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.
AKIO MORITAAmericans make money by playing `money games,’ namely mergers, acquisitions, by simply moving money back and forth … instead of creating and producing goods with some actual value.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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My chief job is to constantly stir or rekindle the curiosity of people that gets driven out by bureaucracy and formal schooling systems.
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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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Every action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.
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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 knew we needed a weapon to break through to the US market, and it had to be something different, something that nobody else was making.
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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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The most important mission for a Japanese manager is to develop a healthy relationship with his employees.
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Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?
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To have any one of these without the others is self defeating in business.
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While the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.
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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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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
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If you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.
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And then we grow up and learn to blend our innate abilities with the rules or principles we have learned.
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