Employee unrest at Nokia India / Biju Varkkey, Nutan Samdani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Varkkey, Biju, author.

Samdani, Nutan, author.

Series:

SAGE Business Cases.

SAGE Business Cases

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nokia (Firm)--Case studies.

Nokia (Firm).

Industrial relations--India--Case studies.

Industrial relations.

Manufacturing industries--India.

Manufacturing industries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

London : Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 2017.

Summary:

The case focuses on the closure of the Nokia manufacturing plant in India due to steep reduction in orders from Microsoft and accusations from the Indian Tax department of tax evasion. In mid-April 2014, the Nokia offered Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) to its employees. Within a months' time, 2,000 employees opted for VRS, fearing that they would not get anything once the management closed the offer. The unions approached the management, state government and central government for an intervention to stop the closure of the Chennai plant, which would leave 30,000 direct and indirect employees jobless. However, these talks failed, and the plant finally shut its operations on November 1, 2014. The case invites students to consider alternative course of action that Nokia's management could have taken for the benefit of its employees.

Notes:

Originally Published InVarkkey, B., & Samdani, S. (2017). Employee Unrest at Nokia India. HRM0238. Ahmedabad, India: Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

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ISBN:

1-5297-0119-8

9781529701197

OCLC:

1141341171