Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
AKIO MORITAExecutives of the company must have the necessary qualities to direct the personnel by showing them the way to do things.
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Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
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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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I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
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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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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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From a management standpoint, it is very important to know how to unleash people’s inborn creativity.
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Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?
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Never break another man’s rice bowl.
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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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We 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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Curiosity is the key to creativity.
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Management of an industrial company must be giving targets to the engineers constantly; that may be the most important job management has in dealing with its engineers.
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More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.
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But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
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My concept is that anybody has creative ability, but very few people know how to use it.
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