Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
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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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Americans 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.
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I believe people work for satisfaction.
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Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable.
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The important thing in my view is not to pin the blame for a mistake on somebody, but rather to find out what caused the mistake.
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(Japanese Government believes that if you have a big laboratory with all the latest equipment and good funding it will automatically lead to creativity. It doesn’t work that way.
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Don’t do market research.
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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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If we do our best and make efforts, a peaceful and great future will become ours without fail.
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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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You can be totally rational with a machine.
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Your business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire.
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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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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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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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