6. Conclusion
Toyota company has The establishment of regional headquarters in Thailand (TMAP-EM) is
one of the cases that put forward lateral communication as the network of exchange in the
region required the lateral communication among the concern departments. Besides, the
informal communication plays as vital mechanism in the organization. The present of
Japanese as employees and also coordinators make possible the informal exchange of idea
between Toyota Thailand and Japan that finally facilitate the subsidiaries action and decision
in line with those of headquarters. Last but not least, socialization regard as informal control
of behavior that extensively exercise in Toyota by mean of socialize employees with
philosophies since starting their work with Toyota until personal development through
training coursed provided so that every employees bearing the same Toyota’s value.
To sum up, there is no particular coordination mechanism that perfectly governs the large and
complex multinational corporation. The combination of several well organized methods is
efficient approach to manage such a complex organization. In various ways, the eight groups
of coordination mechanisms are commonly applied in the organization. The structural as well
as informal coordination mechanisms are being used in Toyota organization to facilitate the
collaboration between headquarters and distance subsidiaries.