My chief job is to constantly stir or rekindle the curiosity of people that gets driven out by bureaucracy and formal schooling systems.
AKIO MORITAEvery action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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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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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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America looks 10 minutes ahead; Japan looks 10 years.
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We treat employees as a member of the family.
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Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
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In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues.
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In the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty.
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The public does not know what is possible. We do.
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Of course we have to make a profit, but we have to make a profit over the long haul, not just the short term, and that means we must keep investing in research and development.
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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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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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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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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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While the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.
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But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
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