Transformation at Renault Nissan Nissan Motor Company was on the edge of bankruptcy when French automaker Renault purchased a controlling interest and put Carlos Ghosn as the effective head of the Japanese automaker. Nissan’s known problems of high debt and plummeting market share‚ Ghosn identified that Nissan managers had no apparent sense of urgency for change. Ghosn’s challenge was to act quickly‚ minimize the inevitable resistance that arises when an outsider tries to change traditional Japanese
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important to concentrate on those dimensions which reflect the greatest difference in culture. In our case‚ our group will be examining the 1999 merger between auto manufacturers Nissan and Renault. The merger between Nissan and Renault is significant culturally speaking because Nissan is a Japanese company‚ while Renault is French. Firstly‚ the dimension of “individualism vs. collectivism” will be important to analyse. This is due to the fact that collectivism is high in Japan‚ whereas in France
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Morocco Colombia Brazil Iran Taiwan Egypt Philippines Kenya India Malaysia Renault group products Vietnam Thailand Indonesia Nissan/Infiniti products Vehicle assembly Chile South Africa Argentina Powertrain 02 03 FACTs AND FIGUREs OVERVIEW OF THE RENAULT-NISSAN ALLIANCE FACTs AND FIGUREs Structure of the Alliance Founded in 1999‚ the Renault-Nissan Alliance has become the longest-lasting cross-cultural combination among major carmakers. This
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an organization. Realizing that immediate change was needed‚ Nissan turned to Carlos Ghosn to revive a company headed towards bankruptcy with a record loss of more than $6 billion in fiscal year 19991. Using core tasks of change leadership Ghosn implemented procedures and technologies to deal with rapid changes in the business environment which transformed Nissan into one of the most profitable companies in the world. Simply put‚ Carlos Ghosn’s leadership spearheaded one of the most astounding turnarounds
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Word Count 3‚524 Introduction This paper analyses the leadership of Carlos Ghosn‚ CEO of Nissan Motor Corporation. Carlos has been recognised as a successful leader whose leadership managed to rescue Nissan from its financial crisis in the late 90s. His contribution to the company‚ industry and society is significant. I will start by giving an idea about the history of Nissan followed by introducing Carlos Ghosn as an individual and analysing his leadership style using various leadership
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CULTURAL CHANGE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE CHANGE EFFORTS OF DOUGLAS MACARTHUR AND CARLOS GHOSN IN JAPAN by KOJI NAKAE B.S. Law‚ University of Tokyo (1987) SUBMITTED TO THE MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION at the MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY June 2005 ©2005 Koji Nakae. All rights reserved. The author hereby grants to MIT permission to reproduce and to distribute publicly paper and electronic
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Carlos Ghosn – Change Leadership Carlos Ghosn implemented highly effective change leadership when transforming Nissan from a company that was experiencing several years of negative growth to one of the best managed and most profitable corporations in its industry. He accomplished this by executing management techniques that can be categorized within the “core tasks of change leadership.” The evaluation of Ghosn’s execution of each task is covered in the following paragraphs below. The case
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Renault-Nissan Alliance By Po-Chien Chung Department of International Management International Business Dr. Roger Strange 18th March‚ 2010 2930 Words 1 Introduction “The Renault-Nissan alliance‚ currently heralded as one of the most successful in the business‚ represents the combination of two very different organizations‚ structurally and culturally” (Rugman & Collinson‚ 2004). Renault-Nissan alliance is based on trust and reciprocal respect. Its organization is
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(Sources: www.media.renault.com) Global Strategy of the Renault-Nissan alliance Subject: Joint analysis on the Renault-Nissan alliance addressed to the CEO of Mitsubishi (group project) From: Group 22 Michael Sutherland Nicolas Murcia Saebong Cheon Yu Ri Na Jeong To: Professor Jan Jörgensen Due date: November 22‚ 2006 To M. Takashi Nishioka‚ Chairman of the Board of Mitsubishi Motors‚ Nowadays‚ Renault-Nissan is the fourth worldwide automaker with sales of 6‚129‚254 units in 2005
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Nissan / Renault Negotiation If you are Renault‚ what would you present as the “Big Picture” (outlook and conditions proposal) for an alliance to the Nissan Board of Directors? Present it and negotiate it with Nissan. Your presentation shall include the points of: 1. Strategic objectives and scope of alliance 2. Analysis and proposal of potential operational synergies (brands‚ product range‚ geographic coverage‚ technology and expertise‚ production capacity‚ R&D‚ engineering‚ QC‚ manufacturing
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