Akio Morita
Akio Morita
Akio Moritawas a Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony along with Masaru Ibuka...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth26 January 1921
CountryJapan
believe office want
We want everybody to have the best facilities in which to work, but we do not believe in posh and impressive private offices.
children growing-up learning
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.
work people kind
Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable.
business innovation enemy
An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
want kind plans
Our plan is to lead the public with new products rather than ask them what kind of products they want,
education jobs people
My chief job is to constantly stir or rekindle the curiosity of people that gets driven out by bureaucracy and formal schooling systems.
mistake believe thinking
I believe it is a big mistake to think that money is the only way to compensate a person for his work. People need money, but they also want to be happy in their work and proud of it.
believe people satisfaction
I believe people work for satisfaction.
moving games creating
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.
japan want ifs
If you don't want Japan to buy it, don't sell it.
fate healthy feelings
The most important mission for a Japanese manager is to develop a healthy relationship with his employees, to create a familylike feeling within the corporation, a feeling that employees and managers share the same fate.
quality way company
Executives of the company must have the necessary qualities to direct the personnel by showing them the way to do things.
years america japan
America looks 10 minutes ahead; Japan looks 10 years.
jobs decision faults
When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job, I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.