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.
AKIO MORITAI feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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If management take the risk of hiring them, we have to take the responsibility for them.
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Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
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The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
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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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Advertising and promotion alone will not sustain a bad product or a product that is not right for the times.
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The remarkable thing about management is that a manager can go on for years making mistakes that nobody is aware of, which means that management can be a kind of a con job.
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In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues.
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Once you have a staff of prepared, intelligent, and energetic people, the next step is to motivate them to be creative.
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I believe it is a big mistake to think that money is the only way to compensate a person for his work.
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From a management standpoint, it is very important to know how to unleash people’s inborn creativity.
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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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People need money, but they also want to be happy in their work and proud of it.
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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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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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If you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.
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