Synthesis Essay
Synthesis Essay Steve Jobs
MSgt Paul A. Barentine
Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy
Steve Jobs
Can you imagine a world without Buzz Lightyear, Nemo, or Lightning McQueen? They may never have come to life without Steve Jobs. His vision led to the creation of the iPhone, iPod, and iPad. Could you imagine the same man who was so visionary was also unethical? He was a man who belittled his employees. He treated them with disrespect and had little tolerance for intellectual empathy. He relied on emotive content and bully tactics to achieve results. Steve Jobs was a Visionary Leader and an Unethical Leader. This claim will be expanded by exploring how Jobs took Apple from the brink of failing to one of the...show more content...Unfortunately, his persistence in his pursuit of the Macintosh eventually led to him being fired from the very company he founded.
In 1983, Apple was worth eight dollars a share. When Jobs was fired from Apple, the company s value dropped to under two dollars per share (Elmer DeWitt, 2012). Jobs didn t let being fired from Apple slow him down. As described in the student guide, Team Dynamics lesson, Jobs was a Creator (BCEE, 2016b). He believed in the possibilities of technology. As a Creator, he wasn t afraid of boundaries. He went on to create Pixar Entertainment. Pixar become respected by creating films like Toy Story and Finding Nemo. While Jobs was focused on creating his next success, his former company was dwindling. In 1996, Apple realized they needed Jobs back. The company was at the brink of shutting down. Why would a company want back the very person they tossed aside? According to Tim Cook, the current CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs had the courage to admit he was wrong, and to change . Cook also asserted Jobs wasn t beholden to anything except a set of core values (Schlender, 2015) which ultimately drove his success. His values and vision were needed to save Apple.
Upon his return to Apple, Jobs reversed the company s course and returned its vision back to where he originally saw it in 1985. He scrapped all unnecessary projects and set his focus on the iMac and iPod. These products were what
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