I often say to my assistants, “Never trust anybody,” but what I mean is that you should never trust someone else to do a job exactly the way you would want it done.
AKIO MORITAManagement of an industrial company must be giving targets to the engineers constantly; that may be the most important job management has in dealing with its engineers.
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Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
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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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Management of an industrial company must be giving targets to the engineers constantly; that may be the most important job management has in dealing with its engineers.
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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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Never break another man’s rice bowl.
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It has run consistently about 6 percent of sales at Sony – and in service.
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To gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future.
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The best example of this was the Apollo project in the United States.
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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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America looks 10 minutes ahead; Japan looks 10 years.
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We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business.
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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 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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But make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.
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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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