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
Assignment 1 Creativity and Innovation, ‘Personal Characteristic’. According to Rhode’s 4Ps personal characteristic, the most important output would be under the ‘Person’, being the person as individual will be the fundamental era and the start of every success in creating or beginning a journey that will count towards the remaining of the 4Ps in theory. For example late co-founder and CEO of Apple product Steve Job and Wozniac has inspirational drive that could not be deterred by failures or concerns, Steve’s ideas became part of global drive for the success of the company which lead to global recognition in demand arguable because how inspired to the world he is as the marketer brand of the largely well-structured company to be, so through that the process of apple became a living dream with the first launching of its first ever product like the IPod, IPhone, IPad, ITunes and IClouds. Despite the hardship behind his innovations finding for the core objective of his creative innovation, he managed to live the dream to the fullest. 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.
(2) The culture developed by the founders especially CEO Steve Jobs, could be defined as controlled dreamers, officially they thought of themselves as "Dreamers and Believers". A good example of the controlled part of that statement is best illustrated by Apple's universally acclaimed practices (3) a) Accountability - everyone is accountable for their actions. b) Hire the best - experts who can work as part of a cross-functional team c) Consistency - Simple products, intuitive and engaging d) Excellence above revenues - back the customer from beginning to end, revenue will naturally follow e) Treat employees well – loyalty is generated when the employee feels that the company cares about them. Two ways Apple attempted to accomplish this it through the Pioneering telecommuting and nap rooms. Apple’s culture went through three distinct phases, growing with Jobs, Live without jobs, and look out jobs is back.
Zappos owners wanted his company to be fun and weird, making sure to stay adventurous with an open mind. Zappos is also a company that lives by growth and setting goals, so with that comes learning. Zappos is always up on learning the new\and building honest, open relationships, having effective communication within the company and their consumers. Zappos figured out how to accomplish more by doing less by being determined and passionate about their company and remaining humble. Nick has done a successful job at making the company a fun environment to work for, making it exciting for the employees, giving them a reason to want to go to work.
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 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,
In 2007, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ranked Apple’s notebooks as the “most environmentally friendly portable computers”. In 2011, Climate Counts placed Apple in its top category of corporate climate responsibility. As a result of its massive marketing efforts, Apple has built a very loyal customer base that advocates the brand, enabling it to not only recruit customers, but also retain them. This provides a platform for Apple to introduce new products, such as the iPod, iPhone, and iPad. Besides, Apple branding is so successful that it is able to license its “Made for iPod” logo, which serves as a form of advertisement and a revenue source as it earns an estimated 5% of the retail price of such products.
Apple has continued to evolve with the changes in technology. Their innovative ideas are able to keep the global markets needs fulfilled. Even though Apples core product is their computer, they enter into new markets and out-beat their competitors. The entry into the personal media player industry then followed by smartphone and tablet market show that Apple has an evolving strategy that will keep the company strong. Their strategy has led them to become the market leader in some of these industries.
If an organization wants to succeed, they need to promote teamwork form the start. The virtual team allows the coming together of multiple skills, experiences, and decisions in a much more effective way. Although face-to face interaction is very hard when managing a virtual team, management needs to bring together every member of the team to establish to validate
Leadership Case 10 What do Mr. Cotes ideas on results and learning mean to you? I believe that results and learning are probably the most important parts of learning and leadership to rely on in business. It was neat to read that he is focused on getting results in the right ways. It is very important to set your company up for success in the future while still maintaining the results one is trying to achieve. I believe that learning somewhat comes from being enthusiastic and always willing to try new things.