I have always made it a point to know our employees, to visit every facility of our company, and to try to… — Akio Morita Copy Share Image
We treat employees as a member of the family. If management take the risk of hiring them, we have to take the… — Akio Morita Copy Share Image
When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job, I feel it is my fault because I… — Akio Morita Copy Share Image
I established the rule that once we hire an employee, his school records are a matter of the past and are no… — Akio Morita Copy Share Image
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.… — Akio Morita Copy Share Image
We want to keep the company healthy and its employees happy, and we want to keep them on the job and productive. — Akio Morita Copy Share Image
The most important mission for a Japanese manager is to develop a healthy relationship with his employees, to create a familylike feeling… — Akio Morita Copy Share Image
(Japanese Government believes that if you have a big laboratory with all the latest equipment and good funding it will automatically lead to creativity.… — Akio Morita Copy Share
Our plan is to lead the public with new products rather than ask them what kind of products they want. — Akio Morita Copy Share
More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods. — Akio Morita Copy Share
Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable. — Akio Morita Copy Share
In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues. If you trust your colleague today, he may be your competitor tomorrow, because… — Akio Morita Copy Share
I knew we needed a weapon to break through to the US market, and it had to be something different, something that nobody else… — Akio Morita Copy Share
If we do our best and make efforts, a peaceful and great future will become ours without fail. Whether we succeed or not depends… — Akio Morita Copy Share
Management of an industrial company must be giving targets to the engineers constantly; that may be the most important job management has in dealing… — Akio Morita Copy Share
The remarkable thing about management is that a manager can go on for years making mistakes that nobody is aware of, which means that… — Akio Morita Copy Share
If you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by. — Akio Morita Copy Share
I often say to my assistants, "Never trust anybody," but what I mean is that you should never trust someone else to do a… — Akio Morita Copy Share
Executives of the company must have the necessary qualities to direct the personnel by showing them the way to do things. — Akio Morita Copy Share
To gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future. — Akio Morita Copy Share
