I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.
AKIO MORITAManagement 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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The public does not know what is possible. We do.
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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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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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My concept is that anybody has creative ability, but very few people know how to use it.
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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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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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Don’t do market research.
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We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business.
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You can be totally rational with a machine.
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I consider it my job to nurture the creativity of the people I work with because at Sony we know that a terrific idea is more likely to happen in an open, free and trusting atmosphere than when everything is calculated.
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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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It’s difficult to see new projects to fruition.
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The “patron saint” of Japanese quality control, ironically, is an American named W. Edwards Deming, who was virtually unknown in his own country until his ideas of quality control began to make such a big impact on Japanese companies.
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Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
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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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