1. "It's Showtime!" is now a phrase that can adequately describe the art and personality of Steve Jobs. At one time or another, Steve Jobs was called brilliant, creative, demanding, domineering, eccentric, a predatory competitor, hard, unforgiving, or one of the best marketing minds everquite an extensive array of abilities. One of Mr. Jobs' passions was online music and digital entertainment. Just as Apple Computer revolutionized the character and style of computing, it planned to do the same in the world of music. From iPods, iLife software, iTunes for downloads, Pixar Animated movies, and Apple stores, Apple is on everyone's lips once again. The up and down swings of Apple Computer are legendary; however, through it all, Steve Jobs' vision was constant. He seemed to really be able to envision the future before it happens. With his death in 2011, some wondered whether Apple could retain its position as a design leader. One of Apple's most recent product introduction, the color iPhone5, was one test of the company's ability to succeed without its revolutionary founder and leader.

Using a search engine of your own choosing, find at least three articles about Steve Jobs that outlines his successes and failures as a corporate executive and entrepreneur. What do you think are the Dimensions of Intellectual Ability that were exemplified by Jobs? Explain your rationale. Using a search engine of the Apple website, review the latest innovations from Apple. Can Apple duplicate the success of Steve Jobs? Describe the intellectual abilities of Apple's former leader that were most instrumental in putting Apple on the map as a leader in the market. How can Steve Jobs' approach as a corporate executive be contrasted with that of Bill Gates' effect at Microsoft? How did the culture of the two organizations differ? In what ways were they similar?