Steve Jobs’ Commencement Speech at Stanford University in 2005 is considered an extremely effective speech because of his use of rhetorical devices. Steve Jobs uses his background and upbringing to play upon his rhetorical approach. During his speech to the new graduates, he tells several life stories of love, loss, discovery, death, and adversity to encourage them as they continue on in their lives. He encourages them to pursue their dreams, and do what makes them happy, even if what makes you…
There are many examples of Americans, but the most who show it is Walt Disney, Steve Jobs, and Oprah Winfrey. Walt Disney and Steve Jobs influences people in the entertainment, by helping people feel better and make their dreams come true. Oprah Winfrey is in the entertainment too, but she also likes to help people around the world. Disney and Jobs show that people can’t give up on their dreams when it gets hard. Winfrey shows people that only one person needs to step up and help others change…
TOPIC 1.1 - INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND OF APPLE SMARTPHONE I-PHONE 6 Steve Jobs was born 24th February 1955, and passing away on 5th October, 2011. Steve Jobs was Chairman, co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc. Steve Jobs impact for technology, entertainment, advertisement and pop cultures was vast, he leaves behind an empire that changed the way we all live and work. It started with three men – Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Mike Markkula – together in the late 1970’s designed and marketed the…
researches, the founder of the Apple company Steve Jobs had been listed as one of the successful icon as a leader. Jobs being ousted in the year of 1985 and returned as a legendary captain in the year 1996 by leading the company to a great achievement from bankruptcy in the industry (Lazonick, Mazzucato, & Tulum, 2013). Steve Jobs had been known as an abrasive and egoistic person with the autocratic and arrogant of management style (Allio, 2012). Jobs was fostered a culture of everyone sharing…
thing in filing a lawsuit against Steve Jobs Computer Company. Job’s company did not ask for permission of the use apple logo and when the second lawsuit came to be they did not abide by the conditions.…
Steve Jobs once said, “People with passion can change the world for the better, he said, life it too short for living someone else’s dream and if you haven’t found your passion, keep looking, don’t settle (Forbes 2011). Steve Jobs did not just speak or present facts when communicating to his following, he actually informed, educated, inspired and entertained millions. Steve Jobs lived by 7 principles that are believed to have led to his success. Those principles according to Forbes (2011), were:…
In the commencement speech, Jobs used a narrative pattern with an introduction, three stories, and an end. In a short, succinct opening, Jobs set the stage for his talk, grabbed the audience’s attention and used self-deprecating humor by telling them he had never been to a graduation ceremony before. By starting with humor, he gave the audience a break from the more serious topic about life and their future and kept the audience enthusiastic for what he said next. The text of his speech told a…
Another difference between the leadership of Steve Jobs and Time Cook is the, charismatic leadership of Steve Jobs, which Time Cook only has the mentality of a manager not a leader. Lastly, the difference between the leadership of Steve Jobs and Time Cook is that, Steve Jobs was controlling and Time Cook is not, Tim Cook is more layback. One great example of Steve Jobs highly demanding and influential leadership was when Apple’s MobileMe service launched…
Steve Jobs was born February 24, 1955 and died October 5, 2011. Steve was born to two college students and was put up for adoption. He was then adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs. It was Paul who had first encouraged Steve to experiment with electronics. He attended a school in California and later went to Reed College in Portland, Oregon. During his school years he had great test results and qa lot of potential. Although all of the above is true, his teachers said he was not an easy student to…
person of the 20th century. However, out of all those intellectual people, Steve Jobs is the most prominent nominee for the 20th century. Steve Jobs was the co-founder of Apple Computers along with his high school friend, Steve Wozniak. By investing in Pixar, creating the successful iPhone, and being able to contribute to the development of modern/future technology, Steve Jobs is without a doubt the best nominee. As Steve Jobs worked for Apple, there came a time where he was blamed for Apple’s…