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"Because people make our automobiles, nothing gets started until we trainand educate our people." As seen in these words, which were expressed by

Honorary Advisor Eiji oyoda, oyota seeks to develop human resources

through the activity o! making things. oyota believes that the development

o! human resources reuires the handing down o! values and perspectives. #n

conjunction with the geographic expansion o! business and the growth o!

business areas, undertaking global actions !or the development o! human

resources has become a priority issue. oyota is building both tangible $a new

learning !acility% and intangible $course content% structures relating to team

member development that ensures a secure and steady !low o! uali!ied

human resources to conduct oyota&s global business in the '(st century.

)ully *ommitted and horough Human +esources evelopment

oyota conducts systematic company-wide and divisional training and

assignments !or training purposes with an emphasis on on-the-job training

$/% to ensure that associates can !ully utili0e their abilities.

oyota has de!ined the reuired uali!ications o! "pro!essional sta!!"( !or

o!!ice and engineering positions, and " shaped human resources"' who are

able to per!orm day-to-day activities and expand their skills in technicalpositions. *ompany-wide training is conducted based on employee

uali!ications, as well as speciali0ed training !or individual divisions, language

training, and special knowledge and skill training.

#n ctober '11', oyota created the booklet "oyota 2 eveloping 3eople"

and distributed it to all associates to create a common understanding that

"the source o! oyota&s competitiveness is human resources development"

and to promote the creation o! workplaces where personnel development

takes place at all sites and at all levels.

(. 3ro!essional 4ta!!5 Associates who can create added value on their own andcontribute to society, as well as utili0e their strengths and exercise teamwork

'. 4haped Human +esources5 eam members with a broad range o! skills,

such as English language skills and operational knowledge $the crossbar o!

the ""% as well as highly speciali0ed knowledge and experience in a

particular !ield $the vertical bar o! the ""%

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"oyota 2 eveloping 3eople" booklet 6*ompany-7ide raining to

4upport 3ro!essional 4ta!!

A 4hared oyota 7ay

68ey 3rinciples o! he oyota 7ay '11(

#n order to carry out the 9uiding 3rinciples at oyota :otor

*orporation, in April '11( oyota adopted the oyota 7ay '11(, anexpression o! the values and conduct guidelines that all employees should

embrace. #n order to promote the development o! 9lobal oyota and the

trans!er o! authority to local entities, oyota&s management philosophies,

values and business methods, that previously had been implicit in oyota&s

tradition, were codi!ied. Based on the dual pillars o! "+espect !or 3eople" and

"*ontinuous #mprovement," the !ollowing !ive key principles sum up the

oyota employee conduct guidelines5 *hallenge, 8ai0en $improvement%,

9enchi 9enbutsu $go and see%, +espect, and eamwork. #n '11', these

policies were advanced !urther with the adoption o! the oyota 7ay !or

individual !unctions, including overseas sales, domestic sales, humanresources, accounting, procurement, etc.

oyota #nstitute

#n /anuary '11', the oyota #nstitute was established as an internal human-

resource development organi0ation that aims to rein!orce the organic

integration o! global oyota companies by way o! sharing the oyota 7ay as

well as to promote sel!-su!!iciency. he purpose behind the oyota #nstitute&s

establishment is to promote the human resources development o! global

oyota in order to promote true globali0ation and to reali0e the advancement

o! oyota&s core values. :* 3resident )ujio *ho is the oyota #nstitute&s !irst

president, with (; !ull-time associates managing the business.

7ithin the oyota #nstitute, the 9lobal

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#n '11', the oyota #nstitute conducted training programs targeting global

leadership candidates !rom :* and overseas companies and !or middle

management personnel to enhance understanding o! the oyota 7ay, enable

best practice sharing and dra!ting o! action plans, as well as contribute to the

creation o! a global human network.

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