Recruitment and Selection Practice of NOKIA Executive summary: For this project‚ we have chosen the company NOKIA. Nokia is a mobile telecommunications company‚ and offers far more than just mobile phones for everyday use. Nokia is a global leader in mobile communications whose products have become an integral part of the lives of people around the world. Every day‚ more than 1.3 billion people use their Nokia to capture and share experiences‚ access information
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resources practices in place makes this an easier task to accomplish. Human resources practices that are legally and ethically sound will produce greater results in business than attempting to manage employees in a haphazard fashion. The best human resources practices create the most effective and efficient method of achieving any objective or task for a business. When aligned with the company mission statement and goals‚ human resources practices can
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Michael Porter in his article “The-competitive-advantage-of-nations-(1990)” discusses how a firm or a region can build competitive advantage and strategy. Porter argues that Competitive advantage is often not an outcome of favorable factor and macro-economic conditions as classical economists insists. A nation’s competitiveness depends on the ability of its industries to innovate. Porter introduces the concept of “the diamond of national advantage” - a system that some nations establish for its industries
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| History 1865 to 1967 | | | Fredrik Idestam‚ co-founder of Nokia. | | Statesman Leo Mechelin‚ co-founder of Nokia. | The predecessors of the modern Nokia were the Nokia Company (Nokia Aktiebolag)‚ Finnish Rubber Works Ltd (Suomen Gummitehdas Oy) and Finnish Cable Works Ltd (Suomen Kaapelitehdas Oy).[13] Nokia’s history started in 1865 when mining engineer Fredrik Idestam established a groundwood pulp mill on the banks of the Tammerkoski rapids in the town of Tampere‚ in southwestern
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MG4027 Meadhbh Teegan Long 102088584 Word count: 2048 How Social Networking is changing HR practices. It is fairly safe to say that the internet has changed the way we operate our personal and business lives. The more current issue is that social media has changed the way we organise our social and professional calendars and the way in which we correspond with others‚ both business and non-business. The continuing growth of social networks such as MySpace‚ LinkedIn‚ Facebook etc
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Nokia Smartphone Strategy Nokia is a world renowned telecommunications corporation that connects over 1.3 billion people. Nokia’s mission is simple: Connecting People. Their goal is to build great mobile products that enable billions of people worldwide to enjoy more of what life has to offer. The company started out producing wood pulp and paper‚ the most influential communication technology in history‚ in Finland in 1865. By the 1960’s Nokia is a booming business with large production of rubber
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es NOKIA WEAKNESS The state or quality of being weak is the definition of weakness and therefore any organization‚ company and even people do have weakness. Therefore Nokia as a company does have it own weakness and the weaknesses are as follows. - Nokia fired a number of R&D employees in order to cut costs as of just weeks ago (Pepin G. 2009). As of that it will probably have effect on short run margin or long run margin. - Some of the products are not user friendly; if the customers face
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people.” Competitive Advantage Gitman and McDaniel (2009:225)‚ defines competitive advantage as the factor that causes customers to patronize the firm and not the competition. Moore‚ K (December‚ 2010)‚ sums up the importance of Human Resources (HR)‚ when he states: “Human beings‚ not machines or processes create competitive advantage.” Attracting Knowledge as a competitive advantage Wilton‚ N (2011:75) states‚ that sustained competitive advantage stems from both tacit and explicit knowledge
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Nokia is a well known brand in the world of mobile communication and it is the world leader in the industry because of its history‚ name‚ reliability and unique products and provision of protected solutions. It is one of the most well-known companies and it has offices all over the world. The main product of Nokia is mobile phones and it also deals in household items. Nokia recognizes its corporate responsibility and states that “in all parts of business it makes corporate responsibility a part of
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Introduction Nokia was founded in 1865‚ is headquartered in Finland‚ mainly engaged in the production of mobile communication products multinational‚ is the world’s third largest mobile phone manufacturer. February 2011‚ Nokia and Microsoft entered into a strategic alliance and the depth of cooperation. Over the past few years‚ Nokia shares have gradually from London‚ Frankfurt‚ Paris and Stockholm stock market delisting. February 9‚ 2012‚ due to poor management‚ Nokia announced layoffs in three
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