Ford and Taylorism and Toyota's Corporate Culture

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Subject Title Management and Organisations in a Global Environment
Subject Code HI6005
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary...................................................................................................................3
E-learning Activities..................................................................................................................3
Week 1 – Activity 1 – Ford and Taylorism.............................................................................3
Week 3 – Activity 4 – Toyota’s corporate culture and the problem of spreading its
culture....................................................................................................................................5
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................6
References..................................................................................................................................6

Executive Summary
In this blog, Ford and Taylorism approaches have been discussed by examining the
development of technology and automation, workers in America, Europe, and Australia may
not accept Taylorism. Call centers are divided into different sectors specializing in a niche
just like Taylorism. Also, there are some judicious sectors that still apply Taylorism.
Furthermore, the blog has discussed the Toyota Company’s corporate culture. It has
described the company as people oriented, stability-oriented, attentive to detail, aggressive,
innovative and risk-taking and teamwork oriented. These dimensions have contributed to
Toyotas competitiveness. The last part of this blog presents an in-depth conclusion
.