Akio Morita (盛田 昭夫, Morita Akio, January 26, 1921 – October 3, 1999) was a Japanese entrepreneur and co-founder of Sony along with Masaru Ibuka. (wikipedia)
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.
From a management standpoint, it is very important to know how to unleash people's inborn creativity. My concept is that anybody has creative ability, but very few people know how to use it.
Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable.
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.
An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
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.
Our plan is to lead the public with new products rather than ask them what kind of products they want,
the company must not throw money away on huge bonuses for executives or other frivolities but must share its fate with the workers.
I believe people work for satisfaction.