To create a familylike feeling within the corporation, a feeling that employees and managers share the same fate.
AKIO MORITAAdvertising and promotion alone will not sustain a bad product or a product that is not right for the times.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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I knew we needed a weapon to break through to the US market, and it had to be something different, something that nobody else was making.
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Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
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The public does not know what is possible. We do.
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Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
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Whether we succeed or not depends on the strength of our resolve and the amount of our endeavor.
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My concept is that anybody has creative ability, but very few people know how to use it.
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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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Never break another man’s rice bowl.
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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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Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable.
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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 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.
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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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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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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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