We want to keep the company healthy and its employees happy, and we want to keep them on the job and productive.
AKIO MORITAWhen I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job,
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I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
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I have always made it a point to know our employees, to visit every facility of our company, and to try to meet and know every single employee.
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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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All you need is the best product in the world, the most efficient production in the world and global marketing.
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The best example of this was the Apollo project in the United States.
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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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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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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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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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People need money, but they also want to be happy in their work and proud of it.
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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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But make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.
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We treat employees as a member of the family.
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But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
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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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