Assignment on Leading Changes
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Added on 2020-09-17
Assignment on Leading Changes
Added on 2020-09-17
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LEADING CHANGES
EXECUTIVE SUMMARYA leader is known for bringing changes in this world by making something which thisworld has never expected. They have a vision and they are passionate about it. Their leadershipstyle may vary but their main aim is always same. Steve Jobs is considered as one of the mostpopular leaders. He did not had much knowledge about technology but he made a companywhich brought revolution in the mobile industry. There are various case studies about hisworking style and thinking which many companies are using in their organisation. Steve Jobsnever wanted to become a rich person as his main aim was to change the life of people byusing technology.
TABLE OF CONTENTSEXECUTIVE SUMMARY.............................................................................................................2INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS..................................................................................................1CONCLUSION...............................................................................................................................6REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................8APPENDIX...................................................................................................................................10
INTRODUCTIONMost of the people get confused between in between the terms i.e. leader and manager.Malcolm Gladwell wrote an article in The New Yorker website where he explained thinking andworking style of Steve Jobs, founder of Apple. There is a myth that a leader is perfect in almostevery task which they perform but according to article of Malcolm Gladwell, there were manyparts of Steve's life which makes the statement incorrect. Manager of company tries to achievethe goals which are set by top level management. People like Jobs make their own targetswhich may be aggressive or impossible to be attained by an organisation (Caulfield, 2013). Hebelieves that micro things matter a lot in order to do major inventions. This article also containssome scenarios where Bill Gates and Jobs were seen as each other’s enemy. Both were knownas the pirates of Silicon Valley. This assignment will discuss about the difference betweenmanager and a leader. Characteristics and leadership style of Steve Jobs will also become thepart of this report. Consequences of following his working style will also be explained in this file.Further, some theories and particular approaches relating to management will also get coveredin this report. DISCUSSION AND ANALYSISIn the words of Dr Coker, people claim to be futurists but in reality, they are just publicspeakers. According to him, Steve Jobs has an ability to predict the future and use it forbusiness settings. He was not an engineer but he made one of the most successful companiesof present era because of his leadership style. He firmly believes in hard work and often seenscolding his employees for making small mistakes. According to Matthew Powell, instead oftaking views from many people, Steve trusts his thinking and brain. Success or failure of hisother two companies NeXT and Pixar was dependent on his decisions (Noah and Steve, 2012).He was aggressive but he had basic qualities to become leader like patience, discipline atworkplace, etc. Jobs tries to control every small or big activity which happened in theirorganisation by own. According to a former employee of Apple, Steve developed a culture where strictaccountability of every executive was set at every level of the organisation. He also used toconduct a meeting on each Monday where work of whole week is discussed. He believed thatleader who focuses on small issues understand the working culture of company in a better way.Jobs had a special quality which is relating to finding the best person for a particular task. Heknew weak and strong areas of every person who were working in Apple. Edwin Carmull, co-founder of Pixar believed that Steve pushes his employees to work hard and better. He wrote1
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