Case Study Chapter 3 LEADERSHIP AT NISSAN: KEY TO TRANSFORMATION What makes someone a good‚ or even great‚ leader? A leader should have the following three conditions to be a good leader. He should have the ability to develop a vision‚ to inspire and to get the job done; i.e. he should have a plan to get to a better place‚ know how to convince other to share this vision and be able to motivate others to work hard to achieve this vision. There are seven traits associated with leadership: drive
Premium Leadership Management
CASE-H8247.qxd 11/10/06 21:25 Page 76 Case 6 Nissan United Kingdom‚ Ltd. John E. Walsh‚ Jr. Entering into a Business Relationship in the United Kingdom In 1970‚ three thousand Datsun cars rusting on the docks of Rotterdam‚ abandoned by the existing U.K. concessionaire‚ was the catalyst for the relationship that developed between Nissan United Kingdom Limited (Nissan U.K.) and Nissan Motor Company of Japan (Nissan M.C.). Nissan Motor Company approached Octav Botnar‚ who arranged the transshipment
Premium Nissan Motors Ford Motor Company
FORTUNE APRIL 4‚ 2005 "Inside the Shakeup at Sony‚": Sony replaces Nobuyuki Idei‚ its departing CEO with Sir Howard Stringer in 22 June 2005. The public previously had the impression that either Kunitake Ando (Idei ’s previous nomination) or Ken Kutaragi (Mr. Norio Ohga ’s favourite) would take over this position. Though Norio Ohga has given his title in 1999 to Nobuyuki Idei‚ he stills hold the title of Chairman and interferes with daily operation and influenced directors ’ board decision. Ohga
Premium Sony Strategic management
Operations management 1. One of the improvement initiatives that helped to win the Sunderland plant a new model was a four-year programme. It started eight years before the new model was due to start production. Why do you think it takes eight years for initiatives like this to come to fruition? Definition Operations management focuses on carefully managing the processes to produce and distribute products and services to its users. A great deal of focus is on efficiency and effectiveness of
Premium Management Nissan Motors Manufacturing
Points involved in supplier development Supplier development Co development Why suppliers development Objectives Foundation of supplier development Organisational structure Leadership role Methodology involved in supplier development Tools involved in supplier development Measuring supplier development performance Risk‚ cost involved and benefits Improved achieved Lesson learned Future trends Supplier development
Premium New product development Product management Project management
Multicultural Interview and Analysis This paper intends to put the theoretical concepts learned in class into practice through an analysis of a ‘case study’ of an East Asian person‚ in order to demonstrate the extent of my understanding of how life experiences have shaped an individual’s thoughts and worldviews from an East Asian cultural context. The paper is organized into three sections‚ the first section introduces the interviewee’s demographic information and some additional comments on
Premium Sociology Culture United States
Multicultural Competence Throughout my practicum‚ I have realized the importance of being aware of the clients and their backgrounds. I didn’t realize that there was a client in one of the group sessions that was homosexual. When my comment in the group was taken to mean a husband and wife relationship‚ I didn’t know his background or situation. The other therapist commented and asked how he felt about the topic and if he was uncomfortable. He mentioned that he was ok with it‚ he felt he could apply
Premium Homosexuality Sexual orientation Bisexuality
CEO of a GARMENT FACTORY Preface One of the popular Chinese sayings in the garment manufacturing industry stated‚ "If you dislike someone‚ try to persuade him to engage in the garment industry as retribution.” This reflects how the level of difficulty and complexity of the garment manufacturing jobs may impact one’s career. However‚ it was also this reason that may have sparkled individuals who are interested in the profession to take the challenge to cope with and overcome the complexity of
Premium Manufacturing Chief executive officer Industry
INTRODUCTION Leaders can be considered as people who inspire the others in their attitudes and their behavior towards the achievement of a goal. Nowadays‚ leaders play big roles in our organizations. Indeed‚ a good leadership guaranties efficiency and effectiveness in the organization. In this report‚ we are going to talk about two Chief Executive Officers (CEO). The CEOs of Starbucks Coffee Co and PepsiCo‚ who are respectively‚ Howard Schultz and Indra Nooyi. Starbucks Coffee
Premium Leadership
< The Role of Communication in Creating and Maintaining a Learning Organization: Preconditions‚ Indicators‚ and Disciplines > Brief Summary A learning organization provides a stimulating climate for members to continually strive for new approaches in acquiring knowledge. Specifically‚ organizational learning can be defined as developing new knowledge that changes behavior to improve future performance. Learning organization can be developed through enriched relationships that are created
Premium Leadership Management Organizational studies and human resource management