I believe it is a big mistake to think that money is the only way to compensate a person for his work.
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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The company must not throw money away on huge bonuses for executives or other frivolities but must share its fate with the workers.
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We want everybody to have the best facilities in which to work, but we do not believe in posh and impressive private offices.
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Without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period.
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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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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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But make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.
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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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All you need is the best product in the world, the most efficient production in the world and global marketing.
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To create a familylike feeling within the corporation, a feeling that employees and managers share the same fate.
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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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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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The best example of this was the Apollo project in the United States.
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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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A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.
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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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