We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business.
AKIO MORITAMy 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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To create a familylike feeling within the corporation, a feeling that employees and managers share the same fate.
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Every action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.
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We don’t believe in market research for a new product unknown to the public. So we never do any.
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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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There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.
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You can be totally rational with a machine.
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More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.
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Never break another man’s rice bowl.
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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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To gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future.
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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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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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There are three creativities: creativity in technology, in product planning, and in marketing.
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Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
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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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