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.
AKIO MORITAThe 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.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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Once you have a staff of prepared, intelligent, and energetic people, the next step is to motivate them to be creative.
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A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.
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We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business.
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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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I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.
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There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.
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Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
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It’s difficult to see new projects to fruition.
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Your business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire.
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The public does not know what is possible. We do.
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Never break another man’s rice bowl.
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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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Our plan is to lead the public with new products rather than ask them what kind of products they want.
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When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job,
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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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