1‚ 1976 in Cupertino‚ California‚ and incorporated on January 3‚ 1977 by Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniak‚ college dropouts who conceptualized a personal computer that could be operated easily by anyone. The company went through many changes from microcomputer industry to a business market and then eventually a consumer electronic market. The external environment within the company helped Apple Inc along with Steve Jobs who used charismatic leadership to create a mechanistic and bureaucratic organization
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Jobs’ Passing Will Have No Effect on Apple’s Trajectory Apple - Oct 5th 2011: “Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life” –Steve Jobs‚ 2005 Stanford Commencement Ceremony The world lost a luminary when Steve Jobs died on October 5‚ 2011. Jobs was a visionary leader and is often credited for Apple’s amazing turnaround in the mid-nineties. For many years‚ the world perceived Jobs and Apple as integrally linked. As
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If you could choose any three people who have ever lived to join you for dinner‚ whom would you invite and why? Three people that I would love to invite for dinner are Mahatma Gandhi- better known as Father of the Nation (India)‚ Steve Jobs – founder of Apple Inc and Amitabh Bachhan – a leading actor in the Indian film industry. Mahatma Gandhi‚ a lawyer by profession‚ used his simple philosophy and strong foresight to bring down the 300+ years of British rule‚ paving the way for India’s independence
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enjoyed a rapid and well deserved career path to become Apple Computer’s Director of Distribution and Sales Administration. She was regarded as an excellent manager who “projects a lot of confidence and conviction in her beliefs.” However‚ when Steve Jobs was lobbying for the existing distribution system to be eliminated and replaced by a “just-in-time” method‚ Ms. Dubinsky reacted uncharacteristically and did not rely on the skills and techniques learned in her Ivy League education. Several recommendations
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“Pirates of Silicon Valley” 1. How would you describe both Jobs’ and Gates’ innovation process? a. Internal: An innovation process must have a defined goal‚ mission‚ and vision to keep the innovation competitive and successful. A firm should start with internal planning and move on to the execution of their innovation once goals and objectives have been defined. Steve Jobs was a rebel who built illegal blue boxes and spent his youthful energies pulling pranks that repeatedly got him suspended
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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
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or a thing you should be rushed into. Steve jobs stated in his 2005 commencement speech at Stanford‚ June 12th that “Your time is limited‚ so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s’ opinions drown out
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the efforts of Steve Jobs‚ and all employees of Apple‚ Apple has found its way into homes across the globe with better marketing techniques and pure dedication. Apple Computer Inc. is a globally known company that markets “computers‚ peripheral equipment‚ and software for homes‚ businesses‚ educational institutions‚ and the government” (Quick). It offers easy-to-use equipment to meet the everyday needs of the average American. The ‘Apple Craze’ originated in 1976‚ when Steve Jobs and Stephen
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History Apple computer was founded on April 1st‚ 1976 by Steven Jobs‚ Steven Wozniak‚ and Ronald Wayne. Prior to the Apple’s beginnings‚Jobs had worked at Hewlett-Packard and the video game company Atari Inc. Wozniak also worked at HP where the two first met in 1972. It was Jobs who told his future partner about his idea of personal computers. The two began their journey in 1975 while working on the Apple I in Job’s bedroom. Wozniak later admitted that the project was more of a hobby than a business
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the building of both Apple Computer and Microsoft as told through the lens of people that worked with both Steve Jobs at Apple and Bill Gates at Microsoft. The film addresses both the inner working of the two companies and the ethical issues that arise from their leaders‚ Jobs and Gates‚ desire to be the most important person in their chosen industry. While the film primarily focuses on Jobs and Gates‚ the workings of their respective companies and their rivalry play an integral role. Due to the
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