It has run consistently about 6 percent of sales at Sony – and in service.
AKIO MORITAMy solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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The important thing in my view is not to pin the blame for a mistake on somebody, but rather to find out what caused the mistake.
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The best example of this was the Apollo project in the United States.
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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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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 do our best and make efforts, a peaceful and great future will become ours without fail.
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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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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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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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But make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.
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A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.
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If you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.
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Curiosity is the key to creativity.
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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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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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