Organisations are now in an era where change is continual and turbulent. There is far more intense competition between different organisations‚ as well as a growth in economic independence. Organisations need to be able to change the goods and services they provide to consumers on a frequent basis‚ this helps any business to keep on top of sales and achieve set targets. The products and customer services of an organisation constantly need to be new and innovative to ensure demand is satisfied.
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Steve Jobs‚ the founder of Apple‚ was asked to come back as Chief Executive in 1997 when the business was making a loss. Job’s was appointed to provide a clearer vision for the business and to improve its profitability. How easy is it for a Chief Executive to change a struggling business into a more successful one? Justify your answer with reference to Apple and/or other organisations you know. (40 marks) Depends upon/ points : * How respected the leader is: Steve Jobs acted as an inspiration
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capital are 28% and 39% respectively. Range of Products | Quantity | % of Sales | iPods | 300 million | 70% | iPhone | 100 million | | iPad | 25 million | 95% | iTunes | 12 billion songs‚ 450 million TV episodes‚ 35 million books | | Steve Jobs and the Apple turnaround: IBM had made a comeback in the PC industry and emerged as the new standard. Apple introduced Macintosh in 1984‚ but because of the slow processor speed and lack of
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of equality for women for example.Today‚ I would like to talk about another leader with great vision who led a company on the verge of bankruptcy to become one of the top multinational corporations in the world. That person is Steve Jobs‚ the late CEO of Apple Inc. Steve managed to turn Apple into the most innovative company in the world. A company that all others aspire to be‚ whether they admit it or not. In spite of their best effort‚ Apple’s competitors are still years behind. All of these
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main vision in every step they take towards any product design and development. Apple‚ under the belt of Steve Jobs‚ has always shown its deep commitment to understand how people used computing devices and a desire to develop “insanely great products”. This speaks a lot about the company culture and great leadership at the top of the company. In this financially driven market‚ I consider Steve as one of the leader who not only concentrated on company finances but also about designing quality products
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decision-making skills of Steve Jobs based on the success of Apple‚ one would have to say that he had to possess some of the best decision-making skills possible. Over the past few years‚ we have seen the MacBook‚ iPods‚ iPhones and the iPad. With the competition of Dell‚ Hewlett-Packard‚ Compaq and Microsoft to name a few‚ the Apple organization has made great strides to maintain its place at the top of the consumers list. One of the best decisions ever made by Steve Jobs was to return to Apple
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Can Phil Schiller Keep Apple Cool? Is Apples brand in jeopardy following the death of Steve Jobs? I believe Steve Jobs became well known and synonymous with Apple because people love the Apple products. People will build loyalty toward a brand because of the product‚ not the CEO or perceived genius behind it. I believe Steve Jobs personal brand benefited from the products popularity and brilliant marketing. He was highly publicized and marketed as “the man” alongside the products. In
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is the gyrating concept of the motion picture Pirates of Silicon Valley. The Pirates of Silicon Valley is a flick about the rivalry between Steve Jobs‚ the co-founder of Apple Computers‚ and Bill Gates‚ the co-founder of Microsoft. The movie draws out the historical development of these two large computer companies‚ from the time when Bill Gates and Steve Jobs’ college days to 1985‚ in moving pictures using old cinematography. It is an enlightening depiction of the evolution of a true phenomenon
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Steve Jobs was a great leader for Apple computers. To understand what made him great one needs to understand how to analyze a leader. The first step is to define what a leader is and if the subject is a leader or a follower. The integrative approach to analyzing a leader could be most effective in this review. The integrative approach uses parts of several other analysis types such as; behavioral‚ traits‚ situational‚ outcome and influential. The strength of using integrative approach is that the
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Companies’ background. ‘A truly magical and revolutionary product. What this device does is extraordinary. It is the best browsing experience you’ve ever had… It is unbelievably great… A way better than laptop‚ way better than a Smartphone.’ Steve Jobs 2010 We could not even imagine how our phones and computers would look like today. The bulky and considered luxury machines are now innovated and updated devices owned by every single person and even few by each. One of the major roles in
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