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.
AKIO MORITAAmenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
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Our plan is to lead the public with new products rather than ask them what kind of products they want.
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Every action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.
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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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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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(Japanese Government believes that if you have a big laboratory with all the latest equipment and good funding it will automatically lead to creativity. It doesn’t work that way.
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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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To create a familylike feeling within the corporation, a feeling that employees and managers share the same fate.
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I believe people work for satisfaction.
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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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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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The most important mission for a Japanese manager is to develop a healthy relationship with his employees.
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The best example of this was the Apollo project in the United States.
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Curiosity is the key to creativity.
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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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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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