HRM-587 Course Project Topic Proposal
"The making, the rise and fall of kings - Nokia vs. Samsung"

Prepared by

AKINSANMIJU LILIAN TAIYE
D40084081
obayemi.lilian@yahoo.com

Submitted to

Managing Organizational Change
Instructor: Professor Romuald Stone
HRM-587-13306

01/10/2014

The two companies I am proposing to research on for the purpose of this course project are forces to reckon with in the world of electronic and electrical business, with focus on the telecommunication handheld devices - Nokia and Samsung electronics. It is a known fact that the two companies are known all over world with their uniqueness in the production of mobiles phones even though Samsung electronics has it named well rooted amongst the giants of home electrical and electronics home appliances manufacture while Nokia was known to be one the world leading manufacturer of mobile phones. In the recent year about two decade ago, the discovery of the innovative transformation of the telecommunication sector led to ever increasing opportunity that is abound with new technological revolution. The course project will focus or lay emphasis on the trend of organizational changes, with the view to analyze the effect they have on the overall developmental progress of the two companies. Samsung electronics founded in 1967 but took it turn into telecommunication business with the establishment of Samsung mobile in 1983 and as for Nokia, it became incorporated in 1967 with its core business focus in wireless technology and the early 70s' during the inception of cellular phone, with it incomparable innovative services and products, Nokia became the world leader of mobile phones. In the recent times, Samsung mobile took up the market and build up it market strength that unseat Nokia as a leader in mobile phone market.

Considering this historical instances or antecedents up until this recent time, I became fascinated with the need to study how organization changes were implemented within these two companies that resulted into present organizational status of each the company. Also a critical comparison study will be done to find out what was responsible for the paradigm shift experienced between the two companies since its inception. The course project title will be tag as "The making, the rise and fall of kings - Nokia vs. Samsung"

REFERENCES

[1]. Asupport. Nokia cellular phone history and evolution. http://www.streetdirectory.com/travel_guide/34476/phones/nokia_cellular_phone_history_and_evolution.>

[2]. Adrian Archer. The History of Samsung Mobile Phones.