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.
AKIO MORITAThe “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.
AKIO MORITAWe 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.
AKIO MORITAI established the rule that once we hire an employee, his school records are a matter of the past and are no longer used to evaluate his work or decide on his promotion.
AKIO MORITAPeople need money, but they also want to be happy in their work and proud of it.
AKIO MORITACarefully watch how people live, get an intuitive sense as to what they might want and then go with it.
AKIO MORITAThe company must not throw money away on huge bonuses for executives or other frivolities but must share its fate with the workers.
AKIO MORITAThe 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.
AKIO MORITAAn enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
AKIO MORITAMy concept is that anybody has creative ability, but very few people know how to use it.
AKIO MORITAI believe people work for satisfaction.
AKIO MORITAThe most important mission for a Japanese manager is to develop a healthy relationship with his employees.
AKIO MORITAI consider it my job to nurture the creativity of the people I work with because at Sony we know that a terrific idea is more likely to happen in an open, free and trusting atmosphere than when everything is calculated.
AKIO MORITAThere is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.
AKIO MORITAA company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.
AKIO MORITAIt has run consistently about 6 percent of sales at Sony – and in service.
AKIO MORITAIt’s difficult to see new projects to fruition.
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