Hitachi Automotive: Organizational Culture Hitachi Automotive Products, Los Angeles (HAP-LA), based in Torrance, is a major remanufacturer of alternators, starters, electronic control units, mass airflow sensors, distributors, and other automotive electronic parts. HAP-LA reports to a corporate office based in Harrodsburg, KY, which in turn reports to the main Hitachi Automotive plant in Katsuta, Japan. As a Japanese based company, HAP-LA's organizational structure and culture is very strongly influenced by the Japanese corporate office, as …showed first 75 words of 1167 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1167 total…team members. This training should include the use of the henko, the proper bow instead of a hand-shake, and how to address the various executives that arrive at the facility. References Davis, Stanley B. and David L. Geotsch. Quality Management: Introduction to Total Quality Management for Production, Processing, and Services. Boston, Ma Prentice-Hall, Inc, 2000. Total Quality Management in the Social Services: Theory and Practice. Burton Gummer and Philip McCallion, Eds., Albany, NY: Rockefeller College Press, (1995).