Diversity

Running head: DIVERSITY ISSUE 1

TOPIC SELECTION 4

Nokia Corporation has been known for a long time as one of the largest manufacturers of mobile phones as well as offering various services to the consumers in many countries. The company has initially consisted of four major subdivisions which include the Networks, Enterprise Solutions, Mobile Phones, and Networks. Each of the segments of the company plays different roles from one another. Nokia is a company from Finland that was founded in the year 1865 as an information communication and technology company. The company has its headquarters in Espoo, Uusimaa and by 2014, it had employed sixty-one thousand, six hundred and fifty-six people. The company has been ranked position two hundred and seventy-four globally of the largest companies in the world based on the revenues in 2013 by Fortune Global 500. The company has currently concentrated in the large scale production of the telecommunication infrastructures. Additionally, the company has been on the forefront in the matters related to the development of the technology and the means of licensing them. Further, the company is also a major provider of the mobile telephony. In fact, the company had dominated this field in the past decade making it the largest supplier of the mobile phones in the world and the one that dominated the market for the longest time in history. The company has also partnered with the Microsoft Corporation for the production of the Windows Phone (Brown, 2010).

One of the diversity issues that has been affecting the company is related to employees of the Nokia Corporation are most from Finland and Europe while the employees of the Microsoft most are from the US. As a result, the interaction between the two cultures has not been easy, and it has taken some time for them to get along well. These employees have for previous years been subjected to different working conditions as well as leadership. The merger between the two companies has also contributed to the changes in the management and leadership as well as learning and adapting to a new organizational culture. The changes and learning to work together is a problem because various issues have to be addressed before it is late.

The issue of communication from within the organization is a vital issue that might have impacts on the performance and the productivity of the organization. Communication is the one that strengthens the relationship between the employees of the individual companies that have merged. Additionally, communication will assist the organization in enlightening the employees concerning the chain of command that is supposed to be used. Communication will help the management in the delegation of roles to various individuals in the organization that now consists of combination of people from both companies. Communication might also affect the performance of the organization in a negative manner because the management will not be capable of receiving feedback from the employees based on the fact that the communication channel or protocol is not functional (Powell, 2011).

Some of the ramifications that are likely to be experienced when the issue is not fully addressed are the reduction in productivity as a result of the lack of motivation from within the organization. The lack of communication might also contribute to the reduction in the overall performance of the individual employees. The reduction in the performance apart from communication might result from the lack of motivation by the employees. The lack of feedback might also be another factor resulting from the lack of communication. Feedback assists the management in coming up with strategies for increasing productivity and fostering teamwork from within the organization. Finally, the organization might experience a lot of resistance from group of employees as a result of lack of communication.

References

Brown, S. L. (2010). Diversity in the workplace: A study of gender, race, age, and salary leveL. Minneapolis: Capella University.

Powell, G. N. (2011). Managing a diverse workforce: Learning activities. Thousand Oaks, Calif: SAGE.