Jim Press and Toyota, Setting Sights on No. 1 former president of Toyota Motor North America
The Toyota family, very strongly, still has their name on the building and [have] a big influence in the company. The original founding [principal] of the company was to enrich society.
The Purpose of an Organization as stated by W. Edwards Deming described the purpose of an organization in New Economics, on page 51, as:
The aim proposed here for any organization is for everybody to gain – stockholders, employees, suppliers, customers, community, the environment – over the long term.
This is obviously not the view most people have, but I believe Dr. Deming was right.
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