Apple after Steve Jobs

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Introduction

The world in which we live today is going through rapid and frequent changes. The only thing that can be defined as constant is change. In this rapidly changing world, organizations and corporate arena is facing immense competition. In order to deal with the competition effectively it is imperative that there should be strong and influential leadership at the top of the organization. When we talk about charisma of leadership then the first name that comes to mind is of legend of innovation Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs was a person whose leadership took Apple to the pinnacle of success. After his death, the questions were being raised about the future of Apple. People were speculating their ideas about what would happen to Apple. This is indeed a question of concern. The aim and objective of this paper is also to talk about the future of Apple after the death of Steve Jobs.

Apple's Future after Steve Jobs

The following part of the paper undertakes discussion about the future of Apple's progress after the death of Steve Jobs in the light of the current situation of Apple. In the following part of the paper discussion is also done about what would be the actions of Steve Jobs in current situation if he were there.

The Lost Crunch of Innovation

Innovation guru can be another name of Steve Jobs. The market has witnessed miraculous inventions coming out of the house of Apple as a result of “out of the box thinking” of Steve Jobs and his staff. After his death there is not even a single product that came out with the name of Apple that can be regarded as innovative and creative. Launching a product is far away we did not even hear any news about any new product. All we can see is extension of the current products with certain modifications such as iPhone5 and iPad mini. Innovation was the mantra with which Jobs used to deal with the business (Anthony, 2012). From the way that he used to launch the product to the features and specificities of the product everything used to be different. The element of being different is missing from Apple now. It was Job's innovative thinking that can be described as crunch and crisp that used to provide pleasure to the customers. Now, in his absence the ingredients that used to produce the taste of crunch of innovation are absent. There is no doubt that this ingredient that is missing is the mind of Steve Jobs (Darrell, 2012). If this continues to be absent and no one else would make an attempt to add this quintessential ingredient then the success of Apple is likely to suffer and future of Apple would not be that bright. If Steve Jobs were alive he would have continue the trend of practicing innovation and creativity.

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