We want everybody to have the best facilities in which to work, but we do not believe in posh and impressive private offices.
AKIO MORITAJapanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
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We will try to create conditions where persons could come together in a spirit of teamwork, and exercise to their heart’s desire their technological capacity.
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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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In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues.
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Don’t do market research.
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But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
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The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
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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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My 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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All you need is the best product in the world, the most efficient production in the world and global marketing.
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The public does not know what is possible. We do.
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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 you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.
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Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.
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I believe people work for satisfaction.
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If management take the risk of hiring them, we have to take the responsibility for them.
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It’s difficult to see new projects to fruition.
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If you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.
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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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Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
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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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It has run consistently about 6 percent of sales at Sony – and in service.
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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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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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Your business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire.
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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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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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