Akio Morita: Company

“…the differences between U. S. and Japanese companies go beyond the cultural.”

“We want to keep the company healthy and its employees happy, and we want to keep them on the job and productive.”

“In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues. If you trust your colleague today, he may be your competitor tomorrow, because people frequently move from one company to another.”

“…the company must not throw money away on huge bonuses for executives or other frivolities but must share its fate with the workers.”

“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.”

“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.”

“There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.”

“Executives of the company must have the necessary qualities to direct the personnel by showing them the way to do things.”

“I have always made it a point to know our employees, to visit every facility of our company, and to try to meet and know every single employee.”