He was awarded TIME Person of the Year (Isaacson 40). Jobs and his various accomplishments tell everyone today how successful he actually was. Having a tough childhood and being fired from Apple didn’t stop Steve Jobs from being successful. In fact, he revolutionized multiple industries in his life. Today, Steve Jobs has a huge variety of electronics on the market.
The first dimension, idealized influence is a behavior that results in employee admiration, respect, and trust in the leader. Steve Jobs remains up-front and central during whatever changes may occur. He is a leader that even in dark times when things look down he is still inspired to keep going, especially in 1996 when he became CEO of Apple again due to Apple purchasing NeXT Software. He garners respect from the success he has accomplished and does not sit back and let others do his work for him The second dimension is inspirational motivation, are things that a transformational leader will do to provide challenge to work and normal everyday tasks. Some examples of this would be demonstration of commitment to organizational
Apple products are a part of our daily lives, many people have written books, articles, given talks on the reason why apple has been very successful in business. Some have cited management ideas, apples business strategies and Steve jobs way of approaching things as some reasons of why apple has been successful, however on a closer look the following principles contribute to apple success ; first of all apple products are not created just developed because they have the best engineers who can develop the products from the best technology on the contrary the employee of the company have to like the product initially before its released to the market, this is evident because Steve jobs always used apple products, the assumption of apple is that the employees represented the ideals of the customer ,hence they have to produce something that they can live without this is in contrast to other companies whose goals are to produce the product and then test with the customer which can either lead to failure of a product or its success. Apples products are usually user friendly, consumers tend to shy away from products that are difficult to operate, the product has to be easy to learn as well as understand (Lusted,
Job’s contribution to the company is the innovation which took place in the day light of booming technology worldwide and that has made him to think outside the box in a short period of time, questioning and analyzing the outcome success and failures that hold the key of his innovation idea. Apple became a press in a matter of a short time all of that because he is a person with ideas, a person with inspiration for innovation and initiative. His mind was on track finding ways to make the product hit the market hard and not to fail, that is a true creative individual to me. Rhodes describe the term ‘Person’, which I’m using in my essay is about personality, intellect, temperament, physique, traits, habits, attitudes, self-concepts, value systems, defense mechanisms, and behavior. (Rhodes 1961, 307).
Since its inception, Apple has been the computer company to beat. Steve Jobs’ unique vision for the products he created, along with his formula for developing a remarkable competitive advantage, accounts for Apple’s success. As the company grew throughout the years, Steve Jobs and his team maintained and grew this advantage, helping the company to further differentiate itself from its competitors. Siri is a recent product offering which further enhances Apple’s competitive advantage. Apple describes Siri as “the intelligent personal assistant that helps you get things done just by asking” (Apple, 2012).
Apple and Foxconn improve their working conditions Apple is an American multinational companies, design and sales of consumer electronic products, computer software, and personal computers, Macintosh series computer in the company's best-known hardware products iPod, iPhone and iPad. Foxconn is a Taiwanese multinational electronics manufacturing company, headquartered in Tucheng, Taipei County, Taiwan. It is the world's largest manufacturer of electronic components, the largest exporter in Greater China. Foxconn has been involved in some controversy, mainly how to manage employees in China; it is the largest private employer in the world. Fair Labor Association in 2012, Apple hired to audit the working conditions at Foxconn.
According to Fortune 500, a list rating 500 best US companies, in 2012, Apple is at the seventeenth position in this list and is one of three most profitable companies (money.cnn.com). Nowadays, Apple has had nearly 15,000 employees in many countries all over the world. Since being established, Apple has always tried to “differentiate itself through elegantly simple design” (Christopher Meyer, 2012). This statement has been realized during the leadership of Steve Jobs and now new CEO of Apple, Tim Cook continues following this orientation. Consumers can easily see that the appearance of Apple products is quite simple and fit with many classes but their insides functions and characteristics are very fantastic.
Case objective: For these two cases we can focus on their main concerns: Apple 2002: The PC industry is the fastest growing in the last 20 years, as well as the most changing and challenging one. By 2002 Apple was facing weak unit sales, flat gross margins and declining share in several core markets. While Steve Jobs was implementing new strategies and new products, he was facing the question, if this changes will bring the company back to life. Apple 2005: After releasing new products and shifting strategies, that had positioned the company as the top brand and market leader, Apple was facing the challenge of keep the company in that place, and if this would be sustainable in the long term. Brief history: Apple computers Inc. was founded on 1976 by Steve jobs and Steve Wozniack.
In 1997 after acquisition of NeXT by Apple and re-appointment of Jobs as CEO for Apple, Jobs with the Think different campaign worked closely with designer Jonathan "Jony" Ive towards a line of devices that would have larger cultural ramifications: the iMac; iTunes; Apple Stores; the iPod; the iTunes Store; the I Phone; the App Store; and the I Pad. Honesty, Hard work, continuous dedication towards your work, Innovation like said by Steve Jobs, Teamwork abilities, A positive approach towards business strategies, good moral values and sincerity are key to success for any success in this universe. If we are sincere with ourselves, success is nothing to achieve in just a time. A good saying is that 'Always be able, success will follow you automatically'. Another lesson is to learn a good lesson from our mistakes and never repeat those mistakes again.
This paper will try to shed some light on the matter thru past and recent articles from analysts and insiders that has attempt to decipher Apple’s recipe for success. Apple is a computer and software manufacturer that also sells digital content as: books, music, operating systems and software applications (Apple.com, 2013, p. 1). The 2013 Fortune 500 global company list ranks Apple as #17 (Money.cnn.com, 2013). According to Badenhausen from Forbes (2013), Apple is the most valuable brand in the world, “Apple is the most valuable brand in the world for a third straight time at $104.3 billion, up 20% over last year. It is worth nearly twice as much as any other brand on the planet by our count.” (para.