There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.
AKIO MORITAThe company must not throw money away on huge bonuses for executives or other frivolities but must share its fate with the workers.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job,
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I believe it is a big mistake to think that money is the only way to compensate a person for his work.
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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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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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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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The most important mission for a Japanese manager is to develop a healthy relationship with his employees.
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But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
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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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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 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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We want everybody to have the best facilities in which to work, but we do not believe in posh and impressive private offices.
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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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But make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.
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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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Advertising and promotion alone will not sustain a bad product or a product that is not right for the times.
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