4. Young Steven Jobs
Born on February 24th, 1955 in San
Francisco, California
Biological parents: Joanne Simpson and
possibly Abdulfattah Jandali,
Adoptive parents: Paul and Clara Jobs,
Put up for adoption a week after birth
Adoption was finalized under the condition
that Steven would attend college
5. Family
Siblings: adoptive sister: Patti Jobs (born 1958),
biological sister: Mona Simpson (born 1957)
Spouse: Laurene Powell (born 1964), married in 1991
Children: Lisa Brennan-Jobs (born 1978), with unmarried
girlfriend Chris-Ann Brennan. Reed (born 1991), Erin Siena
(born 1995) and Eve (born 1998) with wife Laurene.
6. Education
Jobs went to Reed
College in Portland
Oregon
He studied
Poetry, Literature, an
d Physics
After one
semester, Jobs
dropped out of
college.
8. Apple Inc.
8
Born on April 1st, 1976
Formerly Apple Computer, Inc., is a multinational
corporation that creates consumer
electronics, computer software, and commercial
servers.
Apple's core product lines are the iPad
, iPhone, iPod music
player, and Macintosh computer line-up.
9. The Beginnings of Apple
9 In early life spend time in India
in 1974, Jobs returned to
America
He visited with Woz the
homebrew computer club, but
was not content with just the
creation of electronics.
Jobs convinced Woz to help
him create a personal
computer, the Apple I
Jobs, with marketing help from
a friend, had the vision of
creating a computer company
10.
11. Apple
Jobs and Woz sold
the Apple I in 1976 for
$666, making over
$776,000 from sales
In 1977, the two
released the Apple
II, a single board
computer with
onboard ROM and a
color video interface.
12. The Macintosh
In 1984, Apple released the Macintosh, the first personal
computer with a graphical user interface.
Some of his employees from that time described him as an
erratic and temperamental manager.
May 24, 1985, Apple's board of directors called a board meeting
and removed Jobs from his managerial duties as head of the
Macintosh division
13. NeXT
Jobs resigned from Apple five months later and
Jobs founded NeXT Computer in 1985, with $7
million.
A year later, Jobs was running out of money, and
with no product on the horizon.
In 1996, Apple announced that it would buy NeXT
for $427 million.
14. The Second Coming of Jobs
In 1996, Apple bought
NeXT, and with it
came Steve Jobs.
In 2000, Jobs became
the full CEO of
Apple, after the
success of the
iMac, the first
computer mainly
marketed for its
looks.
15. Return to Profitability and
Innovation
Jobs continues to
innovate the computer
industry, spearheading
projects like the
iPod, iTunes and its
Music Store, and high
end computer
Under Jobs’ watch, Apple
has entered a new phase
of growth and
profitability, fueled by his
imagination and quest
for perfection
16. 16
Steve Jobs has brought Apple back from the verge of
oblivion, racking up profits and restoring Apple's
image with the innovative iMac and iBook. Apple stock
has increased more than 8 times since Jobs returned.
And he left behind a company in the best financial
shape of its 35-year history.
17. Resignation
17
In August 2011, Jobs resigned as CEO of
Apple, but remained with the company as
chairman of the company's board.
18. Honors and public recognition
18
Jobs was awarded the National Medal of Technology by
President Ronald Reagan in 1985.
On November 27, 2007, Jobs was named the most powerful
person in business by Fortune magazine
On December 21, 2011, Graphisoft company in presented the
world's first bronze statue of Steve Jobs, calling him one of the
greatest personalities of the modern age.
In January 2012, when young adults (ages 16
– 25) were asked to identify the greatest
innovator of all time, Steve Jobs placed
second behind Thomas Edison
19. Apple's Steve Jobs dead at 56
Jobs passed away October 5, 2011 after a long
battle with pancreatic cancer.
21. Components of Job's
21
leadership
While Apple had six CEOs through the period of
1977-1985, it has become evident that it lacked both
marketing and technological zeal and the CEO which the
company needed had to combine the knowledge and
vision of the future technology and marketing.
Jobs was able to restructure the company and
return it to the normal performance through the
development of new products and making them
popular among consumers.
22. Components of Job's
leadership
visionary Integrity
Passion sense of responsibility
Risk taker Humility
Innovation create opportunities for
Involvement others
Effective Recruiting talent
Communication Trust in success
23. Sources of power
Legitimate power: Gaining compliance based
23
on the power associated with holding a superior
position.
Expert power: Gaining compliance based on
the ability to dispense valued information.
Referent power: Gaining compliance based on
charisma or personal identification.
Reward power: Having the ability to grant
rewards.
Coercive power: Gaining compliance through
threats or punishment.
24. 24
Legitimate Sources of power Expertis
power e power
Reward Coercive
power power
Steve
jobs
25.
26. THE LEADERSHIP STYLE OF STEVE JOBS
26 like a transformational leader, he focuses on "
transforming " others to help each other to be
encouraging and harmonious, and to look out for the
organizations a whole.(Northouse, G.N., 2010)
In his leadership he enhances the motivation
performance of his followers group , some people
also categorize him as a charismatic leader .As a
CHARISMATIC LEADER providing computers as a tool to
change the world,(Forbes 2011)
From the time he was a kid Steve thought that his
products could change the world'. (Anonymous,
29. • The leadership Grid
• The leadership Grid on STEVE JOBS
9 (1,9) (9,9)
8 Country club Management Team Management
Concern for people
7
6
5 (5,5)
4 Middle of the road Management
3
2 Impoverished Management Authority Compliance
1 (1,1) 1976 (1,9)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Concern for production
30. 30
• In an age where leadership transparency is encouraged that stage
he installed video cameras to monitoring its engineers.
• His autocratic and egotistical style led to his early power
struggle with Apple’s board of directors and he left in 1984
31. Conclusion
31
Last of all,JOBS charisma, self-confidence and
passion for work overshadow all his negative
characteristics thus making him one of most
successful CEO’s of the decade.
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