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About Akio Morita
Akio Morita (January 26, 1921 – October 3, 1999 in Nagoya, Aichi) was a Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony Corporation.
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“I believe people work for satisfaction.”
“Amenities are not of great concern to management in Japan.”
“A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.”
“A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.”
“...if you are nothing but profit-conscious, you cannot see the opportunities ahead.”
“I have had my difficulties with the American legal system, and so I feel qualified to talk about it.”
“Advertising and promotion alone will not sustain a bad product or a product that is not right for the times.”
“We want to keep the company healthy and its employees happy, and we want to keep them on the job and productive.”
“We tell our young managers: 'Don't be afraid to make a mistake. But make sure you don't make the same mistake twice'.”
“Once you have a staff of prepared, intelligent, and energetic people, the next step is to motivate them to be creative.”
“More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.”
“Executives of the company must have the necessary qualities to direct the personnel by showing them the way to do things.”
“We want everybody to have the best facilities in which to work, but we do not believe in posh and impressive private offices.”
“I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.”
“The important thing in my view is not to pin the blame for a mistake on somebody, but rather to find out what caused the mistake.”
“...without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period, it's difficult to see new projects to fruition.”
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Akio Morita on Management 3 quotes
“A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.”
Akio Morita on Manager 2 quotes
“We tell our young managers: 'Don't be afraid to make a mistake. But make sure you don't make the same mistake twice'.”
Akio Morita on Lawsuit
“Sometimes nonsensical lawsuits are generated by lawyers. In this country (the United States everybody sues everybody.”
Akio Morita on Mistakes
“The important thing in my view is not to pin the blame for a mistake on somebody, but rather to find out what caused the mistake.”
Akio Morita on Systems engineering
“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.”
Akio Morita on Business
“We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business. And then we grow up and learn to blend our innate abilities with the rules or principles we have learned.”
About Akio Morita
Akio Morita (January 26, 1921 – October 3, 1999 in Nagoya, Aichi) was a Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony Corporation.
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