Steve Jobs Entrepreneur Case Study

Adraint Bereal UGS 302: First Draft Term Essay Spring 2017 Carusi The Modern-Day Alcibiades, Steve Jobs George Santayana, a notable historian, once said that history repeats itself. This is seen true to this day comparing two great leaders that have shaped societies and the way they function. Alcibiades and Steve Jobs had similar paths in which they took throughout their careers that led to their inevitable downfalls and successful endeavors.

1. Thesis “It’s Christopher Martin’s view that society should in fact provide higher education freely to all. He reviews some purported differences between higher education and other goods that are commonly held to merit free provision for all, arguing that these are only apparent differences.” (615, Martin) 2. Support for Thesis “Governments across the world are citing increased global competitiveness and a slow economy as reasons for reducing funding to higher education.”

For example, “nationwide survey conducted by UCLA titled “Your First College Year” which is data collected in 2005 and 2007 that only 16.4% of students were very satisfied with the overall quality of instructions they received and 28.2% were neutral, dissatisfied, or very dissatisfied” (Nemko 33). It has been said, that many students in their first fiscal college years are not satisfied with instructions due to lack of the teachers qualification, large classrooms and being home sick. He goes on to declare, “colleges make money whether or not a student learns, whether or not she graduates, and whether or not he finds good employment” (Nemko 33). In fact, whether the student passes or fails colleges will obtain government funding or monies, therefore the concerns are limited with the type of education a student receives. With this in mind, Nemko is trying to make undergraduates and parents aware of what universities are offering; how these so called businesses can become very expensive.

As we have progressed through this course, the reoccurring theme that tends to show up is the idea of the entrepreneurs who set the cornerstones to what the United States was going to be as well as what it stands for today. However the ways they sometimes did this are considered fraudulent today but back then were seen as a way to gain a competitive advantage over the competition. In this essay, all the of the successful business powers such as John Rockefeller, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and many others used there successful entrepreneurial skills to produce economic growth as well as to gain a competitive advantage to be the best in their industry and collect the most money. With being such powerful players in their particular industries, it

Student debt can vanquish growth of small business startups. When young college graduates attempt to start their own company, they are limited to do so because

Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple, has one of the most successful companies in the world and free enterprise is an important reason. Free enterprise is a system that provides individuals the opportunity to make their own economic decisions without restrictions from the government.  Jobs was able to use free enterprise to create new products the consumers wanted, compete with other sellers without the governments rules and start his business from the very bottom.   The free enterprise system allowed Steve Jobs to create products the people wanted.

The free enterprise system gives people with the dream of starting a business the ability to be creative and to aspire to reach their goals. One of the most influential entrepreneurs is Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs set the precedent for the free enterprise system beyond limits. Steve Jobs grew up in a poor family. He ate free meals and turned in coke bottles just to get by each day.

The Cold War, in many ways, instituted the modern university. As the great powers in the world—specifically the U.S. and the USSR—engaged in a “brain race”, there was a major emphasis on innovation for international competition.1 In order to advance in the competition, the U.S. government acknowledged the importance of a well-educated population and attracting talent to the country. This led to the establishment of numerous scholarships and funds to encourage the youth to seek higher education. Furthermore, it also aided in the diversification of American universities.

Empiric Student Property Trust, a serious contender in the UK student housing market • Overview of the student housing industry in the UK • Factors effecting the industry • Detailed analysis of the Empiric Student Property Trust The growth of student housing industry is directly correlated with the growth of student enrolments in education programmes. There are more than 160 universities in the UK, including the top names such as Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College, London School of Economics and King’s College. According to the Universities UK, an advocacy organization for universities, the nation is considered as one of the top choices by students followed by the United States for higher education. In 2015-16, 2.28 million students enrolled

Steve Wozniak once said,” Whenever smart people work, doors are unlocked.” I can relate to this, because when I work on something, I try to go through the problem and I find other ways to answer it. I think out of the box and try to go a different way of answering anything. People think try to show off my smarts, but I just want to know the easiest way to answer a problem. The people that influenced me the most to be that way is my mom and dad.

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, did the work, and give orders. Instead teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea” (Saint-Exupéry, 1948). This perfectly describes Steve Jobs. He was a leader with passion and clear vision who directed his people and got extraordinary achievements. While many believed him to be a transformational leader, others see him as a toxic leader.

Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple Inc. is the leader about whom, the current assignment will be based upon. Jobs depicted the execution of an autocratic leadership style in his initial years but changed to transformational leadership style later. Allio (2010) criticized the autocratic leadership style of Jobs for being arrogant and egoistic. It is thus analyzed from the study that the perceptions of the followers regarding the leader matters considerably for a leader to become a role model. However, Hurley-Hanson, and Giannantonio (2013) highlighted the effective persuasive leadership style of Steve Jobs through his initiative of discussing the vision and strategic plans for NeXT with his employees.

Case Study – Bill and Melinda Gates 1. What do you think Bill and Melinda Gate’s personality traits are for each of the Big Five dimensions? Compare the two. The purpose of big five is to categorize the personality traits into different dimensions which can help us to understand better how people behave to others and how react in their life.

Entrepreneurship in the Philippines is currently booming and one of the best things a person can do today is start taking action in putting up its own business or acquiring a franchise (Louren, 2017). Entrepreneurship is a state of mind. It is not identified or measured with the type of business a person is in the success of that business but rather it is the total way of life for entrepreneurs. Being an entrepreneur requires distinct personality traits such as having a risk-taking personality, need for achievement, internal focus of control, tolerance for ambiguity and having a type A behavior or striving to achieve more in less time and general competitiveness (Gilles and Mondejar, 2008). Entrepreneurship has been described as the “capacity and willingness to develop, organize and manage a business venture along with any of its risks in order to make a profit” (www.businessdictionary.com).

Globalization, eminence of human capital, access to higher education, high standards of quality research, creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship with cost and productivity efficiency have emerged the revitalization of higher education system. A recent study (Olivares and Wetzel, 2014) to analyze the universities efficiency with relevant to economies of scale and scope, it is observed that globalization and competitive environment has induced the public institutes of higher education to utilize their resources more efficiently by expanding their operations and activities to broader fields. Universities role no doubt has evolved over time. One aspect of this transformation is the social oriented perspective in which; teaching to all, education as a public good and every individual has social right to access education are foresight.