Charismatic Leader

A case study of Nokia Corporation leading to the acquisition by Microsoft The significance of Nokia case study to leadership shows how a giant technology communication that permeated today’s organizational systems can easily be acquired by Microsoft for $7.2 billion US dollars (Versace, 2013; Swisher, 2013). In this analysis, did Nokia Corporation deviate from its core competences in terms of technology? Did pedagogical historical data that catapulted Nokia from local to national, international, then into a saturated global wireless communication giant, now unable to reinvent itself? Despite Nokia’s promenade of innovative technologies, why was Technological Situational Happenstances (T.S.H.) not applied to then organization? These myriads of questions will be analyzed, explored and synthesized. To start, understanding the historical background of Nokia in a global continuous changing environment of technology is necessary for learners. Nokia was a multinational corporation in the late 21st century headquartered in Finland. Nokia was structured into three main business segments. Markedly, the segments included (a) Nokia Mobile Phones, (b) Nokia Networks, and (c) Nokia Ventures Organization. Mobile Phone segment included the development, manufacture, and supply of wireless data products and mobile phones. Globally, Nokia segments’ services wide range of mobile phones for the arcade analog systems to digital standards and to Jigsaw. Most recent advanced research was on Jigsaw emulated pattern-recognition algorithms that can identify wide range of behaviors and logs detailed than past similar applications (Hong, 2010).

More than 1.2 billion, over 5% of the world population uses Nokia’s device from mobile phones to advanced smartphones and high-performance mobile computers (Aluya, 2013; Versace, 2013). Nokia integrates its devices with innovative services through Ovi, which includes music, maps, apps, email and more. Nokia's NAVTEQ is a leader in comprehensive...