More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.
AKIO MORITAThere is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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We treat employees as a member of the family.
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If we do our best and make efforts, a peaceful and great future will become ours without fail.
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If you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.
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I have always made it a point to know our employees, to visit every facility of our company, and to try to meet and know every single employee.
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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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Never break another man’s rice bowl.
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An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
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The “patron saint” of Japanese quality control, ironically, is an American named W. Edwards Deming, who was virtually unknown in his own country until his ideas of quality control began to make such a big impact on Japanese companies.
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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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There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.
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The company must not throw money away on huge bonuses for executives or other frivolities but must share its fate with the workers.
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Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable.
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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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We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business.
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Executives of the company must have the necessary qualities to direct the personnel by showing them the way to do things.
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