General Motors and Honda Motors

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"This research will compare the management theories and strategies of General Motors in the United States and Honda Motor Co. in Japan. Policies regarding employee promotions, careers, and skills will be included in this paper.


Honda Motors has been long admired for its policy of making decisions by consensus.. However, recently, since the takeover of President Nobuhiko Kawamoto in June, 1990, this tradition has been changed. In the old system, an electric sign on the tenth floor of Honda's headquarters in Tokyo flagged down the location within the building of each of the company's 32 top executives. Lately, most of the lights have been dark, because Honda's new leader has by-passed its executives to get closer to employees, dealers, and suppliers. So radical is this approach that it totally repudiates the management principles of the company's..."

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