1976(1)‚ it has been climbing to the top of the world’s biggest and most valuable companies via the many breakthroughs in technology particularly the iPod‚ iMac and MacBook. However‚ ever since Apple’s famous CEO‚ Steve Jobs‚ passed away last year‚ Apple has rapidly gone downhill. The shoes Steve left seem to be too big for the new CEO Tim Cook; he seems to prefer to sail the big ship named Apple into safe harbor in order to avoid the many big waves from Samsung and Nokia. Unfortunately‚ all Apple’s new
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leaders to decide which is the more effective requires more than the textbook analysis of leader‚ follower and situation. It requires understanding not just the results achieved‚ but also the way in which the leader achieved them. This study compares Steve Jobs of Apple and Mike Lazaridis of Research in Motion discussing their differences in leadership style and philosophies‚ their use of power‚ how they engendered trust in their followers‚ what values they held‚ their emotional intelligence‚ business
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at that time Steve Jobs along with his partner Stephen G. Wozniak knew it would require professional management and substantial funding. Steve convinced Regis McKenna‚ a well-known public relations specialist for the semiconductor industry‚ to represent the company; he also secured an investment from Michael Markkula‚ a wealthy veteran of the Intel Incorporation who became Apple’s largest shareholder and an influential member of Apple’s board of directors but in the year 1985 Steve jobs and Stephen
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departmentalization. Apple is a company that has a successful organizational structure determined by Steve Jobs who passed in October of 2011. Apple’s organizational structure is a combination of both vertical and horizontal. Apple’s infrastructure has been molded and molded again to fit the needs of the huge multi-billion dollar company. Apple began as a small business in 1976 with Steve Jobs and his partner Steve Wozniak by building computers in the garage of Job’s home. After successfully selling the
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temporary employees and contractors. Apple is one of the largest and most innovative companies in the world with increased net sales from $65 billion in 2010‚ $108 billion in 2011 and $156 billion in 2012. (Apple 10K) Two young entrepreneurs; Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded the company in 1997. They relied on each other different strengths to propel the business forward. Wozniak was the technical know person and Jobs was the visionary who knew how to conceptualize the product. One of their early
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been something he does not understand‚ he would be satisfied with the joy and sometimes no clear idea what they want‚ while Apple ’s marketing is just the advantage of hungry people this kinds of trendy‚ stylish psychological recovery. Apple and Steve Jobs‚ proud and strong‚ a lot of consumer products such
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multinational corporation that creates consumer electronics‚ computer software‚ and a commercial server. Apple’s most popular inventions are the iPhone‚ iPod music player‚ and Macintosh computer line-up. (WHO)The inventers of Apple Inc. are Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.(WHERE) Apple Inc. was incorporated in January 3‚ 1977‚ in Cupertino‚ California. (WHEN)The inspiration came from when Mr. Wozniak attended a Homebrew Computer Club in 1975‚ he saw different types of computers; he decided to create
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business which as expanded to many fronts now. The Apple turnaround started with the takeover of Steve Jobs as CEO. What started as a computer industry has now expanded to the portable music industry and to the cellular phone industry. The rule Steve Jobs has come up with is not to take on their PC competitors head to head but to instead just change the rules of the game (Yoffie; Slind‚ 2008). With Steve Jobs sick can Apple continue to “change the rules of the game” and remain a top competitor even
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many internet sources that elaborate on the life‚ achievements‚ and misfortunes of Jack Welch and Steve Jobs‚ and how they overcame their obstacles to become the best CEOs of all time. Leadership Styles and Their Effect on CEOs Leadership is a process by which a person influences others to accomplish an objective and directs the organization in a way that makes it more cohesive. Jack Welch and Steve Jobs exemplify the true meaning of what a leader is. Their personality traits of being conscientious
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thatheadline more carefully than I have ever read anything. Could this be true? Or was it just another internet spam message. Next I turned to Google to confirm. It was unbelievable – very sad but true. Steve Jobs had passed away. I was fifteen when I first became glamour struck by the Silicon Valley. Steve Jobs embodied everything an ambitious person wanted to be – a visionary‚ with excellent business ideas‚ who reversed conventional ideas on its head to create miracles! As I dug deeper into what made
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