Introduction
Steve Jobs was a genius of the modern age, he gave us tools to change our lives and the way we communicate. Steven Paul Jobs was born February 24, 1955 and was adopted by Paul and Ciara Jobs a few weeks after his birth. The family moved to San Francisco to a town called Mountain View, California where Steve grew up and found his passion for computer electronics. He quickly teamed up with with his neighbor Steve Wozniak (Woz) and realized they both shared a interest in computers which developed into a partnership. Starting from scratch, Jobs and Woz began putting together very basic computer mother boards that could be connected to a screen in their garage. Steve and Woz created Apple Computers which has grown to the largest and most successful computer company in the world and surpassing Bill Gates and Windows.
Steve’s eye for the beauty within technology and his passion for the user experience are they key factors to Apples success. Steve jobs had a rather unique and controversial leadership style that was highly scrutinized by his board of directors as wells as his employees, but ultimately led to the companies success. Jobs leadership could be defined by saying he used the Relational Leadership Model or the Transformational Leadership Model, or even the Great Man Leadership Model, but the truth was that Steve Jobs did not fit into just one of these model. Jobs had a philosophy and leadership style that was authentic and indecent which caused a great deal of friction within Apple. Jobs was known for scourging his employees, working them to death, and then throw them away when he was done with them.
Literature Review
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Jobs had a talent at recognizing other talent. Steve Jobs wasn't a tech person, he didn't know computers, or coding, he knew exactly how to get people to work together and had a vision that no one else had. He got the most value out of people, which speaks for itself. Just look at 2 companies he built... Apple and Pixar
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Steve Jobs was the utmost CEO of all time. In the speech it states, “……… he’s been called a visionary, a creative genius, a rebel, a non-conformist, an original, the greatest CEO ever, the best innovator of all time.” In the article it states, “He was intensely focused when committed, confident enough to take risky leaps, and charismatic enough to enlist legions of employees and customers in the restless pursuit of his aspirations.” Both texts describe the traits of Steve Jobs which made him the greatest CEO of our age. Steve Jobs was an original genius he had a significant and unique imagination. It’s one thing to envision your own company broadening, but it’s another thing to envision that your company’s services and products will change people lives for the better, the way we communicate and work. Jobs built his company thinking that Apple’s products and services would change the
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In chapter eleven case study, we were asked, What special qualities of Steve Jobs seem to have contributed to his leadership success as Apple’s CEO? We think Steve Jobs was a successful leader because he was imaginative; passionate about his job, he had the ability to push employees to create new things, had confidence, and believed
Steven Paul Jobs was born on February 24th, 1955 in San Francisco to his birth parents, Abdulfattah Jandali and Joanne Schieble. Steve was set to be adopted when he was born because his birth mother’s father didn’t want her to marry Abdulfattah. Joanne’s father was old and dying and threatened to disown her if she married Abdulfattah. So instead of raising Steve together they planned to have him adopted by college graduates. Unfortunately when Steve was born the planned adoptive parents decided to not go through with the deal because they wanted a girl instead, which left Joanne looking for someone else to fill that roll. She found Paul and Clara Jobs. Both Paul and Clara were high school dropouts. When Joanne learned about this she refused to sign the adoption papers. In order for her to agree to sign the adoption papers Paul and Clara made a pledge they would fund a savings account to pay for the boy’s college education. Jandali and Schieble subsequently married in December of 1955 and had Stevae’s biological sister, Mona Simpson, several years later. Steve Jobs was the co-founder, chairman, CEO of Apple Inc., co-founder and CEO of Pixar, and Founder and CEO of NeXT Inc. From an early age, Steve was interested in technology. He loved working on electronics with his friend Steve Wozniak “Woz” and had a job at Hewlett-Packard when he was a teenager. On April 1, 1976 Jobs, Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne created Apple. The company started off running in Steve’s parent’s garage. The company started off selling the Apple I, a computer. Apple continued to slowly progress until the Macintosh was released on January, 1984. The Macintosh was the first personal computer to have a Graphical User Interface (GUI) instead of a programming language...
Steve Jobs (CEO and chairman of Apple Inc.) was an American entrepreneur and inventor. He was born in February 24, 1955 and founded Apple Inc. with his high school buddy Steve Wozniak in 1976. But later in 1976, when Apple was about to bankrupt he returned to it as advisor and Interim CEO. He made Apple profitable from near bankruptcy by 1998 (Walter Isaacson, 2013). From (1996-2011), he proved himself as one of the best engineering leaders of the world and made Apple the most innovative company of the world.
Although Steve and Bill are competitors, there are similarities between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. Both of them are the most successful CEO’s in the world. Though they were college dropouts, but they still achieved a lot of success in their own way. Steve was a very innovative man. As the English proverb goes by “ Have no fear of perfection - you will never reach it.” by Salvador Dali. No matter how many times he failed, he could develop things from his own idea and turn them into a successful product. In 1979 Apple’s first product was introduced, people like it very much because of its simplicity and innovative ideas. Later on in year 1980, the company showed a tremendous performance, where its share rose by 32% (Messa, 1998). Similarly, Bill Gates was also like that, but just that Steve was in a company which makes hardware prod...
Steve Jobs has significantly impacted today’s society and many industries. Steve Jobs was born in February 24th, 1955 in San Francisco California. He was adopted at birth by Paul Jobs (1922 -1993) and Clara Jobs (1924 ` 1986). Jobs went through rocky days in elementary school. Despite his rough time in elementary school, Steve was able to skip couple of grades. Steve enrolled at Reed College in Oregon but he dropped out after six month. Steve studied creative classes, including calligraphy.
Interesting facts about entrepreneur Steve Jobs. One is that he was put up for adoption at birth because the parents of Joanne, his biological mother, objected her relationship with John, his biological father. Therefore, Steve was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs. Steve also was a drop out of Reed College after six months and used the next 18 months to spend time in creative classes. Even growing up Paul taught Steve how to work as a mechanic and a carpenter. Paul taught him electronics and how to work with his hands. Paul also demonstrated how to take ...