If management take the risk of hiring them, we have to take the responsibility for them.
AKIO MORITAOur plan is to lead the public with new products rather than ask them what kind of products they want.
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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We treat employees as a member of the family.
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I 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.
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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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An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
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I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
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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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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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If we do our best and make efforts, a peaceful and great future will become ours without fail.
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Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?
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Your business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire.
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I 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.
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It has run consistently about 6 percent of sales at Sony – and in service.
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Our plan is to lead the public with new products rather than ask them what kind of products they want.
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We want to keep the company healthy and its employees happy, and we want to keep them on the job and productive.
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