...Characteristics of Business Leadership Steven Jobs Arthur S. Hinton Professor G.M. Best BUS 302, Management Concepts May 20, 2012 The world during its extensive history has witnessed numerous people that came and went, but there were a handful of people who became the epitome of history by preserving themselves in historical literature forever. These people are those who referred to as leaders. These leaders were people who decided to sail against the wind, establishing examples for others to follow and iconize. These are the people whom we look forward to by implementing upon their quotes, imitating their actions and habits and adopting their speaking or writing styles. However, it should be noticed that this paper and its related data is just/only to have the particular aspects that are searched after having the predefined topic; therefore, there is no any guarantee and support than can be done and/or given regarding to support/assist any type of negative, controversial and/or probable blasphemous issue/aspect/info/ data, etc. Steve Jobs, Minimalist aesthetic, visceral unconventionality and mad ambition: born in 1955 of a Syrian political science professor and a single mother who has decided not to elevate the lives of Jobs, adopted at birth by a couple of modest Californians, was marked by these values. It is also this culture he installed at Apple. Convinced of the immense superiority of its products, Steve Jobs, himself, has always refused to sell to someone...
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...funciones como líder de la división de Macintosh. Situación de la cual sacó enseñanzas, le dio tiempo para reflexionar, dándose cuenta que si había fracasado en ese sentido no tenía por qué quedarse esperando a que todo volviera a la normalidad, no se quedo de brazos cruzados y comenzó a trabajar con una visión muy clara salir con lo que amaba y soñaba. La estrategia que utilizo Steve Jobs fue una ofensiva competitiva, así que se alzó con Pixar y creó Next Computer, esto se realizo a través de una mejora en la eficiencia operativa, con lo cual logro una ventaja competitiva, esto provoco que Steve Jobs volviera a su empresa original. Una de las mejores estrategias que se formo en ese entonces, fue que Apple adquirió a Next, al tener dos empresas trabajando juntas, Apple volvió a ser la empresa que era y mucho mas. Con todos estos hechos evidencian de que no quedarse en la nada, e influir en el ambiente , pueden sacar tus metas hacia adelante. En general, todas las creaciones realizadas por Steve Jobs, tanto en Apple Computer, Pixar y Next, fueron...
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...Favorite Brand Paper Name MKT/421 August 4, 2014 Michael Ballif Favorite Brand Paper The world is filled with wonderful products and services developed by different companies. These developments have extended consumer choices heightening the level of competition between companies. The implication of this is companies have to develop strong brands that will gain most of the market share compared with their competition. The Apple Company is a well-known company mobile and software industry. Apple has been rated as one of the most influential brands in the history of the world. Through its brand, the company has expanded business and employed many people through the development of new and innovative products (Lusted, 2012). When compared with other brands in the market, Apple brand always happens to be a step ahead of the competition. In 2012, Apple was voted as the winner of CMO Survey Award for Marketing Excellence (Scott, 2013). In addition, the company was able to hold this position for several years; this explains how influential the brand has been with time. We can rarely talk of Apple’s success without mentioning Steve Jobs. The passion held by Steve Jobs in building customer relationships has shown positive signs over the years. Job’s passion has led Apple in the development of cutting-edge and high-quality designs (Lusted, 2012). Apple is a brand that has successfully established emotional connections with the customers that makes it hard for the customers...
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...Favorite Brand Paper Name MKT/421 August 4, 2014 Michael Ballif Favorite Brand Paper The world is filled with wonderful products and services developed by different companies. These developments have extended consumer choices heightening the level of competition between companies. The implication of this is companies have to develop strong brands that will gain most of the market share compared with their competition. The Apple Company is a well-known company mobile and software industry. Apple has been rated as one of the most influential brands in the history of the world. Through its brand, the company has expanded business and employed many people through the development of new and innovative products (Lusted, 2012). When compared with other brands in the market, Apple brand always happens to be a step ahead of the competition. In 2012, Apple was voted as the winner of CMO Survey Award for Marketing Excellence (Scott, 2013). In addition, the company was able to hold this position for several years; this explains how influential the brand has been with time. We can rarely talk of Apple’s success without mentioning Steve Jobs. The passion held by Steve Jobs in building customer relationships has shown positive signs over the years. Job’s passion has led Apple in the development of cutting-edge and high-quality designs (Lusted, 2012). Apple is a brand that has successfully established emotional connections with the customers that makes it hard for the customers...
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...Executive Summary By: TGM 546: Industrial Regional Analysis Xiaomi, Inc: The Rise of a Chinese Indigenous Competitor The document provides an in depth report on Xiaomi Inc, a multinational corporation based in Beijing, China. Xiaomi is a privately owned Chinese electronics company founded by Lei Jun and several partners in 2010, and which has now grown to be the world’s third largest smartphone distributor. Xiaomi exploded on to the mobile phone scene while Apple Inc. and Samsung were battling for dominance in the Chinese market. When the company was founded its main objection was to develop and sell software for mobile devices using the Android operating system, since then the company has evolved into what it is today in a steady running behind Apple and Samsung. Xiaomi’s imitation of Apple Inc Xiaomi has been dubbed the Apple Inc. of China and rightfully so not only does the mimic Apple from the corporation aspect but its founder is inspired by the Apple founder Steve Jobs. Lei, Xiaomi's Founder, Chairman and CEO has often been referred to as the Steve Jobs of China and even fashions himself after the late founder. His attire is the simple black shirts and blue jeans emulating Jobs, who he has admired since his college days. Also like Jobs, he has been called a shameless self-promoter and supreme marketer--characteristics that are thought to partially explain his company's success in China. Another example of Xiaomi modeling itself after Apple is the MIUI firmware...
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...Análisis del discurso de STEVE JOBS en 2005 en la universidad de Stanford (EEUU). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zlHAiddNUY Discurso, traducción en español: fichero junto al mail. Análisis del discurso: Steve Jobs nació en San Francisco en 1955 y murió a la edad de 56 años el 5 de octubre de 2011. Steve Jobs fue un empresario y un especialista del negocio del sector informático. Fue conocido como el fundador de la empresa Apple cuando tenía solamente 20 años. Steve Jobs fue un genio creativo y un visionario. Su pasión, su energía y su brillantez fueron la fuente de incontables innovaciones que enriquecen y mejoran nuestras vida. En 2005, como cada año, la universidad de Stanford invitó una persona reconocida por su éxito profesional para la ceremonia de graduación de los estudiantes. Así, Steve Jobs fue invitado por la universidad de Stanford para hacer un discurso en frente de los nuevos diplomados. Un discurso que le permitía compartir su visión profesional y sus valores personales. En 2005, Steve Jobs fue el director de Apple, a pesar de 1 años en 2004 de lucha contra un cáncer de páncreas. Su enfermedad cambió su vida y realizó la importancia de vivir cada momento al máximo. En su discurso, hizo referencias muchas veces a la muerte pero de una manera positiva para que los estudiantes se den cuanta de la importancia aprovechar de la vida. El discurso de Steve Jobs se divide en tres pequeñas historias personales que le permite exponer tres principales...
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...Organizational Culture at Apple Inc. In the year 1976, it was a dream for most people to buy a computer for their homes. Back then the computer community added up to a few brainy hobbyists. So when Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs sold a van and two programmable calculators for thirteen hundred dollars and started Apple Computers, Inc., in Jobs garage, the reach for success seemed far. But these two young business men, Wozniak 26 years old and Jobs 21 years old, had a vision. Computers aren't for nerds anymore, they announced. Computers are going to be the bicycle of the mind. Low cost computers for everyone. From the first day on the founders of Apple kept their vision intact and they spoke it at every turn. They only hired people into the company that had the same visions as they did. Even though Jobs was the founder of Apple Computers, he resigned from Apple Computers in 1985 to form NextStep Computers after losing control of Apple. Steve Jobs was re-hired in 1997 to save Apple from its beleagurement when the past three CEO's could not bring Apple to its glory days again. Steve Jobs is one of the founders of the Apple. From the beginning his main goal was to make technologies that will change the life style and that will serve the customer. Jobs left the apple during the 80ies, only to return in 1997 and completely shake things up. He is known not only as a good visionare but as well as someone whose decisions are always unpredictable (switching to Intel). He is as well known...
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...1. How well has Steve Jobs done as Apple’s CEO? Has he done a good job of performing the five tasks of strategic management discussed in Chapter 2? Why or why not? What grade would you give him? Steve Jobs trascendió en el mundo de los negocios al ser el primer CEO que regresa a una compañía a hacerla grande. Jobs llegó con una clara idea de lo que sería su nueva visión de negocio, la innovación, alrededor de esta variable giró la nueva filosofía de Apple Inc.. Con la introducción de productos nuevos e innovadores, como el reproductor de música iPod, que se ha convertido en uno de los pilares del éxito actual de Apple. Jobs ha mantenido esta estrategia con el lanzamiento de nuevos productos, estilizados y de fácil uso que ayudaron a que incrementara su share, generando nuevos mercados. Jobs ha sabido identificar claramente la tendencia del mercado hacia la sincronización entre los teléfonos móviles y PC, así como el mercado de la música digital, con una visión estratégica enfocada hacia estos cambios. Los objetivos se establecieron alrededor del éxito financiero y su medición mediante las unidades vendidas. Jobs desarrolló una estrategia de entrar en estos mercados por productos diferenciados, estilizados y fácil de usar, impulsado por una investigación de nuevos productos y la evaluación de las tendencias del mercado y su reacción con estas innovaciones. Dado lo anterior considero que Steve Jobs se desempeñó de una manera sorprendente ya que supo redirigir a su compañía...
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...Competitive Strategies Student Name Professor Name BUS 508 Contemporary Business Date Differences of Apple and Microsoft corporate culture Scully (2011) gave a bird's eye view of Apple and Microsoft corporate culture. He said "In Steve's world, 'No compromises'.' In Bill's world, 'Hey, compromise is alright. We'll get it right the third time. We just want to have a land grab'." According to Scully, the two have entirely different approaches, both very, very successful. But in the era of consumer electronics, the Steve Jobs approach is a hands-down winner. Williams (2011) said that if there is one key difference between Microsoft and Apple, it is secrecy. Apple rarely shows its hand before a product is ready to ship. Microsoft usually offers sneak previews of products months, sometimes years, in advance. Sethi (2012) revealed the two corporate values that Apple implements - value and cost culture: When it comes to customers, Apple applies the notion of value. For example, Apple’s pricing strategy that is driven by its focus on the value. The customer is willing to pay a price that is equal to the product's perceived value to the customer. However, as long as the customers are satisfied, Apple is under no obligation to reduce its prices. When it comes to workers' wages and working conditions, Apple uses its dominant market position or buying power to acquire these services at the lowest possible price, thus keeping the largest share of the profit for itself and...
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...1. What are the common sub-mindsets (e.g., creativity, initiative, vision) that you think Steve Jobs had based on the entrepreneurial mindset framework we discussed in class? There were a lot of sub-mindsets that helped Steve Jobs become a very successful entrepreneur of our generation and I think we can learn a lot from him. One of the most important sub-mindset of his is his imagination/creativity. His Apple products have revolutionized the way in which technology is heading since their initial release of the first apple computer in 1976. His astounding capability to develop and design such technological products amazes me till this day, since my first iPhone (the 3gs) I had never switched from Apple to any other phone manufacturing company – same as my MacBook. He also had a strong vision, passionate and fearless when it came to expanding Apple. A lot of his decisions were questionable and at time risked his company but only because he really believed in it. He was able to push his business and peers to the limits without going overboard with it. 2. What did you like and learn from this video? I believe that there were a couple of lessons we could learn from Steve Jobs’ commencement speech at Stanford. The first thing I learnt from his speech is that he followed and believed in his heart, after attending college for a few months he decided to drop out of all of the courses that was required for his degree and enrolled in the ones that truly interests him – one...
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...A Critical Analysis about Competitive Advantage of Apple Inc. based on the Porter`s Five Force Model Northeastern University Strategic Leadership Xiaolong Cao Instructed by James Lux June 6th 2016 Abstract This article aims to detect two key areas in Apple`s competitive advantage through using Porter`s Five Force model. According to the knowledge learned from class, there is no forever lasting competitive advantage, so through analyzing the case of Steve Jobs competitive strategy it presents a clear and reasonable structure and explanation of their competitive advantage. After doing this analysis, this article helps to fine both the disadvantage and advantage of their competitive advantage, and each of them contains two aspects according to Porter`s Five Force Model, which provides a reliable and meaningful support to test and excavate the effect of competitive advantage and future developing orientation. Introduction In the modern time, there are numerous resources that identify the importance of the competitive strategy. The ever growing technological trends and volatility within business operations in today's society make it extremely difficult for organizations to stay complacent with their strategies. Adjustments and new ideas need to constantly be developed to be able to maintain a competitive edge. The most obvious examples happen in IT industry, high performance laptop was a competitive advantage 2 years...
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...THE BUSINESS WOMAN’S TALE: MONEY ISN’T EVERYTHING I will start my story now. I will have you know terrorist, that I make more money than most of the people in this café, so keep that in mind. If you do let me out, that I know you will, I will make sure that I won’t have the police coming after you. I can also give you enough money to buy a year’s supply of coffee, just to let you know. Before I begin, this is a story so there doesn’t have to be any logic to this. A story has its own rules so don’t question my tale too harshly. I will tell a story about money not being able to buy everything. It is a little clichéd, but it is the best that I can best relate to. I will have you know that I have married and divorced two men so far in my life. I am not proud of what I did, but I think I have learned a lesson from them. I do not directly relate to the main character, but I hope a future man for me can learn this lesson. Also the lesson may apply to me as well, since money is all I really cared for. The story begins with a pair of twins, a brother and a sister. They were very close to each other while growing up. They played and talked to each other on a daily basis. When they grew up, they went their separate ways. The brother, the main character of this story, graduated from a prodigious school and was able to get a master degree at Harvard. He was able to get a high-position and high-paying job in a company, and was also applying for a job at a large corporation. The bother was...
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...partake of the programme and also enabled me to put this report together. Next I will like to mention the relentless effort of my dad who is never tired of me and single handedly bore my burden from childhood until now. He also never fails to give me all the support needed: morally, financially and all. Also I will like to express my deepest appreciation to my entire lecturer who has in one way or the other affected my life Especially engr. Olajide, engr. olokede and the rest, I am very grateful \INTRODUCTION The six month of industrial training is called the siwes program known as student industrial working experience scheme. The scheme is intended to familiarize the engineering undergraduate students with working experience of the real engineering life. As an engineering student, one is expected to undergo three schemes at different times which is intended to give him or her a detailed understanding of the engineering field during his or her stay for the degree programme. The first one being SWEP: student workshop experience scheme which takes place during the holiday period of the second semester of the 200 level engineering degree programmes. It is intended to familiarize the engineering undergraduate with the different types of machinery and tool that the student will encounter during the next phase of his...
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...must be proud for ourselves. We should be honored for we surpassed and conquered the challenges in high school. We should be happy because we survived. For four years we learned, laughed, cried, and most of all matured together. However, today doesn’t just about reminiscing the past, it’s about looking forward to the future. Life is a sequence of passageways. We are leaving one and move to the next. When we reach college we will start over another journey. We will meet new people, make new friendship and learn new things. We will grow older, more mature, more responsible and independent. After that, we are left to pass through the unmapped area and that is our future. As I gaze over the many faces I witness today, discernment of individuals are washed away. I no longer see students as they were; I see them as what they will be. So, rather than a young boy failing all his subjects and getting reds in his card, I see the next Isaac Newton making new discoveries. I know this gymnasium holds the future’s great leaders and that all of us will contribute to the fabric of the next decade in some way. You know comrades, until now I can’t believe I am...
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...identified then how will one surpass the obstacle that was encountered. I’ll use an example of when our clerk over spent for supplies and eventually was caught misusing government funds. Detailed research and detailed planning are the next steps of when we gathered the budget information and the receipts that the individual used to make sure that they were authorized to use the government credit card. Ethical and an analysis were gathered to see if the individual did the act out of spite towards an individual or the company but keeping in mind the soldier did wrong and what would possibly lead them to misuse the card. The limitations of using the card are then being evaluated but also gathering a plan to implement and designate a certain person of a certain position to use the card without an issue. Going back into the previous transactions of the card that was used would be a key point in the investigation and also making sure that the individual was the one that kept using the card signing for all the major transactions. Presenting the findings of the card history and transactions shows that the soldier used the card for unauthorized purchases and uncalled for supplies. Also, a sworn statement of the soldier is evaluated with all the card history to compare all the information, which obviously shows the soldier, lied and did commit the crime. Lastly,...
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