If you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.
AKIO MORITAIf you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.
AKIO MORITAThe best example of this was the Apollo project in the United States.
AKIO MORITAIf you trust your colleague today, he may be your competitor tomorrow, because people frequently move from one company to another.
AKIO MORITATo create a familylike feeling within the corporation, a feeling that employees and managers share the same fate.
AKIO MORITAWe all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business.
AKIO MORITAAmenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
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 MORITAExecutives of the company must have the necessary qualities to direct the personnel by showing them the way to do things.
AKIO MORITAAll you need is the best product in the world, the most efficient production in the world and global marketing.
AKIO MORITAI 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 MORITAMore people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.
AKIO MORITAI believe people work for satisfaction.
AKIO MORITAI believe it is a big mistake to think that money is the only way to compensate a person for his work.
AKIO MORITAI feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
AKIO MORITA(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.
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.
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