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The system where proposals at lower levels are signed and passed along to higher level management in an effort to build consensus is the Max has just been assigned to a project team after his organization restructured to a matrix organization. What kinds of advice could be offered him to help him deal with multiple bosses?
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c. Toyota’s production system has led it to be structured as a matrix organization. d. Toyota requires all its employees to be generalists. (d) Difficult/Evaluation
b. functional organization. c. boundaryless organization. d. divisional organization. (c) Easy/Knowledge
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Toyota is successful because its structure supports its strategy. Toyota functions under just- in-time production. Such a production focus requires employees who are expert at their positions, and who are continuously learning and improving. Toyota, which is functionally structured, has aspects of a matrix organization whereby employees are placed on teams to engage in that continuous learning process. Further, Toyota has strategic alliances with a number of firms that, again, support the just in time production process. In fact, Toyota’s supplier firms are responsible for roughly 75% of the car’s production. Toyota shows the success associated with an organizational structure aligned with a firm strategy.