The company has good strategic management principles and philosophy, which has helped it to remain at the top of automobile producers globally. The production system of the company is based on lean manufacturing and just in time production, which have helped the company to produce quality vehicles. These philosophies have also helps the company to boost its brand name in the market enabling it make more sales thus increasing its profits. In 2012 and 2013, the company is said to have produced more than 10 million vehicles making it the first automobile company to produce 10 million vehicles per year. According to research there are four main elements that have enabled them to progress over the years. long-term thinking before decision-making, good problem solving techniques, continuous employee development, and continuous solving of problems which helps in organizational learning (Crawley, Swailes & Walsh, 2011).

The main reason why Toyota Company was selected for this research is its steady development and progress over the years. Employees play a key role in a company’s development and as such, it means that Toyota have good human resource management skills that are helping them to nature their human resources in a way that will help the company to grow and become the world leading automotive producer (Crawley, Swailes & Walsh, 2011). Another reason why it was chosen for this research is that my uncle works there, as a line manager is the China branch. He has been my role model since I was young and want to embrace his career path.