To create a familylike feeling within the corporation, a feeling that employees and managers share the same fate.
AKIO MORITAIf 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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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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I believe it is a big mistake to think that money is the only way to compensate a person for his work.
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America looks 10 minutes ahead; Japan looks 10 years.
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Without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period.
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Don’t do market research.
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An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
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The best example of this was the Apollo project in the United States.
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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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Advertising and promotion alone will not sustain a bad product or a product that is not right for the times.
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Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
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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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Executives of the company must have the necessary qualities to direct the personnel by showing them the way to do things.
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I believe people work for satisfaction.
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If you trust your colleague today, he may be your competitor tomorrow, because people frequently move from one company to another.
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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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