You're alert to the most important things, and your nervous system blocks out the information that isn't important to you. Companies need to have that same kind of nervous system -- the ability to run smoothly and efficiently, to respond quickly to emergencies and opportunities, to quickly get valuable information to the people in the company who need it, the ability to quickly make decisions and interact with customers." (Gates, Introduction, Business at the speed of Thought)
Gates thus has developed the Microsoft philosophy, not simply as a computer technology and software system, but under an entire corporate philosophy of growth, research, and development that spurns pretension, and grabs the capitalist bull by the horns, making an effort to control all in its grasp. One reason for the ire Gates draws as a figure at the corporate 'mast,' however, might be that he embraces both corporate as well as computer…...

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Biography." Microsoft Corporate Website. Last updated December 2004. 20 Dec 2004. http://www.microsoft.com/billgates/bio.asp

Gates, Bill. "Executive email -- Security." Microsoft Official Website. March 31, 2004. 20 Dec 2004. http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/execmail/2004/03-31security.asp

Gates, Bill. "The Enduring Magic of Software," Information Week, October 18, 2004. 20 Dec 2004.  http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=49901115 

Gates, Bill. "Q&a." 2004. 20 Dec 2004. http://www.microsoft.com/billgates/speedofthought/looking/q&a.asp

If the user was a home user, most likely a suite like MS Office Home would have enough applications needed by someone who was only using the suite at home. On the other hand, MS Office for usiness would have included extra applications needed in the workplace. Integration and correlation between the different applications in the suite was an essential factor pushing forward the computer industry.
On the other hand, we wouldn't be through with describing ill Gates contribution to the development of the computer world if we didn't briefly refer to particular individual applications that changed the way things are perceived or presented. One of these was MS Powerpoint, usually part of the Microsoft Office suite. Up to that point, ideas in meetings could be presented without any background support or with the help of drawing boards. All these obviously needed more time than a simple creation of a…...

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Each of the core values of Bill Gates continue to make the attainment of this mission highly efficient. Being with optimism, Bill Gates creates a culture of goal attainment in his foundation, making the possible attainable through a combination of innovation, rigor of analytical insight and strong reliance on collaboration (Kenny, 2011). Bill Gates has learned how to orchestrate an optimistic mindset of goal attainment along with strong rigor of analysis around educational options for underprivileged regions of the world, along with a continual focus on collaboration to build a world-class foundation. Bill Gates also relies on a very strong set of transformational skills to ensure that the focus on social justice stays constantly at the center of all activity in the foundation (Stack, Ozawa, Bishai, et. al., 2011).
As Gates is very familiar with how rapidly tasks and projects can change in response to market conditions, he has also…...

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Kenny, C. (2011). The Foreign Policy Interview of Bill Gates. Foreign Policy, (190), 50-51.

Stack, M.L., Ozawa, S., Bishai, D.M., Mirelman, a., Tam, Y., Niessen, L., . . . Levine, O.S. (2011). Estimated economic benefits during the 'decade of vaccines' include treatment savings, gains in labor productivity. Health Affairs, 30(6), 1021-8.

Bill Gates
Though it seems obvious that we are living in a world which has acquired immense technology and industrialization achieved never in he history of human civilization. It is also believed that today we have more resources, skills and power over nature like never before. Thus we are more powerful, more progressed and more civilized from all the previous civilization on the face of planet. And as Bill Gates says that "the world is progressing and resources are becoming abundant" we have at our disposal technologies and resources that has changed life on the planet earth. Our new progressive world is so attractive and it is filled with so many diverse things that Bill Gates says, "I'd rather be in a grocery store today than to a king's banquet a hundred years ago." This means not only that we have achieved immense technology but also that we have now a…...

Another broad theme used in this article is the fact that technology is complicated, and it is difficult to assess whether or not a person is a great thinker using technology. The person may, truly, be an original, or he or she may just know how to adapt others' findings to the modern world and customer desires. Finally, Celernter discusses Gates' personality in terms of his contribution to society. Celernter believes that those who label Gates in a negative way are mistaken, and Gates is actually a decent person who does not expect his views to be taken as fact just because he is wealthy. He contributes his wealth to charity and does not subject his family to the Hollywood limelight. Although he is vilified because he is wealthy, Gates does not engage in any false pretenses regarding how he obtained his success. Instead, he managed to run a…...

He sets the vision and tone for many billionaires, and it is this vision and tone that helps Bill Gates to make a far greater contribution to the world than his corporate endeavors would ever allow.
Bill Gates has donated billions to charity, and in this he is showing ethical leadership. His approach to leadership emphasizes the ability of a fortunate few to deliver the greatest good for the greatest number. Gates has long been a proponent, for example, of using his wealth to help those less fortunate. More importantly, his approach has encouraged other leaders to rethink their own strategies with respect to charitable giving,

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Guth, R. (2008) Bill Gates issues call for kinder capitalism. all Street Journal. Retrieved November 23, 2012 from http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120113473219511791.html

Driver, J. (2009) the history of utilitarianism. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved November 23, 2012 from http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/utilitarianism-history/

Collins, J. (2005) Level 5 leadership: the triumph of humility…...

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Guth, R. (2008) Bill Gates issues call for kinder capitalism. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved November 23, 2012 from  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120113473219511791.html 

Driver, J. (2009) the history of utilitarianism. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved November 23, 2012 from  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/utilitarianism-history/ 

Collins, J. (2005) Level 5 leadership: the triumph of humility and fierce resolve. Harvard Business Review. Retrieved November 23, 2012 from  http://hbr.org/2005/07/level-5-leadership-the-triumph-of-humility-and-fierce-resolve/ar/1 

Darling, J.R., Keeffe, M.J., & Ross, J.K. (2007). Entrepreneurial Leadership Strategies and Values: Keys to Operational Excellence. Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 20(1), 41-54.

Leadership and Organizations: Bill Gates and Steve Jobs
The theories of leadership date way back to when dynasties existed and people were led by kings. The leader took control and made decisions whenever disputes arose. The question of leadership qualities may not have been all that important then, but people still considered some to be better leaders than others. It would be prudent to begin by giving the fundamentals of the terms that are most crucial to this discussion; leadership and management. The two are commonly used synonymously, but they indeed are different. Although all leaders are managers, not all managers are leaders. The end of management marks the beginning of leadership, because whereas management is "concerned with stability and the best way to get the job done," leadership places more emphasis on change and innovation (Lussier and Achua, 2009, p.17). This text explores the theories and the differences and similarities…...

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Jackson, J. And Bosse-Smith, L., 2011. Leveraging Your Leadership Style. Nashville, Tennessee: Abingdon Press.

Lussier, R.N. And Achua, C.F., 2009. Leadership: Theory, Application and Skill Development. 4th ed. Mason, OH: Cengage Learning.

Lussier, R.N., n.d. Leadership: Theory, Application and Skill Development. 5th ed. Mason, OH: Cengage Learning.

Lussier, R.N., 2011. Management Fundamentals: Concept, Application, Skill Development. 5th ed. Mason, OH: Cengage Learning.

It is clear that the authors have an axe to grind -- Edstrom is the daughter of a once-prominent Microsoft executive, Pen was booted from Microsoft after his work on a project proved unsuccessful. But perhaps the main reason the book seems like 'scorekeeping' is that the first and primary 'lesson' to be learned from the book, according to the authors is the seeming virtue of luck. Over and over, it is stressed that Gates was not necessarily the only person to come up with the ideas behind modern personal computing, even while they grant he was often technologically insightful. Market circumstances more than managing genius favored his company. Microsoft triumphed, but this was not necessarily by design. Microsoft is an intensely factional company, and often only after certain key power-players within the firm were able to advocate for the importance of the Internet was Microsoft able to gain a…...

Proposing a New Inductee to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans: William “Bill” Henry Gates III The purpose of this paper is to develop a relevant definition of what it means to be a “great American” today, and to demonstrate what it takes to satisfy these definitional criteria. In the information technology field, one name stands above the rest in personifying the types of enduring contributions to the nation that make an individual a “great American.” Indeed, William “Bill” Henry Gates III is an exemplary model of a highly successful modern business leader, entrepreneur and philanthropist. In support of this nomination, an informative summary of Gates’ life and description of his contributions to the nation are followed by a summary of the biographical research and important findings concerning nominating Gates for the Hall of Fame for Great Americans in the conclusion.
Review and Discussion
Established in 1900 to honor the best of…...

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“About the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.” Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 2018.

“Bill Gates biography.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 15 Mar. 2018, www.biography.com/people/bill-gates-9307520.

“Bill Gates Biography: Success Story of Microsoft Co-Founder.” Astrum People, 2018, astrumpeople.com/bill-gates-biography/.

Cumberland, Sarah. “Awareness to Action: Regina Rabinovich Manages a Portfolio of More Than US$ 1 Billion of Grants in Infectious Disease Work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She Talks with Sarah Cumberland about the Challenges and Successes of Working in Global Health.” Bulletin of the World Health Organization, vol. 89, no. 6 (June 2011), pp. 400-403.

Dolnick, Sam. “A Hall of Fame, Forgotten and Forlorn.” The New York Times, 2009, https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/05/nyregion/05metjournal.html

Wendell, Bryan. (2018) “What percentage of Boy Scouts become Eagle Scouts?” Bryan on Scouting. https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2015/03/30/what-percentage-of-boy-scouts-become-eagle-scouts/.

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Leader in the Business World
Leadership style

Bill Gates' leadership style is purely autocratic or sometimes called authoritarian (Thielen, 2000). This kind of a leader makes most or all of the organizational decisions without the input or involvement of the employees. As an autocratic leader, control is the cornerstone of Gates' nature and his management practice. He is obsessed with detail, and this is illustrated in how he used to sign expenses for his personal assistant, Steve Ballmer. Following his leadership approach, Gates has tried to monopolize the global software industry, which eventually landed him into a legal web with the Justice Department. Bill Gates restricted the ability of his internal partners to deal with competitors. This is because he dislikes complaints. He has a tendency of informing his subordinates what they must do, how they should do it and when they must complete. He naturally ignored suggestions and opinions forwarded by…...

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Fridson, M. S. (2000). How To Be A Billionaire: Proven Strategies from the Titans Of Wealth. New York: Wiley.

Koontz, H., & Weihrich, H. (2010). Essentials of Management. New Delhi [U.A.: McGraw-Hill.

Thielen, D. (2000). The 12 Simple Secrets of Microsoft Management: How To Think and Act Like A Microsoft Manager And Take Your Company to the Top. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Azim Premji
Azim Hasham Premji was born in July, 1945, in Karachi, India.

In 1966, as he was a 21-year-old engineering student at Stanford University in California, when he learned that his father had passed away in India; he went back to India to attend his father's funeral (his father died at the age of 51) and discovered that his father had picked him to run the company (Ivaravl, 2010).

Some biographies say he abandoned his Stanford education to jump start his father's company, others say he graduated; for example, Gale Biography in Context (2012) claims he got a "bachelor's degree in arts and science"; The Gale Biography in Context (2003) reports that he interrupted his engineering studies "midway through his degree at Stanford" when his father died. Michigan State University (which invited him to speak to the graduating class in 2014), claims he is "a graduate in electrical engineering" from Stanford (States…...

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Gale Biography in Context (2003). Azim Hasham Premji. Retrieved July 24, 2014, from Detroit: Gale, 2003.

Gale Biography in Context. (2012). Azim Premji. Retrieved July 24, 2014. Detroit: Gale,

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Gee, Marcus (2008). Leave it to Premji. Globe & Mail. Biography in Context.

Bill Gates: An Ethical leader Background
Ranking among the richest men in the world, Bill Gates has unsurprisingly been a widely debated-upon personality. His business and leadership practices have been considered as innovative but ruthless. The term ‘innovative’ is used to define a person who introduces novel, creative and original ideas, whereas a ‘ruthless’ person is one without empathy or pity for other people (Merriam-Webster, 2018).
Bill Gates is regarded as one among the most highly influential twentieth-century computer magnates, founding Microsoft which created the most widely-utilized PC OS (operating system) besides a broad range of popular organizational software. At present, he heads the largest charitable organization across the globe – the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Americans That Matter, n.d). Thirty years as the leader of Microsoft gave Gates the reputation of one among the globe’s most ruthless capitalist leaders. However, ever since his focus shifted to charitable works, he has begun…...

Leadership style sued by Bill Gates Having left his classroom studies at high school level, Bill Gates went on to form and lead one of the most successful computer manufacturing business of all times at the global level, the Microsoft. This would not be possible without vision, focus, passion and above all good leadership style that Gates exhibits among his employees. Bill gates has been known to display a mix of three major leadership styles, the autocratic style of leadership, participatory leadership and laissez faire leadership style.
Bill gates is known to be a leader who makes decisions on critical matters with little consultation or with very little consultation among the top leadership, the autocratic leadership style. This has been leadership style that comes out due to his character traits of being intelligent, skillful, determined and a person of high integrity. He known to be less social especially at the work environment…...

Gates Foundation
India is a developing country. However, given its large population, there has been increasing risk of HIV epidemic in the country. Although the size of adult population affected through HIV is relatively low, but the rate of the infection is spreading rapidly across the country. Despite the increasing economic level of the common people, a large part of the country in the remote areas still lacks access to the HIV prevention information and related preventive measures. The biggest challenge that India is facing is that its most of the high-risk population is often dispersed in several local areas and majority of these people are mobile, i.e., truck-drivers. The final problem is that in India, HIV is considered as a stigma. Therefore, instead of making HIV information openly discussed, the patients often keep it hidden, allowing its spread unchecked.

eeing the large population of India, the total annual fund to fight…...

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Seeing the large population of India, the total annual fund to fight HIV / AIDS is only $146 million, while a fully funded prevention and care program requires about $1 billion a year.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has made a contribution in this regard by committing $200 million to prevent the spread of HIV in India, through Avahan. The main aim of Avahan's prevention programs is to educate those, who are most at risk of contracting and spreading HIV. Avahan is expanding access to proven HIV prevention programs by educating people on the behavior change and condom promotion programs to reduce HIV transmission among high-risk behavior groups, such as sex workers, truckers and injection drug users. Second, Avahan is empowering these high-risk groups to participate in and lead HIV prevention efforts, and finally Avahan is making efforts in treatment of sexually transmitted infections, which are likley to increase the risk of HIV transmission. In addition the program is also making efforts for information access, research collaboration, and impact measurement of the treatment efforts.

Taken from:  http://www.gatesfoundation.org/GlobalHealth/HIVAIDSTB/HIVAIDS/IndiaAIDSInitiative/default.htm

JOB: Case analysis
Problem Identification:

Malaria is a killer in many parts of the world and it specifically affects a large population of young children around the globe. I need to write a report that would inform the public about the threat that malaria poses to lives and health of millions of people who due to lack of better health facilities and treatment are dying unnecessarily. These lives could have been protected had better services been available to these people. Bill Gates foundation has undertaken the task of reaching out to this underprivileged population globally. I need to write a report which can be downloaded from the website but before they do so, I need them to know about the significance of the report so the people wouldn't download it without knowing what it contains.

Since people from various walks of life visit the Bill Gates foundation website, I am not sure…...

1. The impact of Steve Jobs on technology and innovation
2. The leadership style of Steve Jobs and its effectiveness
3. Steve Jobs' role in the rise of Apple Inc.
4. The marketing strategies employed by Steve Jobs at Apple
5. Steve Jobs as a visionary and his predictions for the future of technology
6. Steve Jobs' personal and professional struggles
7. The legacy of Steve Jobs and his lasting influence on the tech industry
8. The relationship between Steve Jobs and his co-founder, Steve Wozniak
9. Steve Jobs' management style and its impact on Apple's success
10. The public....