant predictor of leadership ability. Personality traits can be divided into general and task related traits (Dubrin 2013, pp. 37-50). Effective leaders display...
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...social responsibility, for example Steve Jobs of Apple, Inc. At the other end is the approach that, although profit oriented, accords significant priority to social responsibility, for example, Sir Richard Branson of the Virgin group of companies. Steve Jobs, whose persona was indelibly imprinted on Apple opined that “[o]ur belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.”(Jobs, n.d.) That statement reflected an unswerving commitment to the profit motive where consumerism was a means to an end. The following discussion presents Steve Jobs as an example of a business leader who is strongly profit-oriented, and Richard Branson as one whose primary goal is to make a positive impact on society. The leadership style, and major business principles of Steve Jobs Leadership Style Steve Jobs’ leadership poses an extraordinary challenge for description, judging by the basic categories of leadership as delineated in most business curricula. His leadership is best summed up by the Leadership Editor of Forbes magazine in the article Steve Jobs Broke Every Leadership Rule. Don't Try It Yourself (Allen, 2011). Jobs displayed charisma, revolutionary vision, and innovative genius, along with a relentless drive for excellence. On the surface these are hallmarks of Transformational leadership. However, his formidable temper led him to berate and eviscerate employees when outcomes did not meet with his expectations. Indeed...
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...decisive part in Apple’s marketing magic 6 How Apple’s pricing strategies influence consumer behavior? 6 Conclusion 8 References 9 Introduction Apple is a multinational corporation that concentrates on the production of personal and business computers, electronics, and software. The company was founded on April 1, 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. It is truly one revolutionary company that changed the world in several ways. It started the revolution in personal computers in the 1970s with introducing the Apple II (O’Grady, 2008). The company’s introduction of the iPod made a huge impact in the electronic market, following by the iPhone and the iPad. By 2010, more than 60% of Apple Inc.’s revenues were coming from iPhone & iPad. This was a strategic move for the benefit of Apple Inc.’s customers, their employees and the market. It was clear that the company was a serious player in consumer electronics. However, all of these variations and innovations were not approved instantly. Their introduction of the Macintosh Portable, as well as a variety of other electronic equipment, including television appliances, speakers, digital cameras, failed to make a statement in the consumer market. That was the reason why Apple re - examined their existing position in the market. Apple even went as far as joining forces with companies like IBM and Microsoft for just one purpose – increasing sales. Even so, they did not achieve the wanted results. Apple...
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...ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP Steve Jobs once asked the question, “Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?” While some may argue that Apple more closely models that of the navy due to the company’s expansive size and presence, one can certainly argue that without the pirate that was Steve Jobs, Apple would not be what it is today. Steve Jobs may very well be one of the leading entrepreneurs of his time, but other distinguished individuals have also followed down similar paths to profits and social change. Entrepreneurs take different approaches in determining their path to success. Two such paths are the profit-oriented and social-responsibility oriented entrepreneurial approaches. Though similarities exist between both approaches, numerous differences do as well. Steve Jobs said, “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” It is however, up to the entrepreneur to decide which path of innovation to forge. Tim O’Shaughnessy, founder of LivingSocial.com, is one such entrepreneur whose path to success followed that of the profit-oriented approach. “For-profit organizations focus on business goals, such as making money. Even when for-profit organizations become involved in social activities, their prime purpose is usually to make a profit” (Ruvio, Rosenblatt, & Hertz-Lazarowitz, 2010). According to their website, LivingSocial claims, “Innovation and imagination have made LivingSocial the fastest-growing company in the social-buying category...
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...(good guess though), but of course I'm referring to the one and only Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computers. He, Steve Jobs is one of the biggest icons in the world of technology in the world co-founder of one of the most important and exciting companies in the world. What catch my attention out the most about the leadership style of Steve Jobs, is that he is very charismatic. People often say there is some sort of "aura" about Steve Jobs which makes well respected and followed. Employees do enjoy working with Steve Jobs, as they feel really inspired, true, happy, focus and important. Steve Jobs does an excellent job keeping everyone on track with the companies (Apple) vision. He can do this by being an excellent charismatic leader, visionary, and focused on the longer term rather than short term. ( The famous pose by Steve Jobs ) Apple has some of the greatest smart minds in the world, which can be quite difficult to manage if you ask me. This indicates that Steve Jobs attracted great minds to work under him. This is an inspiration to me and it would be a dream job to work under him. Let me tell you a little about his background, Steve Jobs was born on February 24th, year 1955, in San Francisco, California. It all started when Jobs mother decided to put him for an adoption, because at the time she was not married and had no money. Later on, she found out that his future parents, Justin and Clara Jobs did not graduate college. So she agreed to sign the adoption papers but only...
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...human societies had developed some kind of morality in term of regular standards of right and wrong. Accordingly, Leadership could have come into existents when human being started to reflect on the best way to live. As a result, leadership began with the introduction of style of leadership. This thesis is build based on the agreement of including education on the leadership style and type of leadership on the selected individual that success in corporate business. As an initial step, this thesis sought to characterize and perform case study towards selected individual that success in corporate business and the impact gain by the corporate of committing their leadership. This thesis does set for understanding in deeper on the individual leadership characteristic and their contribution on leadership method. This thesis also proposes an educational approach of including the education of the societal and moral implications of leadership practices within a corporate in management engineering courses. Management engineering students that encounter leadership style across social sciences and humanities may be better equipped to participate in debates about how leadership style ought to be helping corporate communities. OBJECTIVE The objective of this case study is to gain a deeper understanding of the leadership manifestation that had been presented by the well-known late chief executive officer (CEO) of an American electronics multinational corporation (Apple Inc.), Steve Jobs...
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...For the exclusive use of S. Jin 9-809-063 REV: FEBRUARY 4, 2011 NOAM WASSERMAN Apple's Core In 1983, Steve Jobs was featured on the cover of Time magazine when the personal computer was named “Machine of the Year.” His co-founder, Steve Wozniak, was quoted as saying, “Steve didn’t do one circuit, design, or piece of code.”1 The two had launched Apple Computer seven years before. The Two Steves Steve Wozniak grew up in suburban Santa Clara, California. At an early age, under his father’s influence, he developed a strong view of ethics and an interest in technology. Extreme honesty, extreme ethics, really. That’s the biggest thing he taught me . . . I never lie even to this day. . . . The other thing my dad taught me was a lot about electronics. I so clearly remember him telling me that engineering was the highest level of importance you could reach in the world, that someone who could make electrical devices that do something good for people takes society to a new level.2 The dream of building a personal computer was sparked for Wozniak when his father showed him an article about the original ENIAC computer. The article speculated about computer technology reaching “a point where anyone could buy a computer and put it in your house and learn how to use it yourself. I thought that would be just the best thing, and that was The Dream . . . the single force that drove me for years afterwards.”3 A zest for laughter also infused Wozniak’s life. He believed that “[i]n...
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...Steve Jobs, although no paragon of business ethics, has preached from the scripture of Matthew 16:26, “What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?” (Rink, 2012) This sagacious verse simply translates to question how can someone profit or be advantageous when acquiring the world if you damage or lose your character along the way. What is worth more than your soul? This wise question can help one in determining their own code of ethics by balancing what is right, meaningful, and most important to them. Knowing and understanding your ethical views is vital while on the journey of achieving their goals. Ethics is “the moral principles that govern a persons or group’s behavior.” Similarly, business ethics, or corporate ethics is “the critical, structured examination of how people and institutions should behave in the world of commerce” (MacDonald, 2012). We all have our own code of ethics, which is what drives each and every action that we take, whether in day-to-day activities, or in larger, business- related decisions. Ethics, to me, means how you treat others, and should be guided by the golden rule: treat others the way you want to be treated. It is about distinguishing the difference between right and wrong, and then choosing the right choice. A good place to start is with the law and then to involve your own morals and values. However, business ethics is more complex. Business ethics deals with how you treat your employees, other companies...
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