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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Year” by Forbes in 2003‚ Carlos Ghosn is one of the most successful Arab origin leaders who was able to impact the extreme conservative culture and economy of Japan through rising its second largest car manufacturer‚ Nissan from the dead. He merged it with one of the largest French car manufacturer‚ Renault and reversed Nissan from a net loss of $6.46 billion to a net profit of $4 billion‚ creating a threatening competition in the auto market industry (Profile: Carlos Ghosn‚ n.d.). His historical
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The Global Leadership of Carlos Ghosn at Nissan. . In 1999‚ the Nissan was suffering under a decade of decline and un-profitability‚ in fact the company was on the verge of bankruptcy‚ with continuous loses for the past eight years resulting in debts of approx.$22billion. Lack of market knowledge‚ innovation‚ customer needs‚ quality management and competition consideration as well the devaluation of Yen against
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English Candidate Examination Term I Carlos Ghosn - personal profile Actual Length: approx. 255 words Submitted: 23.11.2012 Renowned for his transparency‚ listening and analytical skills‚ Carlos Ghosn successfully leads an automative alliance operating on three continents despite all the production issues‚ personnel challenges‚ and currency fluctuations. Successful people in every field are often said to be "blessed with talent" or even just lucky. But the truth is‚ many work harder
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into the leadership qualities displayed by Carlos Ghosn. A businessman with his roots in Brazil‚ Lebanon and France is currently the incumbent Chairman and CEO of Renault‚ Chairman of Nissan and Chairman of Mitsubishi Motors. He is widely known as Turnaround specialist- a person who could turn around business from losses to profitability and he had done the same with Renault and Nissan during his business career. Born to Lebanese-Brazilian parents‚ Carlos Ghosn completed his education between Lebanon
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Individual Assignment: leading change for Carlos Ghosn at Renault and Nissan – Core Leadership task Carlos Ghosn is very strong leader who leading the Renault and Nissan. He made the Company strategic alliance for Nissan with French auto car manufacturer Renault was mutually beneficial for both companies‚ each of them expanding portfolio and becoming more competitive in the context of globalized mature automobile market. Analysis the leadership of Carlos Ghosn‚ actually he made a number of remarkable
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1. Describe Carlos Ghosn using the “Big Five” dimensions of personality • Extraversion reflects the tendency to experience positive emotional states and feel good about oneself and the world around one. His personal style is brisk and direct‚ but not without warmth. He takes every opportunity to communicate his vision and priority. He also goes directly to the people.He addresses the entire company on a regular basis. Everywhere he goes he makes a point to talk to Nissan employees at all
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A Great Leader Carlos Ghosn challenges in the modern business environment 21/12/2014 12:14 A Great Leader Carlos Ghosn challenges in the modern business environment The challenges determined by the modern business environment require the companies to be more adaption to the business change imposes. Different individual’s characteristic gives the company its importance by developing flexible strategies in order to achieve the established results. These conditions provide the companies’ with their
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leadership ". Carlos Ghosn Even though Ghosn expected that his attitude toward cultural respect and opportunism would lead to success‚ Ghosn was pleasantly surprised by how quickly Nissan employees accepted and participated in the change of their management processes. In his speech at Tuck school he mentioned that workers love stories‚ they want to understand the story they are in and the role they are playing‚ they want to see a happy ending-and they want to be part of that ending. Nissan employees
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