Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the following organizational
and personnel changes which are effective January 1, 2007.
1. Organizational Changes
These organizational changes are aimed at strengthening Mazda’s
personnel and labor initiatives from a global perspective through improved
services in the personnel and human development departments. This is
to be achieved by further developing the abilities of managers and staff
members and how they are utilized within Mazda, while also working at
improving levels of job satisfaction.
Mazda’s Executive Officer and General Manager of the Human Resources
Division, Minoru Mitsuda, said, “These organizational changes have
the goals of strengthening our strategic planning functions for the future
and for the global development of personnel and labor. Fundamental to
these changes is the desire to maximize the potential of our human resources
and provide an even better working environment for our employees.”
Mazda announced that ‘leveraging human resources’ was one
of the key measures of its Mazda Momentum midterm management plan, and
it has been moving forward with infrastructure improvements. The company
is actively developing its middle management ranks and fostering the
development of its next generation of leaders. These changes are one
of a series of efforts aimed at human resources development from a global
perspective.
Details of the organizational changes follow.
Goals
| (1) |
To accelerate the development and utilization of
human resources within the Mazda group, strengthen Mazda’s
personnel and labor strategy planning functions from a global perspective. |
| (2) |
Consolidate the functions of the human resources
and labor departments, and strengthen the support framework necessary
to accomplish the business objectives of all departments. |
| (3) |
To raise the quality of service that the personnel
and human development departments can offer to management and employees
in order to increase levels of job satisfaction. |
Details
| (1) |
The Global HR Planning Dept. has been newly formed
and certain functions of the Human Resources Dept., Employee Relations
Dept. and Career Development Dept. were transferred to it. |
| (2) |
The Human Resources Dept. and Employee Relations
Dept. have been integrated into a new department that has been
named the Personnel & Labor Affairs Dept. |
| (3) |
The HR Business Support Dept. has been newly formed
and certain functions of the Human Resources Dept., Employee Relations
Dept. and Career Development Dept. were transferred to it. |
| (4) |
In line with the organizational changes stated above,
the Human Resources Dept., Employee Relations Dept. and Career
Development Dept. have all been eliminated. |
2. Personnel Changes
(1) Executive officers
| New Post |
Current Post |
Name |
Executive Officer
General Manager
Human Resources Div. |
Executive Officer
General Manager
Personnel & Human
Development Div.
and General Manager
Human Resources Dept. |
Minoru Mitsuda |
(2) General managers and above
| New Post |
Current Post |
Name |
Staff Manager
Global Marketing Div. |
General Manager
Global Accessories Marketing
Dept. |
Wataru Tsushima |
General Manager
Global Product Marketing Dept. |
Manager
Product Planning &
Implementation Gr. No. 1
Product Planning Dept. |
Toru Nakajima |
General Manager
Global Accessories Marketing
Dept. |
Manager
Vehicle Line 1 Gr.
Global Product Marketing Dept. |
Kenji Ito |
General Manager
Global HR Planning Dept. |
Manager
Human Resources Planning and
Support Gr.
Human Resources Dept. |
Yuji Takenouchi |
General Manager
Personnel & Labor Affairs Dept. |
General Manager
Employee Relations Dept. |
Takeshi Fujiga |
General Manager
HR Business Support Dept. |
General Manager
Career Development Dept. |
Tsuneyasu Kajiwara |
Dispatched to
Mazda Motor Europe G.m.b.H |
General Manager
Global Product Marketing Dept. |
Shunsuke Hamamoto |
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