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Major Management Issues Faced By Toyota Australia

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This essay aims to identify two major management issues faced by Toyota Australia due to closure of their manufacturing plant in Australia. The essay shall analyse, apply and discuss the two different Organisation Theory lenses i.e. Stakeholders Theory and Power & Politics to understand the current issues being faced by the Toyota’s organization. Topics such as the introduction of the Toyota, its announcement of closure of car industry, impacts on various stakeholders have been discussed further in this essay.
INTRODUCTION / HISTORY OF TOYOTA AUSTRALIA It started when Toyota local operations in 1988 were integrated to form Toyota motor corporation Australia with a view of restructuring and strengthening the group in order to achieve international competitiveness and building dynamic export business. Gradually after serving 50 years it became one of the leading automotive companies of Australia formed under wholly subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation in japan, and now it tends to be a leading distributer, exporter and manufacturer of vehicles under Lexus and Toyota brands, In addition to this Toyota not only supply its vehicles to private institutions but also to the government buyers. The headquarters is located in port Melbourne and the manufacturing plant in Altona, Victoria. Toyota basically aims to Focus on four main operations areas that is Sales and marketing, Product planning and development, corporate services and Manufacturing and purchasing. The company has

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