Analyze and evaluate the financial performance of the Toyota Motor Company within the context of its culture and the competitive industry in which it operates.
https://www.toyota-global.com/investors/ir_library/annual/
Focus on consolidated financial statement, and not up-consolidated.
Try to add or grasp some data or any information as appendices from: London stock exchange & rioter for financial analyst news about Toyota or general auto motive.
Report style is required so Executive summary is out of word count.
Make sure you use brackets when adding years during Harvard referencing, example (2001).
Important information:
Source of the case study:
Crafting and Executing Strategy by Thompson, Peteraf, Gamble and Strickland, published by McGraw Hill in 2012.
Learning outcomes covered by this assessment
- To critically analyse the financially related performance metrics of the organisation.
- To critically evaluate financially related information with the aim of supporting the financially measured improvements.
Introduction:
In this assessment, you are required to analyze and evaluate the financial performance of the Toyota Motor Company within the context of its culture and the competitive industry in which it operates. More specifically you are required to examine the company’s financial capability and management and how these affect the business on an operational, functional and strategic level. You are asked to consider not only financial indicators, but also how the company’s management makes decisions, taking into account its financial position.
Requirement:
– Using the enclosed case study as a historic base, but then researching more current information, analyse the last three years’ annual reports and accounts in Toyota Motor Company (TMC).
– Analyse and highlight areas of good and poor performance in the company over that time period.
– Choose one existing industry competitor and compare their performance over the three year time period with that of TMC.
– From your findings, propose areas in which you believe TMC management could improve the financial performance of the company.
Your report should include:
- An introduction to highlight the objectives of the report
- A brief presentation of TMC and its competitor, their products, market and organizational structure
- The financial analysis of the company and the chosen competitor through the analysis of the balance sheet, income statement and financial ratios. This analysis should be supported by relevant theory.
- Identification of the key actions which TMC’s management could adopt in order to improve financial performance
- A conclusion which brings together your key findings and suggestions and which follows logically from your report.