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Steve Jobs
Who is a leader ?
The ability to inspire confidence and support among the people who are needed to achieve organizational goals (Dubrin, 2007) The process of influencing the activities of an organized group in its efforts towards goal setting and goal achievement (Buchanan & Hyczynski, 2004) , (Stodgil, 1950) Leadership is communicating to people their worth and potential so clearly that they come to see it in themselves (Covey, 2006)
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1976-He started to working on constructing new computer & named that company as Apple.
1985- Steve fired from the Apple because board of directors voted for the removal of Jobs from the company, due to internal politics 1986- Steve found Pixar 1989- Decided to start his own company, NeXT
become valuable
(Quinn, R, C, 2011)
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Types of Leadership
Charismatic leadership
Transactional leadership
Transformational leadership
Autocratic leadership Democratic leadership Situational leadership
2007
Introduced the iphone, which could send and receive telephone calls, play movies, retrieve your e-mail, surf the net, and send and receive text messages
Introduced the iPad tablet which is thin, lightweight, touch screen interface, audio capability & internet connectivity
2010
(authorSTREAM, 2013)
(Nguyen, A, 2012)
(ragni, 2010)
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Bring about positive large scale change Creating a large positive change in the communication industry by
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originated from Steve and his spirit will forever be the foundation
of Apple (Masters, A, 2012), highlights the value Steve created within Apple
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Takes personal responsibility for what is delivered to the customer Ex: Takes personal responsibility, for how products feel to the user, therefore unlike other companies pays special consideration into the finishing aspect of the product & consider it as a core section of the
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Innovative & creative Effective communication Good negotiator Confident Visionary Target oriented
A proud & personalized person, & who cares about reputation range A tempered individual who yells at employees & board members in public. However instead of acting in that manner, on a personal view, team believes that Steve should have spoken & given instruction to employees in a personal level.
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Emotional intelligence (Transparency) Communicating openly & frequently with management, & discussing
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Passion Ex: Steve Jobs always did what he loved & had a passion in. Ex: Steve
Emotional intelligence (Initiative) Steve took the initiative in leading & restructuring Apple in 1997 from its bankruptcy situation (Kunal Agrawal, 2009)
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Internal focus of Control The statement made by Steve sometimes when you innovate, you
make mistakes. Its best to admit them quickly, and get on with
improving your other innovations (alltime10s, 2011) highlights the confidence Steve has that he could control what needs to be done, &
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Spokes person 10/10 Negotiator & persuader 9/10 Coach / Mentor Team builder Visionary Entrepreneur Confidence Creativity Total 7/10 9/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 10/10 94/100
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Getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could ever happened to me.
The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. If freed me to enter one of the most
discouraged (Quinn, R, C, 2011) Effective Leader Power motive Steve Drive and achievement Steve had a great determination & having a high temper & yelling achieved many innovation in his career path (authorSTREAM, at employees could be seen to a certain extent as keeping power to himself
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Conclusion
Steve Jobs is an Transformational leader Evidence for the conclusion, Steve Jobs focused & made a clear transformation in Apple from where it was & where it is now, & Steve also motivated employees to think about each
other, work as a team, & work as a team together to achieve Apple vision.
The statement made by present CEO of Apple Mr.Tim Cook (slide: 11) shows the inspiration Steve jobs has made upon the organization, which has still
References
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Covey, S, R (2006) Servant leadership: Use your voice to serve others. Leadership Excellence, 23 (12), 5-6
Dubrin, A. J. (2007). Leadership: Research findings, practice, and skills. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company
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Guardian News (2013) Steve Jobs's greatest legacy: persuading the world to pay for content [Online news article] Retrieved from: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2011/aug/28/steve-jobs-legacy-apple-ceo [Accessed on: 08/03/2013] HUCZYNSKI, A.A and BUCHANAN.D.A (2007), 'Organizational Behaviour' 6th ed. England: Pearson Education Limited Inc (2013) Steve Jobs, Apple Computer, Pixar Americas 25 Most Fascinating Entrepreneurs [Online Article] Retrieved from: http://www.inc.com/magazine/20040401/25jobs.html [Accessed on: 06//03/2013] Masters, A (2012) Apple pays tribute to Steve Jobs on the anniversary of his death [Online article] Retrieved from: http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2012/10/05/apple-pays-tribute-tosteve-jobs-on-the-anniversary-of-his-death/ [Accessed on: 05//03/2013]
Morgan, N ( 2010) Steve Jobs's Disastrous iPhone 4 Press Conference [Online Article] Retrieved from: http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2010/07/steve_jobss_disastrous_iphone.html [Accessed on: 07//03/2013]
Nguyen, A (2012) 7 secrets to success of Steve jobs Successmindset.us [WWW] Retrieved from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGd2Nl6Xn4k [Accessed on: 08//03/2013]
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Quinn, R, C (2011) An Apple History: Remembering Apple CEO Steve Jobs [Online Article] Retrieved from: http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2011/10/09/an-apple-historyremembering-apple-ceo-steve-jobs/id=19779/ [Accessed on: 07//03/2013]
rangi (2010) Steve Jobs talks about managing people [WWW] Retrieved from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f60dheI4ARg [Accessed on: 07//03/2013] Riggio, R, E (2012) Cutting-Edge Leadership. The best in current leadership research and theory, from cultivating charisma to transforming your organization [Online Article] Retrieved from: http://start.funmoods.com/results.php?f=4&q=www.psychologytoday.com%2Fblog%2Fcutti ng-edge-leadership%2F201202%2Fwhy-steve-jobs-is+-leadershipnightmare&a=ironpub&chnl=ironpub&cd=2XzuyEtN2Y1L1QzutDtDtDtD0FtDzyyE0A0Bz zzyzzyEtAtCtN0D0Tzu0StBtAzztN1L2XzutBtFtCtFtCtFtAtCtB&cr=544953546 [Accessed on: 04/03/2013] Stanford University (2005) Steve Jobs 2005 Stanford Commencement Address (with intro by President John Hennessy [WWW] Retrieved from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd_ptbiPoXM [Accessed on: 06//03/2013]
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