Don’t do market research.
AKIO MORITAI believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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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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It’s difficult to see new projects to fruition.
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We want to keep the company healthy and its employees happy, and we want to keep them on the job and productive.
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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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There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.
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I believe people work for satisfaction.
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It has run consistently about 6 percent of sales at Sony – and in service.
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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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Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
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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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More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.
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Every action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.
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My chief job is to constantly stir or rekindle the curiosity of people that gets driven out by bureaucracy and formal schooling systems.
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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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I consider it my job to nurture the creativity of the people I work with because at Sony we know that a terrific idea is more likely to happen in an open, free and trusting atmosphere than when everything is calculated.
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