Building A New Executive Manager For Toyota - 1504 Words

Coming into an environment that did not end well can be difficult because you must quickly react to the situation to make positive changes or there could be long-term consequences. Stepping into this role it was important to understand the company’s culture and objective when developing a plan that would benefit the organization as a whole. The first step of the process is to reorganize the department and develop goals for which provide the department guidance. From there I must determine what the department and company as a whole need to do in order to begin moving the department in the best direction. With that information, I was able to compile a plan that will help the organization achieve its goals while boosting the morale of the†¦show more content†¦With that perspective, the current structure of the Quality Control Department consists of seven different components that each have a director and a couple of managers supervising a group of inspectors. That means there are roughly seven directors, fourteen managers, and about fourteen groups of inspectors at a minimum. For an organization that expects all employees to be engaged in quality assurance, there a large department for quality control that could be better utilized to increase efficiency, reduce cost, and better align the organization to achieve its goals of quality. The restructuring of the departments would consist of three components: interdepartmental connections, quality improvement, and customer research and employee training. This structure is going to utilize the core organizational piece of culture that every employee is responsible for quality assurance. The old Quality Control Department contained a component for each part of the manufacturing process which is good, but unnecessary when you can integrate inspectors into the other departments to be more cost effective and remain focused on the company culture. The Interdepartmental Connections