People need money, but they also want to be happy in their work and proud of it.
AKIO MORITAAn enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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If management take the risk of hiring them, we have to take the responsibility for them.
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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 public does not know what is possible. We do.
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It’s difficult to see new projects to fruition.
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The company must not throw money away on huge bonuses for executives or other frivolities but must share its fate with the workers.
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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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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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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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From a management standpoint, it is very important to know how to unleash people’s inborn creativity.
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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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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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Whether we succeed or not depends on the strength of our resolve and the amount of our endeavor.
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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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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 feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
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