Mazda Announces Organizational and Personnel Changes.

Tokyo, Japan, Dec 28, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation has announced the following organizational and personnel changes which are effective January 1, 2007.

The 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.

Goals of Organizational Changes

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 of Organizational Changes

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.

Persononnel changes are recorded on the Mazda company website at http://www.mazda.com/publicity/release/2006/200612/061228.html .

About Mazda Motor Corporation

Mazda Motor Corporation (TSE: 7261) started manufacturing tools in 1929 and soon branched out into production of trucks for commercial use. In the early 1960s, Mazda launched its first passenger car models and began developing rotary engines. Still headquartered in Hiroshima in western Japan, Mazda today ranks as one of Japan's leading automakers, and exports cars to the United States and Europe for over 30 years. Overseas sales account for more than half of total turnover. Mazda has two main production sites in Japan and 19 overseas facilities. Overseas sites include joint ventures based in the United States, and in Thailand with Ford Motor Company, Mazda's largest shareholder.

Source: Mazda Motor Corporation

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