Monday, May 16, 2005
Japanese Business Pioneers
Japanese Business Pioneers
© 1988 by Kazuyoshi Kamioka
Quality control is the responsibility of all employees.
The Japanese company educates its new employees to a very high level.
Hattori tried to make clocks by imitating the American clocks. At age 40, he visited America to buy watch-making equipment.
Matsushita Konosuke. At age 22, he set out on his own. Within two years, he had 30 people employed. He believed in Bushido. He never gave discounts and became well-known for his consistency. He did innovative advertising of distributing samples of the National brand. His talent was in organizing his subcontracting network, and developing the next hit product quickly.
Matushita creed: Progress and development can be realized only through the combined effort and cooperation of each member of our company. Each of us, therefore, shall keep this idea constantly in mind as we devote ourselves to the continuous improvement of the company. He outlined seven objectives: National service through industry, fairness, harmony and cooperation, struggle for betterment, courtesy and humility, adjustment and assimilation, gratitude.
Honda: One day he found a defect in a light attached to a newly manufactured motorcycle which was being tested. He immediately took it off and threw it to the ground, shouting, "Make a better one by tomorrow!"
Akio Morita, only 250 employees. Akio was shrewd enough to take note that every big business had once been a small or medium-sized one and had developed from there.
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© 1988 by Kazuyoshi Kamioka
Quality control is the responsibility of all employees.
The Japanese company educates its new employees to a very high level.
Hattori tried to make clocks by imitating the American clocks. At age 40, he visited America to buy watch-making equipment.
Matsushita Konosuke. At age 22, he set out on his own. Within two years, he had 30 people employed. He believed in Bushido. He never gave discounts and became well-known for his consistency. He did innovative advertising of distributing samples of the National brand. His talent was in organizing his subcontracting network, and developing the next hit product quickly.
Matushita creed: Progress and development can be realized only through the combined effort and cooperation of each member of our company. Each of us, therefore, shall keep this idea constantly in mind as we devote ourselves to the continuous improvement of the company. He outlined seven objectives: National service through industry, fairness, harmony and cooperation, struggle for betterment, courtesy and humility, adjustment and assimilation, gratitude.
Honda: One day he found a defect in a light attached to a newly manufactured motorcycle which was being tested. He immediately took it off and threw it to the ground, shouting, "Make a better one by tomorrow!"
Akio Morita, only 250 employees. Akio was shrewd enough to take note that every big business had once been a small or medium-sized one and had developed from there.
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0893463035
