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Management & Operations : Toyota

   

Added on  2020-10-22

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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................1MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1Task 1...............................................................................................................................................1Introduction of management structure of Toyota...................................................................1Introduction to key operations of Toyota...............................................................................2Roles and responsibilities of managers in key operational functions.....................................3P1Defination and comparison of the roles and functions of leader and manager..................3TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5P2 Role of leader and function of manager in different situation .........................................5P3: Different theories and models of approach including situation leadership. System andcontingency.............................................................................................................................6TASK 3............................................................................................................................................9P4Key approaches to operations management and the roles that the leader and manager plays.................................................................................................................................................9P5Importance and value of operation management in achieving business objectives ..........9TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................10P6 Factors within the business environment that impact upon operation management anddecision making by leader and manager..............................................................................10Evaluation of how operational efficiencies can be improved to successfully meet businessobjectives using appropriate management and leadership approaches................................12Conclusion and recommendation.........................................................................................12CONCLUSIONS............................................................................................................................14REFERENCES ..........................................................................................................................15

INTRODUCTION Management and operation is all about the process of planning, organising, supervisingand controlling of different operation activities which are carried out during production process.The organisation which is considered to carry out this assignment is Toyota which wasestablished in 28 august 1937 and is term to be world best automotive manufacturer corporation.It ownership structure is of corporate types which is termed to be known as Toyota motorcorporation and was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda. Whereas the organisation structure it follow isof divisional type which is categorized into three parts namely global hierarchy, geographicdivision and product based division etc. This assignment basically focuses on explaining aboutthe management structure of Toyota and roles of leader and manager in different situation whichare supported by theories and concepts. Along with this introduction to key operations of Toyotaand key operational approaches to operation management is being explained in this assignment.Lastly, this report focuses on the evaluation of how operational efficiencies can be improved tosuccessfully meet business objectives using appropriate management and leadership approaches.MAIN BODYTask 1Introduction of management structure of ToyotaToyota is termed to be one of the world second largest multinational automotivemanufacturer which was established in1937 and its corporate structure consist of approx 364,445 employees all over the world wide. Additionally it produces its vehicles under five brandsnamely Toyota brand, Hino, Lexus, Ranz and Daihastsu etc. Therefore Toyota specificallyfollows divisional organisational structure which is mentioned below (Alderton and Saieva,2013): Global Hierarchy:Toyota headquarter is situated in Japan and therefore all the decision making power liesin the hand of firm headquarter in Japan. Toyota decision making power has become lesscentralized and because of which all business unites of its firm needs to report to it’s headquarterin Japan.Geographic division:

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