Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
AKIO MORITAA company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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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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It has run consistently about 6 percent of sales at Sony – and in service.
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And then we grow up and learn to blend our innate abilities with the rules or principles we have learned.
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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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People need money, but they also want to be happy in their work and proud of it.
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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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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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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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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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An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
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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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In the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty.
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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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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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