Globalizing Corporate Culture
'True Believers' in The Toyota Way'
Mikkabi, Japan it not the home to any renowned Buddhist temple or shrine, but it does act as a global repository for corporate philosophy and the missionary headquarters of Toyota it is the location of the Toyota Institute According to the Institute's general manager, Koki Konishi, we must prevent the Toyota way from getting more and more diluted as Toyota grows overseas' with 200 000 workers in 27 plants outside of the 18 plants. in Japan, this global expansion has led to concerns about maintaining and yet adapting the MNE's core values around the world This closed to the public institute, designed to socialize executives into Toyota's philosophies of collective problem solving, empowering production workers to so value quality that they will stop