Subject category:
Strategy and General Management
Published by:
International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
Version: 06.01.2003
Length: 4 pages
Data source: Published sources
Abstract
This is a follow-on to the (A) case (IMD-3-0718), and describes events from June 1997, when Lionel Jospin became France''s prime minister, through July 1997, when a social plan was agreed upon to close the Vilvoorde plant. The case updates some of the issues for discussion, including the use of an outside consultant to provide support for Renault''s decision, the actions of Jospin regarding Renault, and the nature of the eventual social plan.
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Abstract
This is a follow-on to the (A) case (IMD-3-0718), and describes events from June 1997, when Lionel Jospin became France''s prime minister, through July 1997, when a social plan was agreed upon to close the Vilvoorde plant. The case updates some of the issues for discussion, including the use of an outside consultant to provide support for Renault''s decision, the actions of Jospin regarding Renault, and the nature of the eventual social plan.