Apple Inc.'s Operational Excellence: Steve Jobs' Leadership Strategies

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Personal Leadership
Profile

 Slide 3 – Introduction
 Slide 4 – Overview
 Slide 5 – An introduction to the key operations of the
organisation they transformed
 Slide 6 – Internal and external operation management
environments created an atmosphere that allowed for
that particular individual and his respective leadership
style to flourish
 Slide 7 – To successfully meet business objectives, using
appropriate management and leadership approaches
 Slide 8 – Different factors affect the business environment
and wider community.
 Slide 9 – Conclusion
 Slide 10 - Recommendations
 Slide 11 – Reference List
 Slide 12 – Thank you
Table of Contents

 In this presentation Steve Jobs has been
chosen to represent the role of as
organizational leader. Here multiple aspects
of Steve Jobs will be detailed. Steve Jobs’
leadership style, his management approach,
and other apps which will be detailed
Introduction

 Steve Jobs founded Apple in 1976 and
within a few years, it floats in the stock
market making him a multi millionaire.
 Some of Steve Jobs career highlights as
follows:
 Innovated and created the first Macintosh
computer in 1984 for non-commercial
purposes.
 He built the company next which was an
animation studio
Overview

 There are several key approaches two
operations, which leaders and managers have.
These approaches include sigma six principles, just
in time inventory management, continuous
improvement and others.

 The following are the ways in which Steve Jobs
played an integral part and transforming the
operations of Apple:
 Steve helped in the designing process of Apple
products so that they would have a minimalistic
design.
An introduction to the key
operations of the organisation
they transformed

 There are two types of operation management
environment internal and external. Internal
operation management environment includes
apples objectives, their finances, human resource
needs, and marketing issues.
 External operation management environment
includes economic pressure, legal changes,
technology advancements and the competition.
 During the 1980 and 1990s, technology was still in
its infancy and there were very few competitors in
the market in terms of electronic products.
Internal and external operation management
environments created an atmosphere that
allowed for that particular individual and his
respective leadership style to flourish

 From the starting point of Apple until now,
there are two objectives of the organisation:
 Providing quality electronic products to the
consumer
 Attaining higher amount of profit in the IT
industry
 There are many operational functions through
was Steve Jobs increased the efficiency
within Apple to meet these organisational
objectives.
To successfully meet business objectives,
using appropriate management and
leadership approaches

 The different factors, which helped Steve
affect the business environment as well as
the wider community, are as follows:
 Corporate social responsibility - While in
the reign of Steve, the CSR activities of Apple
was limited. Some believed he donated to
charities anonymously. This helped the
organisation build its brand image in the
minds of the consumer.

Different factors affect the business
environment and wider community.

 In the above presentation, an overview of
Steve Jobs has been provided along with the
key operational aspects in which he
transformed Apple. Other aspects such as
his leadership style and the way in which he
achieved efficiency through appropriate
management techniques to attend objective
has been detailed.
Conclusion

 Some recommendations, which can be
made for Apple in terms of future benefits,
are:
 Higher level of corporate social
responsibility activities, which should be
taken up by apple since it, has high profits.
Recommendations

 Northouse, P.G., 2018. Leadership: Theory
and practice. Sage publications.
 Schwartz, M.S., 2017. Corporate social
responsibility. Routledge.
 Tschannen-Moran, M., 2014. Trust matters:
Leadership for successful schools. John
Wiley & Sons.
 Dewey, J., 2016. Ethics. Read Books Ltd.
Reference List