MGT 325 SEU Smart or Crazy What Steve Jobs Management of Technology Questions The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocat

MGT 325 SEU Smart or Crazy What Steve Jobs Management of Technology Questions The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.Late submission will NOT be accepted.Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions. All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted. College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
MGT325: Management of Technology
Assignment 2
Course Name: Management of Technology
Student’s Name:
Course Code: MGT-325
Student’s ID Number:
Semester: II
CRN:
Academic Year: 1440/1441 H
For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name:
Students’ Grade: Marks Obtained/Out of
Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low
Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
• The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated
folder.
• Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
• Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be
reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
• Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
• Late submission will NOT be accepted.
• Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or
other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
• All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font.
No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
• Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Course Learning Outcomes-Covered
➢ Employ the skills for managing peoples and other complex issues in technology
based organizations. (Lo 2.5)
➢ Ability to collect and synthesize data, facts and figures to evaluate risk for new
product development and use of information technology as a tactical resource
( Lo 2.6 , 2.7 & 2.8 )
Assignment
Marks: 10
Abstract from ‘Smart or Crazy? What Steve Jobs Did with the First iPod
Prototype’ by Henry Jay, 2 March, 2016.
“Steve Jobs announced the first iPod as a Mac-compactible product with 5GB hard drive that put
1,000 songs in your pocket. But before the event, something happened behind closed doors between
Steve Jobs and Apple’s Engineers who produced the iPod.
When engineers working on the very first iPod completed the prototype, they presented their work to
Steve Jobs for his approval. Jobs played with the device, scrutinized it, weighed it in his hands, and
promptly rejected it. It was too big.
The engineers explained that they had to reinvent inventing to create the iPod and that it was simply
impossible to make it any smaller. Jobs was quiet for a moment. Finally, he stood, walked over to an
aquarium, and dropped the iPod in the tank. After it touched bottom, bubbles floated to the top.
“Those are air bubbles,” he snapped. “That means there’s space in there. Make it smaller.”
And that was how the tiny size of the first versions of iPod came into existence. All thanks to the
Genius Steve Jobs.”
https://medium.com/@wealthy_brains/smart-or-crazy-what-steve-jobs-did-with-the-first-ipodprototype-3f8e7233cf14
Questions:
On the basis of the given abstract, your research, knowledge and experience answer the following in
the Question and Answer format with minimum of 250 words.
Question 1- Assess the role Steve Jobs played as a leader in management and innovation of
technology as he walked the engineers of Apple Inc. through the ‘challenges of technical team work’
while developing IPod. (2.5 Marks)
Question 2- Measure the innovative performance in the development of IPod with the help of
variables such as- Response Time, New Product or Service and Quality etc. (Use a minimum of 5
variables) (5 Marks)
Questions 3- Place yourself in the boots of Steve Jobs and shed light on what steps you would have
taken in leading the technological teams along with managing R&D and innovation during the
development of IPod. (2.5 Marks)
NOTE: It is mandatory for the students to mention their references and sources.

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