Authentic Leadership Paper Code: EXLD551-14GD (HAM) Lecturer: Dr. Peter Sun Date: 19th January 2014 Word Count: 2120 (including quotes) Submitted by: Ashwin Rajendra Sundaram (ID No: 1211788) “There are some things in this world no manual can coach‚ like the will to go the distance‚ like the seizing of a moment…” -Rupert McCall‚ The Masterpiece (2013) Introduction: Rupert McCall’s words seem to resonate with every fiber of one man in modern history. In many people’s eyes the father
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Family background Steve Jobs was born on February 24‚ 1955‚ in the city of San Francisco. His biological mother was an unwed graduate student (and his biological father is said to be a political science or mathematics professor‚ maybe of Middle-Western descent -but this has never been confirmed). Back in the 50s‚ it was unconceivable for such a young woman to raise a child on her own‚ so she decided to put her little baby boy up for adoption. But she insisted that the adoptive parents had to
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Steve Jobs - Leadership at Apple Inc. Organization Synopsis by Mette Sophia Schophuus Katrine Nordby Larsen Maria Nissen Homann EOK XB CBS - Christian Warming December 12th 2011 Number of characters: 11.114 Table of Contents The successful electronic company Apple Inc. has during the last decade grown from being a company almost insolvent to being a worldwide brand. They have succeeded in creating best-selling products that combine software and hardware
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BUSINESS LEADER “STEVE JOBS” INTRODUCTION Steve Jobs is the Chairman and CEO of Apple Computers Inc. and arguably one of the world’s most successful businessmen today. He founded Apple in the 1970s‚ got chased out by his own board of directors‚ but returned eventually as Apple’s CEO. Since then‚ he has revolutionized the IT industry with his creations like the Mac Book‚ the iPod and the iPhone. PERSONAL LIFE AND A QUICK HISTORY Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco in February 24‚ 1955. He was
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Brief History of Steve Jobs Most recognized for his work as CEO at one of the most successful technology companies to ever exist‚ Steve Jobs was born on February 24th‚ 1955. His parents put him up for adoption right away‚ and he was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs who lived in California. His adopted father Paul worked as a laser machine technician‚ while his adopted mother Clara worked as an accountant. His first journey into the word of electronics was when he was a teenager. Jobs contacted the president
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Steve Jobs fits best with the trait theory which is also called the “great man” theory of leadership. The main believe of trait theories are that they can develop through experience and learning. As a matter of fact that apple is well-known as learning and innovative company due to Steve Jobs amazing management style. Jobs has faced a lot of different market situations along with his career and almost in all he has succeeded‚ although he suffered from a“trailblazing start” in 1980’s. Interestingly
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9/27/2011 Is Steve Jobs a Leader or a Manager? John Sculley former CEO of both PepsiCo & Apple states that the differences between leadership and management is; “Leadership is often confused with other things‚ specifically management. Management requires an entirely different set of skills. As Sculley sees it‚ leadership revolves around vision‚ ideas‚ direction‚ and has more to with inspiring people as to direction and goals than with day-to-day implementation…One can’t lead unless he can leverage
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Nowadays‚ there are many successful business leaders in this world. For me‚ I like Steve Jobs most. In the first assignment‚ leader book analysis‚ I choose “Steve Jobs” as my book. Not only because Steve Jobs is a successful business leader‚ but also because I like his unique style of management. Steve Jobs was born on February 24th in 1955. In 1997‚ he became Time magazine the cover person. In the same year he was awarded "the most successful managers of great eminence” as “computer maniac".
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BIOGRAPHY OF STEVE JOBS Steve’s Childhood Steve jobs‚ born on 24th Feb 1955‚ in the city of San Francisco‚ was adopted by Paul and Clara jobs‚ middle class Americans. He did his high school from the city of Los Altos which was a home to an unusually high number of engineers. Steve decided to graduate from Reed College in the city of Oregon‚ a renowned liberal arts college and one of the most expensive ones in America which required his parents to put all their savings in his tuition. However
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Steve Jobs Case Study Steve Jobs is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. He is also the chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios and is a board member of Walt Disney Company. His creation of the Apple computer‚ however‚ is his well-known accomplishment. His personality can be described as aggressive and demanding. He is also considered as one of Silicon Valley’s leading egomaniacs. Mr. Jobs has always aspired to position Apple and its products at the forefront of the information
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