To create a familylike feeling within the corporation, a feeling that employees and managers share the same fate.
AKIO MORITAI believe it is a big mistake to think that money is the only way to compensate a person for his work.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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If you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.
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There are three creativities: creativity in technology, in product planning, and in marketing.
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It’s difficult to see new projects to fruition.
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The “patron saint” of Japanese quality control, ironically, is an American named W. Edwards Deming, who was virtually unknown in his own country until his ideas of quality control began to make such a big impact on Japanese companies.
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The public does not know what is possible. We do.
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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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When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job,
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But make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.
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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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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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In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues.
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Carefully watch how people live, get an intuitive sense as to what they might want and then go with it.
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I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
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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 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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