Corporate Communication Toyota Case Study Question number 1: Read the Toyota case study and answer the following question: Consider the vision articulated by Toyota and its alignment with the company’s image among external stakeholders and the company’s internal culture. Is there sufficient alignment between vision‚ culture and image? What gaps emerged and how can Toyota address these gaps? When examining the values of a company‚ one must take into account the different metrics which make
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SWOT analysis of General Motors This is a General Motors Company SWOT analysis for 2013. For more information on how to do SWOT analysis please refer to our article. Company background General Motors Company (GM) is a corporate that designs‚ builds and sells cars and trucks. Name Industries served Geographic areas served Headquarters Current CEO Revenue Profit Employees Main Competitors General Motors Company Automotive Worldwide U.S. Daniel Akerson $ 152.3 billion (2012) $ 4.9 billion (2012)
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#1. Problem: The major problem that Toyota is facing with its Tundra plants in North America is the sharp drop in demand of pick-up trucks. As the global demand shifted from trucks to smaller cars‚ sales of the Tundra had been down by 53%. Toyota also faced the problem of overstocks of the 2008 Tundra models due to the unexpected sharp drop in demand. As Toyota emphasizes on its knowledge management system‚ the five principles of challenge‚ kaizen‚ genchi genbutsu‚ respect and teamwork become the
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Table of Contents Executive Summary General Motors (GM) is one of the big three auto makers of the world (GM‚ Ford‚ and Chrysler) and has historically been the largest and most successful. They have built some of the most famous and classic vehicles on the road which have portrayed messages of both modesty and display of class for a market of consumers who range from working class to music superstar; as Alfred P. Sloan‚ CEO of the 1920s put it‚ GM makes “a car for every purse and
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Introduction Toyota is Japan’s biggest car company and the second largest in the world after General Motors. It produces an estimated eight million vehicles per year‚ about a million fewer than the number produced by GM. The company dominates its home market‚ with about 40% of all new cars registered in 2004 being Toyotas. Toyota also has a large market share in both the United States and Europe. It has significant market shares in several fast-growing South East Asian countries. The - 1 -company
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Lesson 8 How to improve communication in negotiation Listening is one part of the most important communication that the leader should be trained to make a good negotiation skill. Listening include three major forms of negotiation in listening 1. Passive listening: Receiving the message while providing no feedback to the sender 2. Acknowledgment: Receivers nod their heads‚ maintain eye contact‚ or responses 3. Active listening: Receivers restate or paraphrase the sender’s message
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Executive Summary Toyota Motor Manufacturing (TMM) confronted with several critical issues. (See Appendix 1) These issues caused the insufficient Just-in-Time (JIT) system. The first two critical issues are too much dependence on sole supplier and insufficient information management. Since TMM failed to communicate with sole supplier KFS‚ they projected the production unrealistically. Also‚ because of incapability of KFS to supply the car seat demand‚ a growing number of cars sit off the line with
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3. TOYOTA HAS BUILT HUGE MANUFACTURING COMPANY THAT CAN PRODUCE MILLIONS OF CARS EACH YEAR FOR A WIDE VIRIETY OF CONSUMERS. WHY WAS IT ABLE TO GROW SO MUCH BIGGER THAN OTHER AUTO MANUFACTURERS? SUBSTANTIATE YOUR ANSWER BY PROVIDING CONCRETE MEASURES OR INTERVENTIONS THAT TOYOTA HAS DONE OR HAS BEEN DOING. Toyota was the first company to introduce lean manufacturing and total quality management practices in production of cars. For some time‚ the company was the only practitioner of these practices
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Table of contents 1. Introduction 2. Toyota background 3. Toyota production analysis 4. Toyota and globalization 5. Toyota and HRM 6. Ethical issues and globalization 7. Conclusion 8. References Introduction Toyota is one of the largest car manufacturers in the modern world. In fact‚ this multinational corporation has become the leading car manufacturer replacing the world leader General Motors which has remained on the first position within several decades. Obviously‚ this is a tremendous
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TOYOTA Toyota Motor Corporation is a diversified corporation that sells its automobiles in approximately 200 nations and regions worldwide‚ focused primarily in Japan‚ North America‚ Europe‚ and Asia. Toyota estimates that it employs close to 1 million individuals worldwide‚ including dealers. Meanwhile The inventory of Toyota has fell down to 4.9 percent per year for the past 14 years‚ while Porsche performance improved with an average rate of 3.8 percent yearly for the past 18 years
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