Key elements of Smart phones -First to the market-Apple was the first to the market to create a smartphone with a full touch screen as well as integrating features from there already popular iPod. -Software-They had their own operating software iOS along with their own app store where you could seamlessly download apps to your smartphone What does a competitive strength assessment reveal about Apple’s computer business, as
Running head: JOBS CHANGED THE WORLD How Steve Jobs Non-Managerial Style Changed the World This research was supported in part by the publishing’s of McGraw-Hill/Irwin, Management; A Practical Introduction / Angelo Kinicki, Arizona State University, Vanguard Press, The Steve Jobs Way: iLeadership for a new generation / Jay Elliot with William L. Simon Abstract This report explores the non-traditional managerial skills of Steve Jobs and the success of Apple Inc. from research conducted on line (Internet) and offline (Non-Internet) and how technology has changed due to free thinking individuals who broke traditional rules of conduct in the corporate world. This paper examines Steve Jobs professional life using two main off line sources and at least seven online sources in relation to non-traditional management theories. All research done in this report should be read in order to fully understand how Steve Jobs was a successful businessman and entrepreneur in technology. Table of Contents Running Head: JOBS CHANGED THE WORLD…………………………………….….Pg 1 Abstract………………………………………………………………………………………Pg 2 Review…………………………………………………………………………………….….Pg 3 Discussion……………………………………………………………………………….…..Pg 5 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………….…Pg 18 References……………………………………………………………………..…………..Pg 19 How Steve Jobs Non-Managerial Style Changed the World Review In every successful business, there are many elements that differentiate an organization from making money and in some cases, changing the world. A good example of a game changing company that has help mold the modern world would be Apple.
Contributions As a young industrialist, Michael Dell recognized that addressing and anticipating the consumer’s needs was the answer to a successful company. While attending college Dell ventured into the computer industry and brought this customer-service strategy forward as it laid the basic foundation towards the creation of a multi-billion dollar company as evidenced seven years later by becoming a Fortune 500 Company (Krames, 2003, p. 58). Unlike other computer companies, Dell continued to sharpened his focus on the consumer’s requirements instead of selling his products through computer stores, which was uncommon during this period, forced Dell’s rivals to rethink their strategy to combat Dell’s hold on the market. Interestingly enough Krames (2003) provides insight that Dell’s marketing approach towards “mass customization” (p. 49) was the result of good-natured customer service and forward thinking. Coupled with the ability to plan ahead and
The mobile phone has received much attention from social scientists as it represents the advanced technological breakthrough during the modern times and portraying the lifestyle of modern people greatly. Since it is an important electronic gadget of the modern people, sociologist Georg Simmel established a theory of how modern people being “swallowed up in the social-technological mechanism” (Simmel, G., n.d.) and showed his pessimistic attitude towards modernity. Georg Simmel (1858-1918) was born on March 1 ,1858 in a Jewish family, at the intersection of Friedrichstrasse and Leipzigerstrasse, where many social groups and social movements arise. It was a crater of modernity which shaped Simmel’s view of the world. He studied philosophy and history in the University of Berlin and graduated on Kant in 1881 with a dissertation.
Steve Jobs and the Antennagate The Creative Leader Steve Jobs, CEO and co-founder of Apple Inc., is a well-known American entrepreneur for his creative ideas, ideas that are shaping our lives. He simply takes an existing technology, re-invents it – exploring new dimensions – and the end result is a creative product establishing a new market trend. A quick look at the Mac and any standard laptop, the iPod and the Walkman/Discman, the iPhone and any smart phone, and recently the iPad; these are examples of the innovations of Steve Jobs. ‘There's an old Wayne Gretzky quote that I love. 'I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.'
Since Tesla’s early days, Musk has been out in front of TV cameras and making keynote addresses at niche technology conferences. It’s been (and still is) a brilliant branding strategy. It allows consumers to put a face to the company and develop a personal connection to the brand. Seeing and hearing Musk’s inspiring, forward-thinking ideas only reinforces this important brand dynamic. Think Apple.
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.
The topic of this essay is electronic gadgets and the impact they have had on our lives. This essay will discuss both the positive and negative aspects of this controversial topic and whether it will lead us to prosperity or devastation, success or downfall. In this country and other developed countries, technology is a part of our everyday lives. We are surrounded by machines and technological articles, but is it a curse or a blessing? Like every other scientific progression, technology has changed the world, but whether it is for the best of our planet or the worst is yet to be decided.
His Creation of Microsoft revolutionizes the computer world and made the lives of people easier (Microsoft Corporation). Bill Gates, by creating America’s dependence on computers with Microsoft serves as one the most important turning points in American History. To start with, before there was even a Microsoft, there was very little scope for personal computers and software related to computers back then (Computer changes in the 1970’s). In the beginning of the 1970’s, few people had no idea what their computer technology would lead to and only a few people probably had the vision that they would have been made into what they are now. Before Computers had any sort of Microsoft software, computers were somewhat hard and too complex for people to use.
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).