Nokia Care Management

NOKIA CARE.............................................................................................................1

MANAGEMENT structure &roles.............................................................................2

PRINCIPLES of management.....................................................................................5

SWOT ANALYSIS.......................................................................................................8

Organizational culturE............................................................................................10

social responsibility................................................................................................14

Greening of nokia care...........................................................................................15

Managerial Ethics...................................................................................................16

Decision making.....................................................................................................17

planning.................................................................................................................19

Human Resource Management.............................................................................20

Nokia CAre BCG MAtrix..........................................................................................22

Final Report............................................................................................................23

references..............................................................................................................24

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NOKIA CARE

INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY

Nokia Care was created in a merger between NOKIA and Global Customer Care (PVT) Ltd in Pakistan. Nokia Care is an organization in which warranties of mobile phones of Nokia are claimed. Nokia Care represents Nokia but it gets paid from Global Customer Care. Nokia Care has over 8 operating branches in Pakistan out of which two are in Blue area Islamabad.

On November 2008 Nokia Care Center was Started in Blue area Islamabad and the Care Center is operational since then. At first this branch was headed by Muhammad Imran Nasir as the Branch Manager later on due to some circumstances Mr.. Imran was fired and thus it came under the supervision of Mr. Adil Durez Khan who is the current Branch Manager of the organization.

(Islamabad Branch Manager Mr. Adil Durez Khan)

MISSION STATEMENT

Nokia Care Islamabad’s Mission Statement is

“Earn Profit and Satisfy Customers in every possible way”


GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

Nokia Care Center has the following Objectives in market

o Profit maximization.

o Provide after Sale Services.

o Customer Satisfaction is the major goal of Nokia Care.

o To secure employee's rights and benefits.

(Islamabad: Branch Manager Mr. Adil Durez Khan)

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MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE &ROLES

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PROJECT MANAGER

BRANCH MANAGER

CUSTOMER SERVICE

PROVIDER ENGINEER

DEALER COORDINATO

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Management Structure of Nokia Care

PROJECT MANAGER (DECISIONAL ROLE)

Project manager is the top level manager of Nokia Care. He is the one responsible about the decision making and hiring of people for the jobs and also developing plans and strategies.


BRANCH MANAGER (DECISIONAL ROLE)

Nokia Care’s organizational structure consists of a leading manager who is the supervisor and is responsible for the performance of Nokia Care Center Islamabad, namely Adil Durez Khan. Mr. Adil is responsible for decision making in Nokia Care so he is the top level manager of the organization.


CUSTOMER SERVICE PROVIDERS (INTERPERSONAL)

Under the supervision of branch manager lies the post of a CSR who must possess INTERPERSONAL SKILLS because they have to come in contact directly with the customers. He is to report directly to the branch manager.

(Islamabad branch CSR Mr. Farukh Baig)

DEALER COORDINATOR (INTERPERSONAL)

Dealer Coordinator also works under the supervision of the branch manager and should possess informational and interpersonal skills because his job is to deal with not the customers but the dealers of Nokia mobiles. He is responsible to listen and answer the complaints of Nokia dealers.

(Islamabad Branch Dealer Coordinator Mr. Asif Satti)

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ENGINEER

The organization contains only one engineer who is not involved in any kind of management activity. He is responsible of repairing of mobile phones.


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PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT

DIVISION OF WORK

At Nokia Care there is a proper division of work. They have hired different people with Different work specializations like

o CSR

o ENGINEER

o LOGISTIC ASSISTANT

o DEALER COORDINATOR

AUTHORITY

At Nokia Care the authority is with is with the top level managers, with in the branch it is the characteristic of a branch manager.

DISCIPLINE

The employees and manager of Nokia Care are much disciplined because they honor and respect the rules and regulations.

UNITY OF COMMAND

This principle is seen in Nokia because the employees receive orders from the branch manager and he in turn gets it from the project manager.

UNITY OF DIRECTION

This principal is applied because the employees have only one direction i.e. profit maximization through increased customer orientation.


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SUBORDINATION OF INDIVIDUAL INTERESTS TO THE GENERAL INTEREST

The employees do subordinate their personal interests to the general interest that is they follow and obey all the rules and do all the jobs they don’t want to or they are less willing to do that.

REMUNERATION

Employees have fair and just salaries and wages that is the principle of remuneration is observed.

CENTRALIZATION

The employees cannot take decisions at their own regardless of how profitable they may be. All the decisions are taken by the branch managers.

SCALAR CHAIN

It is the line of authority from the branch manager to low ranks.

ORDER

This principle is also prominent because this means that all the employees and things are available at right time and right place whenever they are required.

STABILITY OF TENURE OF PERSONNEL

This is also seen in the management because they always have alternatives available for the filling of vacancies at the needed time.


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INITIATIVE

The initiative and innovations are the tasks of project manager.

ESPRIT DE CORP

Employees at Nokia Care have the team spirit and the work with harmony and unity.


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SWOT ANALYSIS

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STRENGTH

Public Confidence.

Economies of Scale.

Small Network easy to manage.

WEAKNESS

Small Managerial Staff leads to pressure in case of excess work.

No research and development programs

Low employee morale

OPPORTUNITY

80% Market Share of Nokia Increases their Market.Removal of international trade barriers

THREAT

Government Legislations

Increasing Market Share of Other Mobile Brands is a threat b/c Nokia Care is bounded to provide services to only Nokia Users.

STRENGTHS

Nokia Care is famous worldwide for its quality services so the public have confidence on them and this is a major key which is a major strength for nokia care. Nokia Care gets all of its products directly from Nokia thus there are no carriage costs involved and thus Nokia Care enjoys the Economies of Scale.


WEAKNESSES

Nokia Care Islamabad Branch has a weak organizational structure consisting of just a small staff of 4 members which sometimes causes pressure because of the work load.

At Nokia Care the employee Morale that we have witnessed is very low and thus it is a weakness for the organization.


OPPORTUNITIES

As we are aware of the fact that Nokia has 80% Market share which increases the market share of Nokia as well.


THREATS

Government Policies change almost like on monthly basis in Pakistan and this instability is dangerous for the organizations.

Increase in the Market share of other mobile brands is also a threat to the organization as Nokia Care is bounded to provide services to Nokia Customers only.


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ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

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OMNIPOTENT VIEW OF MANAGEMENT

In Nokia Care there is an Omnipotent View of Management because while interviewing Mr. Adil we came to know that the branch managers are held responsible for all the operations and the results of those actions within that particular branch.

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Organizational Culture of Nokia

Care

Aggressiveness(No Agressiveness because team work is prefered at nokia)

Innovation(No change in the Environment in last 2 years)

Stability(No Change in Environment in last 2 years)

Attention to detail(HIGH)

Outcome Orientation

(Manager said outcome is less prefered)

Team Orientation

(work is Divided into

groups)

People Orientation

(managers said its high)


DIMENSIONS OF MANAGEMENT

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DIMENSIONS OF MANAGEMENT HIGH LOW

TEAM ORIENTATION

PEOPLE ORIENTATION

OUTCOME ORIENTATION

ATTENTION TO DETAIL

INNOVATION & RISK TAKING

STABILITY

AGGRESIVENESS

TEAM ORIENTATION

The employees of Nokia Care Center are more team oriented. They prefer working in groups themselves besides they are encouraged to do so by the manger. The manager said that the activities are interlinked with each other in a great deal so team work preferred.

(Islamabad CSR Mr. Farukh Baig)

PEOPLE ORIENTATION

While talking about the people orientation the manager told us that we have to deal with two groups of people first are the employees and second are the customers.


OUTCOME ORIENTATION

The culture of Nokia Care Center is with minimal outcome orientation. The Manager said that they consider customer satisfaction their 1st priority so it is fewer outcomes oriented.


ATTENTION TO DETAIL

The factor of attention to detail is also maintained that is the employees are expected to do the work with accuracy and precision.


INNOVATION AND RISK TAKING

The employees are not encouraged to innovate and take risks on their own behalf. If they have some ideas they would have to share this idea with branch manager then he would present the idea to the project manager and then there is a possibility of a change. So we can say that innovation and risk taking of employees is less.

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STABILITY

There is a greater stability as the rules and regulations are observed strictly and the employees have to follow these. Besides the rules and commands have a proper direction that is customer satisfaction.


AGGRESSIVENESS

Employees are more attracted toward team work and there is no competition among them so t aggressiveness is negligible in Nokia Care, instead cooperation is dominant in their organizational culture

.


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SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

CLASSICAL VIEW OF SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS

The manager’s only concern is to maximize his organizations performance and take every initiative towards maximizing profits of the organization, so it follows a Classical View of social responsibility. The manager only has concern about

o Maximizing long term profits.

o Meeting the interest of stake holders.

Thus Nokia Care Center’s manager has a classical view of management.


SOCIAL OBLIGATION

Nokia Care Center is a service center which works only for the betterment of itself not for the development of the society therefore it only follows certain rules and regulations which are obligatory for all the organizations so it lies on the stage of social obligation. It can further be explained as Nokia care has no involvement in any of the following

o No participation in any welfare activity.

o Obligations are met within time.


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GREENING OF NOKIA CARE

Nokia Care on the basis of environmental sensitivity is working only for its own benefit as mentioned earlier it provides services to the customers and follows the rules and regulation accordingly

LEGAL APPROACH

Nokia Care is an International organization which provides the service of warranty claim and other repairs of only mobiles of Nokia itself while working according to its rules and regulations only. It does not care for its customers any more than that

So it lays on the Lightest Green stage namely Legal Approach.


Legal Approach at Nokia Care

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MANAGERIAL ETHICS

UTILITARIAN VIEW OF ETHICS

Managerial ethics are based on performances and the outcomes of a decision not on the basis of their race, Color or gender and also the manager follows a strict pattern, by imposing rules as mentioned by the top level management. These rules and Regulations are followed strictly and those who work according to demands are rewarded and those who go against these get punished, so we conclude that at Nokia Care the theory of utilitarian View of Ethics is applied and followed.

(Islamabad CSR Ms. Sabeena Irshad)

PRE – CONVENTIONAL STAGE

Event

While interviewing the manager we made an observation about the managerial ethics of the manager. A customer had deposited her mobile phone Nokia 5730 for a claim at Nokia Care and she was asked that it will be redeemed after 3 days according to the policy of the company but 6 days had already passed and the mobile was not returned. Now she had been calling and demanding to have a word with the branch manager but he refused to answer the call and asked one of his sub-ordinates to attend the call and ask her that her mobile repairment is in process and due to some technical faults in her mobile the process had elongated and asked him to tell her to collect her mobile after 2 days.

So after this we conclude that the manager does not pays required attention to his work and is misusing the name of the organization thus putting the goodwill of Nokia at stake just to hide his deficiency so he is at the stage of pre-conventional ethics.

(Anonymous)

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DECISION MAKING

BOUNDED RATIONALITY APPROACH

According to the branch manager of Nokia Care Islamabad, managers are not authorized for making all the decisions with respect to the organization, if any kind of decision is to be taken they are required to present the matter in front of the project manager then ask for his approval and if the project manager approves the proposal then manager can apply it to their branches. So we can conclude that branch managers use bounded rationality approach for decision making purpose.


STRUCTURED PROBLEMS

At Nokia Care, the environment is quite predictive and constant and there are minimal chances of any change in the managerial environment as well so the managers at Nokia Care normally interact with structured problems.


PROGRAMED DECISIONS

The problems generally faced by managers at Nokia Care are structures problems, means that there goals are clear and the problem is very much familiar as the environment is very stable so the decisions are very much repeating. Such type of decisions is programmed decisions, so we conclude that managers at Nokia Care make programmed Decisions.


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CERTAIN CONDITIONS FOR MAKING DECISIONS

As mentioned earlier the environment of Nokia Care is very much predictable and very less changes are encountered by managers so normally the managers have Certain decision making condition.


DIRECTIVE STYLE

Branch Managers at Nokia Care are pretty much bounded and are not free for making decisions on their own perspective and the environment is very much stable which means that there is low tolerance for any ambiguity and decisions are generally based on facts and figures, So we conclude that the decision making style of managers at Nokia Care is Directive Style.


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Problem

Structured Problem

Programmed Decision

Decision

Bounded Rationality

Directive Style

PLANNING

FORMAL PLANNING

Nokia Care is an international organization and its plans and techniques are very formal and for a long term period.

TRADITIONAL GOAL SETTING

Goal Setting at Nokia Care

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Director

Project Manager

Branch Manager

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

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planning

Project ManagerMr. Ali Durani

Recrutement

Hr Office Lahore

Selection

HR Office Lahore

Orientation

Employees are introduced with the whole oranization by there branch managers.

Training

Employees are trained for their specific tasks

Performan

ce Management

performance is calculated on the basis of report by branch manager.

Retaining high performan

ce Employee

s

Employees who are efficent are hired and the rest are decruted on the basis of branch mangers report

The human Resource Management Process at Nokia Care is done by the head office located at Lahore. The HR department is highly skillful, educated and committed towards their work. According to the Nokia Care, its people are its assets, and in order to maintain the value of assets the organization has started many programs for the welfare of its employees such as WAADA focusing on shop floor employee morale and coaching programs for the first line leader such as TLDW (team leader development program). The environment of Nokia Care is quite healthy and safe not only in the offices but in the fields as well. The compensation for the benefits of the employees is satisfactory.

Nokia Care has reduced the impact on the environment footprint by continuously assessing the process and practice to identify the area for improvement. In this regard the company has embarked on numerous initiatives in projects in the field of energy conservation, air emissions, waste management and water usage. Nokia Care not only complies with environmental regulations but also aim to go beyond what is necessary.

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NOKIA CARE BCG MATRIX

STAR

Nokia Care lies in the category of stars because it has a huge share in the market as well as it has high growth rate as in the last two years its branches have increased from just a few to numerous branches which are functional in Pakistan. Only in Islamabad there are 4 functional branches of Nokia Care which are providing these services to people and the number of these branches are increasing as there will be another branch in the next branch which will be functional from 1st July 2010.


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FINAL REPORT

By Analyzing Nokia Care we have found out that Nokia has a 80% share in the global market and thus Nokia Care is also enjoying the advantages of this great reputation. Nokia Care is a functional unit of Nokia that provides after sales services to it’s customers, but Nokia Care is bounded by Nokia to provide its services only to Nokia Users. Nokia has a mission statement which clearly reflects that it works with the classical approach and its basic aim is to maximize its profit by providing free services to its customers. Nokia Care has a simple structure of a few people working together in their respective campuses. The campus or branch is led by the branch manager who is under the influence of the project manager, who is not providing any service other than planning for the organization. Activities performed by the Project Manager is the human resource management and developing strategies for the branches.

Nokia Care follows the classical view which means it pays more preference towards attaining profits rather than providing any other service. At the grrening of Nokia Care we can say that Nokia Care is placed at the Legal approach because it does not participate in any welfare or betterment plan.

While meeting the manager of Nokia care we have seen many cases through which we interpreted that Nokia Care Islamabad branch’s manager Mr. Adil Durez Khan falls at the stage of Pre- Conventional stage which are reffered in the project.

Managers at Nokia Care are very much bounded because all the decisions are taken by the project manager and he is the one responsible for decision making also we have concluded that managers at Nokia Care face structures problems as the environment for Nokia Care is very much stable and there are fewer chances of any innovation. Employees don’t have access to the top level managers as well.

By looking at the strategies that are adopted by Nokia Care and analyzing its market share and market growth we have interpreted that Nokia Care falls in the category of Stars.

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REFERENCES

Mr. Adil Durez Khan, Branch Manager of Nokia Care, Blue Area Islamabad Branch.

Mr. Asif Satti, Dealer Coordinator, Nokia Care, Blue Area, Islamabad Branch.

Mr. Farukh Baig, Customer service representative, Nokia Care, Blue Area Islamabad Branch.

Ms. Sabeena Irshad, Customer Service Provider, Nokia Care, Blue Area, Islamabad Branch.

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