The company must not throw money away on huge bonuses for executives or other frivolities but must share its fate with the workers.
AKIO MORITAMore people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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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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The public does not know what is possible. We do.
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But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
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We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business.
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Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?
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Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
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I often say to my assistants, “Never trust anybody,” but what I mean is that you should never trust someone else to do a job exactly the way you would want it done.
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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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Advertising and promotion alone will not sustain a bad product or a product that is not right for the times.
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In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues.
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I established the rule that once we hire an employee, his school records are a matter of the past and are no longer used to evaluate his work or decide on his promotion.
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Curiosity is the key to creativity.
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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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Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable.
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When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job,
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