Steve Jobs Case Study Wac

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| Case Study Steve Jobs – The Silicon Valley Pioneer | ENTREPRENUERSHIP | | | | | Submitted by: Muhammad Ali Gulraiz 10344 Muhammad Noman Khan 10318 Zubair Asghar Warraich 10346 Adil Umer 10364 Superior University, Lahore | Usman Malik 10353 Submitted to: Sir Waqas Khan Lodhi Introduction In order to understand the leadership style of Steve Jobs and the core ideas and steps which lead his Apple company to this success through the period while he has been and stays its CEO, it will be appropriate to start the discussion with one of Job's quotations, which may discard the light on his leadership characteristics and define the direction in which the discussion will go 'Innovation distinguishes between the leader and the follower' (Deutschman, 2001) This quotation is the key to the leadership style of Steve Jobs; he has made innovations accessible to the customers so that they keep opening their wallets. Somebody may become surprised to know that Jobs has not graduated any college (hestarted his education but never finished it), devoting all his lifetime to new technologies and innovations in this sphere. Thus, it appears that leadership is the feature which is natural, and not acquired? Probably this right, however, Jobs also proves that being a leader is a complex of various aspects and visions. The fact that he founded his Apple computer in 1976 and by the year 2005 the company already had around 15,000 employers is the evidence of the successful leadership features which Jobs was able to use in his career making both him and his company successful. Steve jobs characteristics A charismatic leader: Known as the ‘Wonder kid’ of the Silicon Valley, Steve was known for pulling off seemingly impossible achievement. He was one of the few entrepreneurs who were reported to

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