Toyota Leaders an Executive Guide

Name: Toyota Leaders an Executive Guide
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ISBN: 9781934287231

ISBN-10: 1934287237

ISBN-13: 9781934287231

Edition: 2008

Authors: Masaaki Sato

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Six decades ago, Toyota was an embarrassment. Today, they are the auto- industry leader.The Toyota Strategytells how they did it, and in such a way that allows readers to apply the lessons. Discover how Toyota is more than just a series of good business moves, but a culture first put into place by its founders and built on through the years. Not a corporate history, Sato uses Toyota's past to contextualize his discussion as he focuses on the company's unique business strategies. - Find out why an innovative vehicle like the hybrid Prius came from Toyota and not the more technologically - advanced Honda. - Learn how General Motors supplied invaluable business know-how to then-provincial…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Kodansha America, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/16/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 5.79" wide x 8.79" long x 1.29" tall
Weight: 1.122
Language: English



Toyota and I - and David Halberstam



The Toyoda Precepts



What It Takes a Leader



A Founder's Dreams and Frustrations



Toyota Learned from Ford



The Toyota Production System



Conditional Reinstatement of the President



Toyoda Family Tragedy



Electing for Independent Development



The Standard for Japanese Cars



Toyota, Its Own Worst Enemy



Constructing the Motomachi Plant



Initiating Exports to the U.S.



People's Car or Mass-Market Car?



Protect Your Own Castle



The Corolla: Realizing the Dream of Toyota's Founder



Victors in the Industrial Reorganization Drama



Toyota's Cornerstone: Labor-Management Cooperation



Waving the Presidential Flag



Virtue out of Vice



The Global Compact Car Wars



The Decisive Tie-Up Negotiations with Ford and GM



The Vicissitudes of an International Corporation



Crisis at Toyota



Okuda's Reform



The Man Behind Lexus



The Toyota Prius: Another Trump Card



Preparing to Become World-Best



Reaching for the Throne: Multidimensional Strategy


The Wounded Forerunner