MBA401: Leadership Effectiveness of Steve Jobs Presentation

This presentation analyzes the leadership of Steve Jobs, focusing on his contributions to the success of Apple. It identifies two key factors behind his success: innovation and creativity, as well as his ability to effectively manage human resources. The presentation also explores two key ways of measuring his effectiveness, such as product sales and employee retention. Furthermore, the presentation examines how Jobs' performance as a leader contributed to the organization's success, emphasizing his passion and strategic approach. The conclusion categorizes Jobs as a transactional leader. The presentation is based on the assignment brief, which requires an individual video presentation exploring effective leadership within a contemporary business environment.

Leadership in
the business
context

Introduction
• A leader is a person who has the ability to lead
others towards the achievement of some common
goals and objectives.
• A leader leads others by providing them with
necessary guidance and support.
• A leader helps in building
a common vision and
motivates others towards
the same while also
maintaining their
morale (Western 2019).

Two key factors that makes Steve
Jobs successful
The two main key factors that make Steve Jobs
successful is:
• Innovation and creativity
• His ability to get involved
with the people and
thereby manage
human resource
effectively

Innovation and creativity includes-
• A new unusual idea
• Implementation of something
new
Managing human resources
effectively includes-
• Motivating employees
• Empowerment of employees
• Setting new challenges for them so that they can
stretch themselves

Two key ways of measuring the effectiveness
of the leaders
The leaders effectiveness can be
measured through-
• The sale of products and services
innovated by them
• Through the employees retention
in the organization through
motivation

The ways in which Steve Jobs performance as a
leader has contributed to organizational success
The ways in which Steve Jobs performance led to
organization success includes-
• His passion for what he was doing
• Getting all activities done his way:
Strategy + Business

Conclusion
From the above discussion it can be concluded that
leaders are people who have the ability to get their
work done through other by sharing a vision with
them and also motivating them at the same time.
The same technique was applied by Steve Jobs who
was selected as the business leader for the purpose
of this study. From the paper it can be understood
that Steve Jobs was a transactional leader.

References
• Jensen, U.T., Andersen, L.B., Bro, L.L., Bøllingtoft,
A., Eriksen, T.L.M., Holten, A.L., Jacobsen, C.B.,
Ladenburg, J., Nielsen, P.A., Salomonsen, H.H. and
Westergård-Nielsen, N., 2019. Conceptualizing
and measuring transformational and transactional
leadership. Administration & Society, 51(1), pp.3-
33.
• Northouse, P.G., 2018. Leadership: Theory and
practice. Sage publications.
• Western, S., 2019. Leadership: A critical text.
SAGE Publications Limited.