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A Case in Contrast: SteveJos/Apple
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You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. -Steve Jobs
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1976, invested to proceed to produce a computer circuit board
1976, invested to proceed to produce a computer circuit board , the new business was incorporated as Apple Computer , company sales were almost $2 billion.
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Steve Jobs saw his role as leader of the development effort to create new computers with many different project teams.
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Mac 128k, 1985. (product was considered revolutionary)
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Apple Computer Team
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Apple had a god strategy, yet Jobs management style caused many problems.
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-Failed to establish a clear vision for employees to follow -Played favorites among various employees and teams.
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“Lisa” was Jobs personel project and played favorites against the “Macintosh” team.
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There was -fierce competition -misunderstandings -distrust among members of competing teams
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Jobs was Apple’s chairman John Sculley was Apple’s CEO Who was leading the company?
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-Resources were being used inefficiently -Little attention paid to evaluating the performance of the project teams -No budget in control for R&D spending.
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RESULT? -Costs started to soar -Profits fell -Whole organization began to disintegrate
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Apple’s board of directors asked Jobs to leave…
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New ventures: 1. founded NEXT – a powerful new computer
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New Ventures: 2. founded PIXAR-computer animation company
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Meanwhile in the market were giants(1996): HP Sun Microsystems IBM
It was hard to compete….
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Apple buys NEXT for $400 million & use NEXT’s operating system for Apples new generation of computers
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Jobs came back to Apple in 1997
Jobs came back to Apple in The company was losing a lot of money but he changed all that.
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New product launches followed one after another….
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