本文是市場(chǎng)學(xué)專業(yè)的留學(xué)生Essay代寫范例,題目是“Role and Importance of Operations Management(運(yùn)營(yíng)管理的角色和重要性)”,運(yùn)營(yíng)管理對(duì)于管理和成功運(yùn)營(yíng)大型企業(yè)非常重要。經(jīng)營(yíng)管理主要與組織中的產(chǎn)品和服務(wù)的生產(chǎn)有關(guān)。運(yùn)營(yíng)管理的主要目的是通過(guò)使用最小的資源,滿足客戶的期望,成功、順利、有效地運(yùn)行業(yè)務(wù)運(yùn)營(yíng)。因此我們可以說(shuō),經(jīng)營(yíng)管理是將原材料、勞動(dòng)力等最小投入轉(zhuǎn)化為產(chǎn)品、商品和服務(wù)等最大產(chǎn)出的過(guò)程。運(yùn)營(yíng)管理是提高公司利潤(rùn)的關(guān)鍵因素。運(yùn)營(yíng)管理不僅負(fù)責(zé)生產(chǎn)商品,而且控制服務(wù)的分配。運(yùn)營(yíng)管理只是與組織無(wú)關(guān),在我們的日常生活活動(dòng)中也可以看到。下面的引文解釋了運(yùn)營(yíng)管理是如何在我們的日常生活中發(fā)現(xiàn)的。
Operations Management is very important for managing large firms and running them successfully. Operation management is mainly related to production of goods and services in an organisation. The main purpose of the operations management is to run the business operations successfully, smoothly and effectively by using the minimum resources and meeting customer expectations. Thus we can say that operations management is the process of converting minimum input like raw materials, labour to produce maximum output like products, goods and services. Operations Management is very crucial factor in order to increase company’s profit. Operations management is not only responsible for producing goods but also take control of distribution of services. Operation management is just not related to organizations it can be seen in our daily activities of life also. The following quotation explains how operations management is found in our daily life
‘Operations management is about the way organizations produce goods and services. Everything you wear, eat, sit on, use, read or knock about on the sports field comes to you courtesy of the operations managers who organized its production. Every book you borrow from the library, every treatment you receive at the hospital, every service you expect in the shops and every lecture you attend at university – all have been produced.’ (Slack et al, 1995)
Some examples of operation management can be like:
A carpenter who uses a piece of wood , cuts and planes it, and then polishes it to produce a piece of furniture
When u want to book a holiday a tourist operator finds and provide information to you and helps by giving advices on places to visit and stay.
ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF OPERATIONS MANGEMENT IN AN ORGANIZATION
Operations management plays a very crucial role in organisations as they produce professional managers which are capable of achieving organisation’s strategic goals in a defined period of time. Operations management is the heart of any organization as it controls the whole operation system of the organization. Operations management handles issues like design, operation, and maintenance and improvement of the systems used to produce company’s vital products and services. Operations management has clear management responsibilities like in marketing and finance. Operations management is very necessary in an organisation to manage the activities. With the help of Operations management an organisation is able to make good use of their resources like human labour and inputs are used as required. Operations management helps an organization to achieve its main goal of making profit and maximising its shareholders through its activities. Cost of production is reduced to ensure that tangible and intangible assets are not over stretched or wasted in an organisation. Organisations make good use of its product and services management through Operations management. Product management includes a wide range of activities starting from the point when a new idea for the product is developed to eventually provide customer support to those who have purchased the product. Every organisation conducts product management no matter it is done intentionally or unintentionally.
運(yùn)營(yíng)管理在組織中扮演著非常重要的角色,因?yàn)樗麄儺a(chǎn)生的職業(yè)經(jīng)理人能夠在規(guī)定的時(shí)間內(nèi)實(shí)現(xiàn)組織的戰(zhàn)略目標(biāo)。運(yùn)營(yíng)管理是任何組織的核心,它控制著組織的整個(gè)運(yùn)營(yíng)系統(tǒng)。運(yùn)營(yíng)管理處理的問(wèn)題,如設(shè)計(jì),操作,維護(hù)和改進(jìn)系統(tǒng)用于生產(chǎn)公司的重要產(chǎn)品和服務(wù)。運(yùn)營(yíng)管理有明確的管理職責(zé),就像營(yíng)銷和財(cái)務(wù)一樣。運(yùn)營(yíng)管理是一個(gè)組織管理活動(dòng)的必要條件。在運(yùn)營(yíng)管理的幫助下,一個(gè)組織能夠很好地利用他們的資源,如人力和投入是需要的。運(yùn)營(yíng)管理幫助組織實(shí)現(xiàn)其主要目標(biāo),即通過(guò)其活動(dòng)實(shí)現(xiàn)利潤(rùn)和股東利益最大化。降低生產(chǎn)成本,以確保企業(yè)的有形和無(wú)形資產(chǎn)不會(huì)過(guò)度使用或浪費(fèi)。組織通過(guò)運(yùn)營(yíng)管理充分利用其產(chǎn)品和服務(wù)管理。產(chǎn)品管理包括范圍廣泛的活動(dòng),從開(kāi)發(fā)產(chǎn)品的新想法開(kāi)始,最終為那些購(gòu)買了產(chǎn)品的人提供客戶支持。每個(gè)組織都進(jìn)行產(chǎn)品管理,不管它是有意還是無(wú)意的。
Another important aspect of Operations management is quality management. Every organisation is very much concerned about the products which are manufactured or developed for the customers in the market. Quality management is very important to have efficient operations management, mainly if it is for continuous improvement in order to go with the consumers taste and preferences. Lately benchmarking and quality management, outsourcing and reengineering has taken operations management to an advanced level to produce high quality. Adoption of reengineering and benchmarking by the organisation helps them to be a leader in their category of products in the market. Benchmarking is considered as the best internal auditing process which the company uses to identify its weaknesses and then converting them into strength in order to increase its customers in the market.
One cannot think of Operations management in an organisation without Management control and Coordinating function. Management control and coordination includes different types of activities to make sure that the company’s goals are constantly being met in an effective and efficient way. Organizations mainly make use of organizational coordination and control in order to adopt a systematic approach to figure out if it is actually doing what it wanted to be doing or not. Some of the major approaches to the company’s organizational control and coordination include product evaluation, product distribution, advertising and promotion, sales and service and product development. Organizations use advertisements as a most important instrument to reach the customer and reorient the awareness of customers about its products. In this fast expanding and competitive marketplace, the company make certain that its products and services are significantly in the minds of their customers and clients. This takes place as a result of ongoing advertising and promotion by the organization. Facilities management is also a necessary function and is of great importance in operations management. Effective operations management in the company’s activities highly depends on a great deal of effective management of facilities, such as buildings, computer systems, signage, lighting and plants and machinery. In a situation of high demand which could call for higher or mass production, facilities needs to be managed in producing large quantities of products which must be standardized to meet the market demand at specific period. Well managed facilities like plants and machinery in the company help in production speed, lower per unit cost, ease of manufacture and control and the efficiency in the company’s production process
The strategic objectives of Toyota are:
Profit
Quality and Innovation
Image and reputation
Social issues
Satisfying customers
Market power
Survival
SWOT ANALYSIS OF TOYOTA
A SWOT analysis is a simple but widely used tool that helps in understanding the strengths , weakness , opportunities and threats involved in a project or business activity. It starts by defining the objective of the project or business activity and identifies the internal and external factors that are important in order to achieve the objective. Internal factors can be divided into strengths and weakness and opportunities and threats can be identified as external .
SWOT分析是一種簡(jiǎn)單但廣泛使用的工具,它有助于了解項(xiàng)目或商業(yè)活動(dòng)中的優(yōu)勢(shì)、劣勢(shì)、機(jī)會(huì)和威脅。它首先定義項(xiàng)目或業(yè)務(wù)活動(dòng)的目標(biāo),并確定為了實(shí)現(xiàn)目標(biāo)而重要的內(nèi)部和外部因素。內(nèi)部因素可以分為優(yōu)勢(shì)和劣勢(shì),機(jī)會(huì)和威脅可以識(shí)別為外部。
STRENGTHS
Toyota is the world’s largest automobile maker by sales.
Toyota also owns and operates Lexus and Scion brands and has a majority shareholding stake in Daihatsu and Hino motors.
Toyota also provides financial services through its Toyota Financial Services and also builds robots.
Toyota Motor Corporation (including Toyota Financial Services) and Toyota Industries form the bulk of the Toyota Group, one of the largest conglomerates in the world.
OPPURTUNITIES
Should increase their shareholdings in Fuji Heavy industries, Isuzu Motors , Yamaha motors, and Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation
WEAKNESS
On May 8, 2009, Toyota reported a record annual net loss of US$4.2 billion, making it the latest automobile maker to be severely affected by the 2007-2010 financial crisis
Manufacturers need to make sure that it is their models that consumers want versus competitor’s.
Sales has been affected by the financial crisis
Failure of Toyota production system based on the current recalls.
Company needs to cautiously keep producing cars in order to retain its operational efficiency, especially in the case of the Prius, which the case study states that it needs reprogramming of its Abs system.
THREATS
In January 2010, Toyota announced it was recalling up to 1.8 million cars across Europe, including about 220,000 in the UK, following problems with defective accelerator pedals
Many Toyota models were involved, covering the 2007-2010 model years. Toyota subsequently recalled the Prius model for reprogramming of its ABS system.
The U.S. Sales Chief, James Lentz, was questioned by the United States Congress committees on Oversight and Investigations on February 23, 2010, as a result of recent recalls
On 6 April 2010, The US government sought a record penalty of US$16.375 million from Toyota for its delayed response in notifying the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration regarding the defective accelerator pedals
The company said the recalls could cost the company up to US$2 billion (GB£1.25 billion) in lost output and sales
A company main aim should be to satisfy its customers’ requirements for fast and dependable services at reasonable price, as well as helping its own suppliers to improve services they offer. There are five basic performance objectives and they apply to all types of operation:
Quality
Speed
Dependability
Flexibility
Cost (Slack, N. et al, 2001).
These operations performance objectives are analysed here in accordance to Toyota.
Toyota’s record has been successful all around the world as it has been chosen by different market research and analysis for the car of the year for many years. Toyota’s success went on growing because of the high quality which thereby leads to the largest maker of the automobiles based on the sales throughout the world. Toyota have also produced cars which are of better qualities which are suspended and do not release unlikeable smoke. For example more than 40 emission- managing systems and equipments which has enhanced passenger car protections. (Ahmed, A., 2003,).
多年來(lái),豐田在不同的市場(chǎng)調(diào)查和分析中被選為年度最佳車型,因此它在世界各地都取得了成功。豐田的成功持續(xù)增長(zhǎng),因?yàn)槠涓哔|(zhì)量,從而使其成為世界上最大的汽車制造商,基于全球銷量。豐田還生產(chǎn)了質(zhì)量更好的汽車,它們被暫停使用,不會(huì)釋放令人討厭的煙霧。例如,40多個(gè)排放管理系統(tǒng)和設(shè)備加強(qiáng)了對(duì)乘用車的保護(hù)。(Ahmed, A。,2003年)。
Another main task is speed which signifies to reduce the time between the instruction and accessibility of the product and services which thereby leads to the speed benefits for the customers.Toyota performance is focused on tasks by using small and simple machines which reduce complications which are flexible and vigorous. By rescheduling the plans and the stream to improve simplicity and the swiftness of manufacturing. In the late 1980s, it is reflected in the statistics that the productivity per employee compared to the US and European plants is as much as two or three times higher than them.
The third presentation aim is dependability which means completing the tasks in time for the customers so that they receive their merchandise and services on the date and time as been promised. The ‘Just -in-Time’ (JIT) production system allows the engineers to deliver products of highest quality through their ‘Kanban’ control system. Toyota needs to improve its efficiency and quality as it is important for managers, technicians and employees and b doing this customers will feel more reliable about the products of the Toyota.
第三個(gè)演示目標(biāo)是可靠性,這意味著及時(shí)為客戶完成任務(wù),以便他們?cè)诔兄Z的日期和時(shí)間收到他們的商品和服務(wù)。“準(zhǔn)時(shí)制”(JIT)生產(chǎn)系統(tǒng)允許工程師通過(guò)“看板”控制系統(tǒng)交付最高質(zhì)量的產(chǎn)品。豐田需要提高其效率和質(zhì)量,因?yàn)檫@對(duì)經(jīng)理、技術(shù)人員和員工都很重要,這樣做客戶會(huì)對(duì)豐田的產(chǎn)品感到更可靠。
A clear result of responding to a dynamic environment is that organisation change their products and services and changes the way they do business. This performance objective is known as ‘flexibility’.
(Peters, T., 1998) argues that we must learn to love change and develop flexible and responsive organizations to cope with the dynamic business environment.
In the Toyota plant it means the ability to adopt its manufacturing resources so that it can launch new models. The coursework analyses that, Toyota was able to achieve high level of flexibility, producing relatively small batches of different models with little or no loss of productivity or quality. Toyota during the years has provided a range of options that customers are able to choose.
One major operations objective, especially where companies compete with prices is ‘cost’. Low price is a universal attractive objective to customers, which can be achieved by producing goods at lower costs. In order to ‘do things cheaply’, Toyota seek to influence the cost of goods and services, so for the future Toyota has planned to shift their production of multipurpose vehicles and pick-up trucks on different countries around the world (e.g. Argentina, South Africa). Also, internally, cost performance is helped by good performance in the other performance objectives that Toyota has managed to produce high quality vehicles at a reasonable prices.
一個(gè)主要的經(jīng)營(yíng)目標(biāo)是“成本”,尤其是在公司與價(jià)格競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的地方。低價(jià)格對(duì)客戶來(lái)說(shuō)是一個(gè)普遍具有吸引力的目標(biāo),可以通過(guò)以較低的成本生產(chǎn)商品來(lái)實(shí)現(xiàn)。為了“降低成本”,豐田試圖影響商品和服務(wù)的成本,因此未來(lái)豐田計(jì)劃將多用途汽車和皮卡的生產(chǎn)轉(zhuǎn)移到世界各地的不同國(guó)家(如阿根廷、南非)。此外,在內(nèi)部,成本表現(xiàn)是幫助在其他性能目標(biāo)的良好表現(xiàn),豐田已設(shè)法生產(chǎn)高質(zhì)量的汽車在合理的價(jià)格。
By using and improving quality, speed, dependability, flexibility and cost operations performance, TMC has seen a global growth and high percentage of customer satisfaction. Because of the success of these operation performance objectives Japanese style (Toyotism) of manufacturing and product developments has come to be studied and emulated around the world . TMC is world leader in supply chain management, and to keep its production at the high quality, maximum speed, on time delivery, flexibility and at the lowest cost TMC works with its suppliers to make sure that they are also the best suppliers in the industry. Shifting its operation in different countries searching for cheap inputs (row material and labour) makes it easier to produce products at a lower cost and good quality. Operating continentally also gives dependability advantage to its customers by making it easy to deliver its production in the market place. Using these operation performance objectives TMC has managed to keep its customers happy and compete successfully with others companies in global market.
Toyota uses ‘lean’ manufacturing system to produce continuous goods and services. Tools like just in time, cellular manufacturing, total productive maintenance, single minute exchange of dies. Lean manufacturing system came into Japan after World War II when they were run out of material, financial and human resources. This system is also known as Toyota Production System which is now recognized all over the world. The basic ideas behind lean manufacturing system are waste elimination, cost reduction, and employee empowerment.
豐田采用“精益”生產(chǎn)系統(tǒng)來(lái)生產(chǎn)連續(xù)的產(chǎn)品和服務(wù)。工具就像及時(shí),細(xì)胞制造,全面生產(chǎn)維護(hù),每分鐘更換模具。精益生產(chǎn)體系是在日本二戰(zhàn)后物資、財(cái)政、人力資源短缺的情況下傳入日本的。這一制度也被稱為豐田生產(chǎn)制度,現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)得到了全世界的認(rèn)可。精益制造系統(tǒng)的基本理念是消除浪費(fèi)、降低成本和增強(qiáng)員工能力。
Employee empowerment of Toyota can be seen through the fact that the company employs approximately 320,000 people worldwide. The lean manufacturing system aims to work in every aspect of the value stream by eliminating waste in order to reduce cost, generate capital and bring in more sales and remain in competitive in a growing global market which can be seen through the fact that Toyota is the largest automobile maker by sales.
As defined by the Praxiom Research Group, an audit is “an evidence gathering process”. The main purpose of the Quality Audit is to establish maximum evidence in order to find out whether or not the company is in control of its processes and documents. This kind of evidence is collected through observations, interviews, and requests for documentation. Full training is provided to auditors so they can exactly find out if corporate quality management systems are in compliance with preset standards. Toyota’s recall problems indicate that there has been a general quality defect because of poor decision making and supply chain management. In my view Toyota should have third part audit which is done by an external because I think as company has some malfunction in their production system so it is better if a professional agency do their audit so next time there should be no flaws in the models which are going to be developed and it can be assured that the raw materials and products which are manufactured are safe.
Quality culture generally means inclusion of quality in the overall system of an organization which creates a positive internal environment and provides guarantee customer satisfaction. A good decision making at all levels of management is very necessary for maintaining such quality culture in the organization which can be attained by self realization at the top level or by trainings and workshops or following of benchmark organizations.
Toyota’s quality culture is to produce best products in the very first attempt. Innovation also forms a very important part of quality culture in Toyota and meet challenges with courage and creativity for the continuous improvement. Customer satisfaction is also a very important aspect of quality culture in Toyota. Another important aspect of the quality culture is keeping track of consumer complaints and analysing them for quick fix. In my view Toyota should not compromise with quality of their product and give growth more importance over quality. In a run to make more products they are not giving 100% in the manufacturing of their products. In order to achieve their growth targets and to become the world’s largest automotive manufacturer Toyota lost sight of the key values that gave company the reputation in the first place.
豐田的質(zhì)量文化是在第一次嘗試中生產(chǎn)出最好的產(chǎn)品。創(chuàng)新也是豐田質(zhì)量文化中非常重要的一部分,以勇氣和創(chuàng)造力迎接挑戰(zhàn),不斷改進(jìn)。顧客滿意也是豐田質(zhì)量文化的一個(gè)非常重要的方面。質(zhì)量文化的另一個(gè)重要方面是跟蹤消費(fèi)者的投訴,并對(duì)其進(jìn)行分析,以快速解決問(wèn)題。在我看來(lái),豐田不應(yīng)該在產(chǎn)品質(zhì)量上妥協(xié),把增長(zhǎng)看得比質(zhì)量更重要。為了生產(chǎn)更多的產(chǎn)品,他們沒(méi)有在產(chǎn)品生產(chǎn)上付出100%的努力。為了實(shí)現(xiàn)他們的增長(zhǎng)目標(biāo)并成為世界上最大的汽車制造商,豐田失去了關(guān)鍵價(jià)值,這是讓公司聲譽(yù)的第一個(gè)地方。
Toyota Motors Corporation all throughout its history – from Kaizen to Toyota Production System to further Kaizen – has strived not only to maintain its current market position, but to improve it as well. The engineers should make sure that they make best products in the very first attempt. The organisation should not make haste in manufacturing the products just in order to increase the growth.
In Toyota Motors Corporation’s 2008 Annual report, the company said that “As the automobile industry faces a turning point in its history, Toyota aims to achieve sustainable growth by building a more flexible and stronger corporate structure to meet the challenges ahead” (p. 1). The real question remains. That is, what specific strategies shall Toyota adopts in order to build a more flexible and stronger corporate structure when time and business environment dictate that it’s ‘Kaizen’, Further ‘Kaizen’, and Toyota Production System are no longer enough for the current and future demands of the marketplace?
Blue Ocean Strategy
In the preface of their book, Blue Ocean Strategy, W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne, succinctly wrote that “there are no permanently excellent companies, just as there are no permanently excellent industries” (2005, p. x). Hence, no matter how successful Toyota Motors Corporation is over its 70 years existence does not guarantee the same success in the next 70 years. The authors, therefore, proposed a new management theory – blue ocean strategy. The Blue Ocean Strategy is, according to Kim and Mauborgne,
“Blue ocean strategy challenges companies to break out of the red ocean of bloody competition by creating uncontested market space that makes the competition irrelevant. Instead of dividing up existing-and often shrinking-demand and benchmarking competitors, blue ocean strategy is about growing demand and breaking away from the competition” (2008, p. x)
The most startling conclusion of the blue ocean strategy is well depicted by the authors’ conclusion on Cirque du Soleil’s circumstances: the circus company “succeeded because it realized that to win in the future, companies must stop competing with each other” (Kim & Mauborgne 2005, p. 4). In Toyota’s history it is clear that its management has not arrived at the same conclusion. This can be ascertained from the Chairman’s, Fujio Cho, message in Toyota Motors Corporation’s 2008 Annual Report: “Toyota aims to achieve sustained, long-term growth by providing high-quality vehicles to people everywhere, and by contributing to the realization of a bountiful and nurturing society” (2008, p. 6). What is not aligned with the blue ocean strategy in this phrase is that every other automobile company – Ford, GM, Honda, etc. – are also saying the same thing or the likes of it. Clearly this strategy is not going to work in the long run at all if Toyota wants to remain as one of the top ten in Fortune Global 500.
藍(lán)海戰(zhàn)略中最令人吃驚的結(jié)論在作者對(duì)太陽(yáng)馬戲團(tuán)的情況的結(jié)論中得到了很好的描述:馬戲團(tuán)公司“成功是因?yàn)樗庾R(shí)到,為了贏得未來(lái),公司必須停止相互競(jìng)爭(zhēng)”(Kim & Mauborgne 2005,第4頁(yè))。在豐田的歷史中,很明顯,它的管理層沒(méi)有得出同樣的結(jié)論。這可以從董事長(zhǎng)Fujio Cho在豐田汽車公司2008年年報(bào)中的信息中確定:“豐田的目標(biāo)是實(shí)現(xiàn)持續(xù)、長(zhǎng)期增長(zhǎng)通過(guò)提供高質(zhì)量的汽車給世界各地的人們和為實(shí)現(xiàn)豐富的和培養(yǎng)社會(huì)”(2008年,p . 6)。什么是不符合這個(gè)短語(yǔ)的藍(lán)海戰(zhàn)略是,其他汽車公司——福特、通用、本田、等等-也在說(shuō)同樣的事情或類似的事情。顯然,如果豐田想要繼續(xù)保持《財(cái)富》全球500強(qiáng)前10名的地位,從長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)來(lái)看,這種策略根本行不通。
In contrast, the blue ocean strategy goes out of just mere providing high-quality vehicles which are what everyone else is providing. As shown in the figure below blue oceans have the most impact on profit though least impact on revenue compared to red oceans.
The changing environments as presented by Toyota in its presentation for its financial results for 2008 and as discussed in the earlier part of this paper, and as outlined by the Blue Ocean Strategy presents several “driving forces behind a rising imperative to create blue oceans” (Kim & Mauborgne 2005, p. 8). These driving forces, unfortunately, will not disappear, hence Toyota must act now and create its own undisputed market in the automobile industry. To fully realize the benefits of the blue ocean strategy a strategy canvas must be created. The canvas is “the central diagnostic and action framework for building a compelling blue ocean strategy” (Blue Ocean Strategy 2008).
Total customer experience is now the “new differentiator” (Mascarenhas, Kesavan & Bernacchi 2006, p. 397) which is exactly the point in the blue ocean strategy. Toyota Motors Corporation, in its current and future business environment, must deliver total customer experience. However, there is a need for care in interpreting each customer’s total experience: “Obviously, by definition, TCE is customer-dependent and hence, is different for each customer. Compared with service outlets such as restaurants, hotels or banks, there is potential for great diversity in customer experience, because the customer may seek a wide variety of different services or products. Each stage of this consumption-journey involves an experience that the provider must try to optimize and the customer must [capitalize]” (Mascarenhas, Kesavan & Bernacchi 2006, p. 415). The key therefore is to attain an accurate understanding.
More than ever, the human resource strategies, objective, systems and processes of the organization must be integrated and synchronized with the overall Toyota Motors Corporation’s strategies, objective, systems and processes and the rest of the organization. Human resource as one of the key success factors in implementing the blue ocean strategy must be able to support and not detract the company from it. Hence, the personnel selection, training and development, and performance appraisal processes should be seamlessly integrated into the whole organizational structure ad systems to ensure that all these systems are working towards the same goal: creating uncontested market space and making the competition irrelevant.
比以往任何時(shí)候,組織的人力資源戰(zhàn)略、目標(biāo)、系統(tǒng)和過(guò)程必須與豐田汽車公司的整體戰(zhàn)略、目標(biāo)、系統(tǒng)和過(guò)程以及組織的其他部分整合和同步。人力資源作為實(shí)施藍(lán)海戰(zhàn)略的關(guān)鍵成功因素之一,必須能夠支持而不是削弱公司的藍(lán)海戰(zhàn)略。因此,人員選擇、培訓(xùn)和發(fā)展以及績(jī)效評(píng)估過(guò)程應(yīng)該無(wú)縫地整合到整個(gè)組織結(jié)構(gòu)和廣告系統(tǒng)中,以確保所有這些系統(tǒng)都朝著同一個(gè)目標(biāo)努力:創(chuàng)造無(wú)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的市場(chǎng)空間,讓競(jìng)爭(zhēng)變得無(wú)關(guān)緊要。
Mondy & Noe defined recruitment as the “process of attracting individuals on a timely basis, in sufficient numbers, and with appropriate qualifications, and encouraging them to apply for jobs with an [organization]” (2005, p. 199). The objective of the selection process for any type of [organization] is selecting the best “individual suited for a particular position and the organization” (Mondy & Noe, 2005, p. 162). Hence, for TMC the goal of the organization’s selection process should be selecting the best individual suited for the vacant position and have the necessary capability to help the company in its quest in making the competition irrelevant.
On the other hand, the performance appraisal system is a “formal system of review and evaluation of individual or team task performance” (Mondy & Noe, 2005, p. 252) “to determine who should be promoted, demoted, transferred, or terminated (Anthony, Kacmar & Perrewe, 2002, p. 354). Several of the factors that affect the effectiveness of an appraisal system are job-related criteria, performance expectations, standardization, trained appraisers, continuous open communication, performance reviews, and due process (Mondy & Noe, 2005, pp. 270-272). Managing employee performance is one of the more difficult and complex activities within an organization. Unlike the other resources of a business, the human resource is not very easy to control: people think and act accordingly.
Anthony, Kacmar & Perrewe wrote that an effective performance appraisal system are “not only tools for evaluating the work of employees but also for developing and motivating employees” (2002, p. 351). These benefits are central to why the performance appraisal system was developed in organizations: employees need to be motivated and developed in order to perform their jobs effectively and efficiently. Furthermore, the appraisal system of a company can also be used to “determine who needs formal training and development opportunities” (Anthony, Kacmar & Perrewe, 2002, p. 354). In the end, all of these will result to a better equipped human resource. Hence, for Toyota Motors Corporation its performance appraisal system must be redesigned to fit the blue ocean strategy of the company. As a vital component in motivating its employees, the human resource performance appraisal system of TMC should not operate in a vacuum, rather it must support the goal of developing organizational competencies to make the competition irrelevant.
What had Toyota Motors Corporation done for its worldwide human resource management is admirable – it developed HRM practices to sustain the Toyota Production System (Winfield 1994, p. 41). However, today it is no longer enough. It is time that Toyota models its human resource management practices to sustain the blue ocean strategy. The researcher believes that TPS is a component of blue ocean strategy; hence it should not be the end goal in designing the company’s human resource management system and its other systems. The four goals as promoted by the company’s existing human resource management practices are “employee commitment, workforce flexibility and adaptability, quality” (Winfield 1994, p. 50) in the blue ocean strategy perspective are only several of the factors needed in creating an uncontestable market as opposed to the current practice (these four goals are the main goals).
豐田汽車公司為其全球人力資源管理所做的是令人欽佩的-它發(fā)展了人力資源管理實(shí)踐來(lái)維持豐田生產(chǎn)系統(tǒng)(Winfield 1994,第41頁(yè))。然而,今天已經(jīng)不夠了。現(xiàn)在是豐田模仿其人力資源管理實(shí)踐,以維持藍(lán)海戰(zhàn)略的時(shí)候了。研究者認(rèn)為TPS是藍(lán)海戰(zhàn)略的一個(gè)組成部分;因此,它不應(yīng)該是設(shè)計(jì)公司人力資源管理系統(tǒng)及其其他系統(tǒng)的最終目標(biāo)。公司現(xiàn)有的人力資源管理實(shí)踐促進(jìn)的四個(gè)目標(biāo)是“員工承諾,勞動(dòng)力靈活性和適應(yīng)性,質(zhì)量”(Winfield 1994,在藍(lán)海戰(zhàn)略的觀點(diǎn)中,這只是創(chuàng)建一個(gè)無(wú)可爭(zhēng)議的市場(chǎng)所需的幾個(gè)因素,而不是當(dāng)前的實(shí)踐(這四個(gè)目標(biāo)是主要目標(biāo))。
As competition become more and more intense, companies such as Toyota Motors Corporation which are leaders in their industries can not afford to become complacent. Rather they must again pioneer developments in their fields. These companies have to integrate all their resources, use these resources efficiently and effectively to attain organizational goals.
As the workforce becomes varied and as competition within industries becomes more intense, the need to effectively and efficiently manage human resources to gain, develop and sustain competitive advantages is becoming more important. In integrating the blue ocean strategy to its overall strategy, Toyota Motors Corporation must not forget that the most important factor in order for such strategy to succeed is its human resource.
隨著勞動(dòng)力的多樣化和行業(yè)內(nèi)的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)日益激烈,有效和高效地管理人力資源,以獲得、發(fā)展和維持競(jìng)爭(zhēng)優(yōu)勢(shì)變得越來(lái)越重要。在將藍(lán)海戰(zhàn)略整合到整體戰(zhàn)略中,豐田汽車公司不能忘記,藍(lán)海戰(zhàn)略成功的最重要因素是人力資源。
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