If you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.
AKIO MORITAThe company must not throw money away on huge bonuses for executives or other frivolities but must share its fate with the workers.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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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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But make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.
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We will try to create conditions where persons could come together in a spirit of teamwork, and exercise to their heart’s desire their technological capacity.
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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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Of course we have to make a profit, but we have to make a profit over the long haul, not just the short term, and that means we must keep investing in research and development.
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The most important mission for a Japanese manager is to develop a healthy relationship with his employees.
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But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
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I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
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Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
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More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.
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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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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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In the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty.
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It’s difficult to see new projects to fruition.
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