It is actually quite interesting that during the few years of studying I heard many times about Toyota company as a example of an attitude toward engineering and management. All of them good and inspiring.
One such story is about the beginning of one seasoned manager at one of new US branches of Toyota. The bosses from Japan came to a meeting, so he prepared a typical for western company presentation about how awesome his division is, and how much money it made. When he finished the CEO said: "Listen, we know you are good, that's why you got the job. We are not here to hear about your successes, tell us about your problems."
Other is about the production line, that every employee can stop if he/she notice any design problem with the product. And so on...
If only Boeing was working like that...
Actually only thing that is stopping me from buying a Toyota is... they don't make rear wheel drive sedans