Americans make money by playing `money games,’ namely mergers, acquisitions, by simply moving money back and forth … instead of creating and producing goods with some actual value.
AKIO MORITAIf management take the risk of hiring them, we have to take the responsibility for them.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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Without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period.
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Advertising and promotion alone will not sustain a bad product or a product that is not right for the times.
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When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job,
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Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?
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People need money, but they also want to be happy in their work and proud of it.
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I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.
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We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business.
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Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
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All you need is the best product in the world, the most efficient production in the world and global marketing.
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I believe people work for satisfaction.
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(Japanese Government believes that if you have a big laboratory with all the latest equipment and good funding it will automatically lead to creativity. It doesn’t work that way.
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If we face recession, we should not lay off employees; the company should sacrifice a profit. It’s management’s risk and management’s responsibility.
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If you trust your colleague today, he may be your competitor tomorrow, because people frequently move from one company to another.
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You can be totally rational with a machine.
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I established the rule that once we hire an employee, his school records are a matter of the past and are no longer used to evaluate his work or decide on his promotion.
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