Controlling represents a very important function of management. Necessary at all levels and all aspects of the organization, controls should be applied to organizational design, planning, employee performance, etc., among many other functions. Level-wise, controls should be part of headquarters, of division, or departments. L
Look at the top management team at Toyota and analyze how they use structure, controls and culture to implement their strategy and fulfill their corporate mission. Step One: After reviewing the background materials on strategy and structure, controls, and culture, read the following article: Norihiko Shirouzu. (2010, Apr
Research will be about Toyota Motor Company. This research is to critically analyze the differences from the conventional model of organizational learning and the learning strategies and processes prevalent in Japan as well as middle east. The research will follow the following steps: -Brief history of Toyota -The creatio
Strategic Management: Strategic Choices For decades Toyota has been one of the most admired companies in the world. They were able to turn their image in the 1960's and 70's from cheap Japanese import to the car of choice for millions of consumer's world-wide. What strategy (or combination of strategies) did Toyota use t
1. What is ratio analysis. What ratios do you think are most valuable to managers in your company or an organization you know about? 2. Some theorists believe that people are basically trustworthy and that controls are unnecessary and counterproductive. Others believe that people are untrustworthy and we need to look over the
Describe/define the elements of the marketing mix (product, place, price, and promotion- you may include "people" as well, however, this is not required). Your text materials should serve as a major resource for this portion of the paper. In addition to defining the marketing mix elements, select an organization with
Use Toyota Motors that operates internationally, which has had controversy or widely-recognized problems. For example, Wal-Mart has expanded into China only to find that its products were not wanted, while Shell Oil continues to battle allegations of benefiting from corrupt political bodies in foreign locations, and the United N
The aim of a lean/value chain system is to systematically eliminate waste. Describe at least 5 types of wastes in a service-based organization of your choice, critically discuss the use of value chain analysis as defined by Micheal Porter (Porter's Value Chain) in this particular organization.
How well has Toyota done in seizing upon external opportunities, and how well have they handled outside threats by leveraging its strengths. How has its weakness exacerbated the threats and cause them to fail to take advantage of opportunites?
What recent strategic choices have been made by the top folks at Toyota that help the company to be more competitive? Can you categorize these choices as following any of Porter's four generic strategies?
What are the two or three biggest strengths Toyota has that allows it to make the company's vision come to fruition? What are its main competitive advantages? What internal weaknesses can you find?
Operations Mgmt. for Managers PROJECT Just-in-Time Systems Consider Dell Computer Corp. 1) How does JIT and Lean processing affect managerial decision-making in that Dell? 2) What are the benefits and difficulties Dell face in implement JIT concepts? If they cannot use JIT, what other practices could be more
Read the following three articles. The first article features Gulfstream, a General Dynamics company, showing you how they use location to support their domestic and international supply chain links. The second article, provides a good overview of key location factors that need to be considered in defining an optimal spatial su
L at the top management team at Toyota and analyze how they use structure, controls and culture to implement their strategy and fulfill their corporate mission. Use the following article: Norihiko Shirouzu. (2010, April 14). Inside Toyota, Executives Trade Blame Over Debacle. Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition), p. A.
In this case we will be looking inside the company in order to identify their strengths and weaknesses. It is important to consider how these factors will either help the company overcome the threats (or make them more vulnerable), or put them in a position where they can take advantage of opportunities (or will have to let the
Margaret Bruce, Lucy Daly, Neil Towers (2004) Lean or agile: A solution for supply chain management in the textiles and clothing industry, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Bradford: Vol. 24, Iss. 1/2; pg. 151 Van der Vorst, J., Van Dijk, S., & Beulens, A., (2001). Supply chain design in the food
? What has Toyota done right in handling the crisis? I find that Toyota did the right thing by acknowledging that there was a serious problem that would place consumers in a dangerous position. Although Toyota did not react as quickly as I would have like them to, I find that once they determined which vehicles malfunctioned
Global business plan to expand Toyota into Brazil. I am working on the Marketing Research portion and I need assistance with the following: Discuss global or regional business opportunities for all stakeholders.
Global Business Plan Toyota expanding into Brazil: Need assistance with the following two sections of a Global Business Plan in which I have picked Toyota to expand into Brazil. I am mostly concerned with getting assistance with part 2 and not part 1, but wanted to include the factors that will be discussed. I would like to
How do the strategic implementation factors contribute to the safety scandals currently facing Toyota? (500-700 words)
There is no best way to monitor and control a production system. It depends upon the multitude of variables associated with the unique organization. Please explain in layman's terms what this means? Is there a danger in collection of too much data? Why?
See attached case study for Easycar.com: Strategic service system design Prepare a brief overview of the case and, more importantly, the issues that it raises. You should come up with your own perspectives on the case. 1. What are the characteristics of the car rental industry? How do these characteristics influence the
Below are three companies that have target markets with distinct psychographic characteristics. Please choose one and explain in detail what their psychographic characteristics are, and how they differ from the "mainstream". iPad owners Toyota Prius drivers Us Weekly readers
Identify two main threats and two major opportunities facing the automobile industry. Do the executives at Toyota and the independent analyst agree? What are the current opportunities for Toyota, what threats are they facing, and what actions are they taking to respond to these environmental contingencies?
Dr. Stephanie White, the Chief Administrator of Uptown Clinic, a community mental health agency, is concerned about the dilemma of coping with reduced budgets next year and into the foreseeable future but increasing demand for services. To plan for reduced budgets, she must first identify where costs can be cut or reduced and st
The World Economic Forum studies global competition and publishes the global competitive index, which is quite intriguing. US as a country has slipped from the top position to the 6th position in the 2007 rankings (WEF, 2007). Japan leads innovation. However, US holds the top rank in the business competitiveness index (BCI). The
Please see attached file. Analyze case study and respond to all the questions.
The CEO of your company, Mr. Gilbert, has just informed you of your first assignment for the development of the new product. He tells you that to fully understand the requirements of the task at hand, you should research innovation and discuss how other companies have used innovation to develop their new revolutionary products.
What is the benefit of global standards for Toyota's shareholders? Demonstrate the importance of global quality standards to external shareholders.
Axel Powalski is still a little unclear on the following three different models of decision making and he would like you to provide some real-world examples of how the models have been implemented successfully: * Rational choice * Competing values * Judgment heuristics