Question | The most important matters in the management of the company are dissemination

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Question 1
Some of the most important matters in the management of the company are
dissemination, knowledge creation and preservation. Toyota has always been able to manage
these issues much efficiently. There are some special characteristics of KM at Toyota
(Toyota.com). Toyota has been known for its efforts as one of the best knowledge enterprises in
the world. They have been awarded as the five time winner of the Global Most Admired
Knowledge Enterprises or the MAKE survey. This means they have been one of the best
practitioners in the knowledge management in the world. According to several experts the
efficiency in the Knowledge Management (KM) had given the company a competitive advantage
for their KM skills (Toyota.com). Apart from that it can also be said that their production system
had been efficient enough to produce the low cost vehicles with high performance quality.
The Toyota Yokoten System had been much sincere in inspiring these KM initiatives.
The initiatives for the knowledge sharing and the collaboration in the different projects have
already given Toyota the edge in the business environment (Dalkir: 34). However, the employees
have been given the proper opportunities in sharing their measures to the problems and the ideas
of the employees are shared for the preservation and solving of the different problems. These
innovative KM practices are very helpful for the overall development of the situations for
Toyota. However, these KM processes have gone through a rapid refinement over the times. This
is why the organization has suffered such difficult issues related to the Knowledge Management.
The Yokoten system or the new innovation system of the organization Toyota had been very
much eye catching (Toyota.com). Thus Toyota has gained the sustainable advantage over their
rivals. The aspects of knowledge creation and preservation have been followed properly in the
company very minutely in the company.

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Question 2
The organizational culture is one of the most relevant factors in determining the role of
the KM practices within Toyota. The morale of the employees and the principles of the company
always help in keeping up the motivation of the company in great many ways (Dalkir: 34). The
organizational learning has been very much effective in setting up the practices for the company.
The learning environment within the company had been established by the establishment of the
Toyota University. However, there are some basic characteristics that have contributed majorly
towards the overall success of the company (Hislop, Rachelle and Remko: 567). The culture of
the organization has always been supportive of the employees.
The employees have also contributed largely towards the success of the company in
several ways. Some of the basic things that are important parts of the culture are teamwork, trust
and motivation of the employees and the opportunities for lifelong employment. However, these
issues have contributed to the organizational success of Toyota. The management of the
company had been much effective since they gave the opportunities to the employees to give
their responses by the ‘communicating for the joint problem solving’ programs. Thus the
situations have been described to favorable for the employees to voice their opinions in case of
the difficult situations (Hislop, Rachelle and Remko: 567). The organizational culture has always
been supportive of the technological support for the employees and helping them to thrive in the
globalized business environment. The enhanced opportunities for the learning within the
organizations have given the opportunities for the improvement of the employees and the
organization (Firestone, Joseph and McElroy: 67).
The innovation has been one great factor for the success of the organizations. Toyota has
always incorporated the innovative facts with the employees and the help from the top