Word count: 473 (1) Consider how NUMMI became a learning organization –what changes in structure‚ labor practices and especially management philosophy made NUMMI more competitive than the GM plant that it replaced? How do the different parts of the system support each other? At NUMMI‚ Toyota started by implementing a business strategy based on trust‚ respect‚ and teamwork‚ as opposite with the GM strategy based on high-tech solutions over worker initiatives‚ which ultimately conducted to mistrust
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The extraordinary success of NUMMI over GM can be attributed to NUMMI becoming a learning organization‚ and bears evidence to Senge’s description on learning organizations. The words of Ray Stata “The rate at which organizations learn may become the only sustainable source of competitive advantage” ring true in every aspect in considering the NUMMI vs GM case. The following factors played a key role in developing a ‘generative’ learning approach in NUMMI‚ a key source of its competitiveness:
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Toyota and GM: a Comparison of its Mission‚ Values‚ Social Responsibility‚ and Ethics Toyot Toyota and GM: a Comparison of its Mission‚ Values‚ Social Responsibility‚ and Ethics Toyota and General Motors are both in the manufacturing and sale of motor vehicles. They each have its own mission‚ values and conscientious effort to be socially responsible. A company’s mission‚ vision and core values define how the corporation functions and interacts with the local and global community. Corporations
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1: Corporate Governance Both Ford and GM completely abide by NYSE corporate governance standards‚ as they are domestic US companies. Ford and GM are required to strictly follow NYSE corporate governance standards. Toyota is permitted to follow certain corporate governance practices complying with Japanese laws and regulations‚ the NYSE has ruled that Toyota is exempt from certain NYSE corporate governance requirements. A significant difference in Toyota’s corporate governance structure is that
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Acknowledgements: The research on which this study is based would not have been possible without the generous cooperation of managers‚ workers and union officials at NUMMI. Gary Robinson helped transcribe taped interviews with them and discern the key points. This article has benefitted from the comments of several NUMMI people and from the responses of many friends and colleagues: Chris Argyris‚ Joel Beinin‚ Christian Berggren‚ Bob Brenner‚ Clair Brown‚ El Buffa‚ Bob Cole‚ John Ettlie‚
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General Motors and Toyota Comparative Organization Analysis Organizational Theory Week 3 May 2013 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Organizations and Industry Context 3 Firm Structures 6 Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities and Threats 9 Insights from the Structural Frame 14 Conclusion 15 Illustrations 18 Works Cited 21 Introduction General Motors (GM) and Toyota are both well-known companies in the automotive industry. They offer quality products to their
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Manufacturing Inc. better known as NUMMI. NUMMI though specializes in vehicle manufacturing‚ was having trouble producing small vehicles. NUMMI workforce also had a horrible reputation. NUMMI would like to successfully reinvent its organization culture and produce high quality vehicles. NUMMI solution is to adopt a new production and management systems. To conclude this report‚ we will justify why adopting new production and management system will benefit NUMMI and help change its organizational
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to describe the basic operations at NUMMI‚ your job is to generate a briefing that will be distributed to top managers at GM. In 1000 words or less create a memorandum that contains the following information: 1. Basic history of NUMMI (the GM and Toyota joint venture) 2. Basic responsibilities for each one of the partners (“one is in charge of production‚ the other is in charge of marketing”‚ etc. etc.) 3. Some waste reduction features of the Toyota Production System (error proofing‚
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Accounting Reporting Criteria (GM and Toyota) Team B Megan Wooliver September 7‚ 2010 Accounting Reporting Criteria In order to keep up with the times most organizations of today are finding themselves consistently coming up with different ways to keep accounting information personal as well as accurate. Providing good accounting information not only leads to better decisions but also increase in profit. Even two different organizations that provide a similar product or service have
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Toyota Compensation and Benefits Trends in Human Resources Management Teresa Hall U8a1 Instructor: John Devellier Toyota Motor Corporation has never faced an issue with their employee compensation and benefits packages. Part of their philosophy has been people are their greatest asset and they treat them as such by paying them a good salary and empowering their employees. How can they attract top
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