Akio Morita: Comparing Japanese and American Business Practices

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  • Meet Akio Morita, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Sony Corporation, in this 1988 interview from the University of Washington with Upon Reflection host Al Page. Morita offers insightful comparisons of Japanese and American business practices, including the employee selection process and the Japanese long-run view in contrast to the American short-run view. He also discusses American and Japanese competition, the Japanese global outlook, cultural differences and American-Japanese politics.

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  • @distfitant
    @distfitant 9 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    I have to add that Sony corporation should try to gather and broadcast any intervew or personal films of Mr. Morita to the world. His importance to Japan and the rest of the world is not less than any other great Japanese man. Many of whom are known worldwide in different fields like cinema and music. Mr.Morita was a visionary man who gave his own country and the world the realised version of it. He deserves much more attention.

  • @Sabundy
    @Sabundy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Akio Morita was one of THE tech visionaries. He is right up there with Steve Jobs.

    • @Yashveersingh87
      @Yashveersingh87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Steve job was a fool. Akio is the real man

    • @RobertK1993
      @RobertK1993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Yashveersingh87 Yes Morita Jobs mentor

    • @RobertK1993
      @RobertK1993 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jobs shadowed Morita

    • @Sabundy
      @Sabundy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@RobertK1993 exactly!

    • @dog_thagod1743
      @dog_thagod1743 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Yashveersingh87 y u say that

  • @KJMarway
    @KJMarway 10 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Excellent video - the lack of views just goes to show the level of ignorance in today's 'digital audience' - this man is a business icon and should be honoured as such. #Sony #TeamSony #Japan

    • @Jarake
      @Jarake 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +KJ Marway I got here trying to get more visual info on the history of "Zaibatsu's"

    • @takawaka1000
      @takawaka1000 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      KJ Marway this man is far from the zaibatsu

    • @eren_krugerTV
      @eren_krugerTV 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      concordo

  • @kurnma3776
    @kurnma3776 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    guangdong reference

    • @micronoice2387
      @micronoice2387 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      GET OUT OF MY HEAD

    • @ricebro7044
      @ricebro7044 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Suprised he didnt talk about Zhujin rights

  • @shirishpanwalkar
    @shirishpanwalkar 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I have read the autobiography of the late and great Mr Akio Morita titled "Made in Japan", and it's amazing!
    I am a big fan of Sony products, and I believe that they have still managed to maintain the quality of their products, when compared to many other Japanese brands. The Koreans have caught up though, and the Chinese are still competing in terms of low prices.
    I salute this great man and may his soul rest in peace. 🙏🌹

    • @sz42781
      @sz42781 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nothing compares to sony

    • @RobertK1993
      @RobertK1993 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sz42781 Samsung overtook them TVs in 2006 mobiles by 2014/15 Apple overtook them in portable music players by 2004 and phones by 2015

    • @greglocker2124
      @greglocker2124 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@RobertK1993 loser

  • @worknman78
    @worknman78 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I love his explanation of the Japanese business model! Much better than it's explained in house now.

  • @isoasuper2327
    @isoasuper2327 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    now that i'm a bit older and have worked for a few companies....
    I can only imagine what working for 1 company for 20+ years would be like.
    I actually really like the idea. Too bad it's tough finding companies worth dedicating your life to

    • @MJ-uk6lu
      @MJ-uk6lu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My aunt worked at same company for like 50 years. Don't lose hope.

  • @DAVIDSDIEGO
    @DAVIDSDIEGO 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Great insight into Sony, thanks!

  • @mari1402
    @mari1402 10 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    He was my ideal mentor. His book my bible, great business man! The reason to move me to Japan.

    • @BargerClan
      @BargerClan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      if that's true why are japanese killing them selves in droves in the woods

    • @michellew.3691
      @michellew.3691 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Whats the book title? Made in Japan?
      Thx in advance !

    • @isabeltroya9036
      @isabeltroya9036 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@michellew.3691 Made in Japan , exactly! I must read it again!

    • @isabeltroya9036
      @isabeltroya9036 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BargerClan if It’s a response for that I’d win a Nobel prize... sadly that is happening in all the planet... not only in Japan 🇯🇵

    • @BargerClan
      @BargerClan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@isabeltroya9036 But Japan’s business culture is cancerous to mental health that’s a proven fact there’s no room for freedom or independence in Japan’s business culture That’s why salary men sleep at the subway every day & by the way I haven’t heard about anybody off themselves in the woods all over America so we’re do you get your facts🤔🤔

  • @MaxwellAlvesOliveira
    @MaxwellAlvesOliveira 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Such a great Interview. Mr. Morita is a legend. The Interviewer was auch a inteligent Gentleman helping Mr. Morita to present his ideias. Great Video!

  • @sunilbaransaha5464
    @sunilbaransaha5464 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sony Honorable chairman Mr. Akio Morita, did lot of miniature technology to the world through Sony Walkman. Salute to you Sir.

  • @matteoromenghi
    @matteoromenghi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ありがとう Akio Morita.
    From Parma, Italy.

  • @simplehuman1798
    @simplehuman1798 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bravo, KJ. This is the kind of thing that people need to see every five years or so, whether they work in business or not.

  • @SharifSourour
    @SharifSourour 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing interview!

  • @uthandaraman2309
    @uthandaraman2309 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    My Beloved person Both Akio Morita and Konosuke Matsushita, We can understand everything about Japans Business heartbeat and its culture By understating both of them.

    • @RobertK1993
      @RobertK1993 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      What about Masuru Ibuka another Sony founder.

    • @michael57603
      @michael57603 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Matsushita was a very different type of leader- understated, not as flamboyant. He suffered a lot of personal tragedy- his entire family of 9 others were dead by the time he was 24. Then after the war, the US occupying forces were going to take away the company he worked hard to build up. By the time he died in 1989, his company had revenues over $40bn, well in excess of General Electric and Walmart. His was truly a lesson in overcoming adversity

    • @RobertK1993
      @RobertK1993 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@michael57603 Yeah not much known about Masaru Ibuka as much Akio Morita

    • @RobertK1993
      @RobertK1993 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@michael57603 Sony became bigger than Panasonic by late 1970s

  • @atsumiabe6803
    @atsumiabe6803 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    From about 10:03, he points out exactly US's weakness which still remaining in the country.

  • @akshatmishra4504
    @akshatmishra4504 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Best thing to start your day❤️

  • @distfitant
    @distfitant 9 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    while this is a mutilated interview it clearly shows what outstanding personality Mr Morita was. May rest in peace. Sony was great at his command and is far less impressive after him.

    • @tiffanycheng5871
      @tiffanycheng5871 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      If Mr. Morita sees Sony's condition today, he would feel so disappointed.

    • @doutorgori327
      @doutorgori327 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Read his book, "Made in Japan". Excellent reading!

    • @Vladimir123_
      @Vladimir123_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      just like steve jobs handle apple...and now tim cook was sucks..

    • @RobertK1993
      @RobertK1993 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tiffanycheng5871 Ah turning around but yes ever since Nobuyuki Idei became CEO in 1999 they became supportive of anti consumer DRM and became arrogant and complacency.

    • @greglocker2124
      @greglocker2124 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@RobertK1993 loser

  • @HDCAMAN
    @HDCAMAN 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Legend.

  • @explorermike19
    @explorermike19 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Interesting interview. Of course, this was recorded before the end of the Japanese economic bubble in 1992 which changed everything for Japanese business and the relationship between Japanese companies and their employees. At the time of this interview in 1988, Japan was swimming in money. Japanese cost of production was still competitive and Japanese companies were profitable despite some very heavy financial baggage. After the Japanese bubble crashed, all these corporate social niceties like lifetime employment and guaranteed bonuses and raises were gone. The "corporate family" melted just like it did in the USA a few decades earlier. Japan was not "out in front of the USA". Rather, Japan so far behind the USA that it seemed they were in front. When Japan hit it's first great economic crash, the USA had already been through many and recovered. Japan is still on it's knees from the 1992 crash.

    • @pumpkinhill4570
      @pumpkinhill4570 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Actually all those nice things are still very standard at big companies, but the percentage of people employed in such positions has gone down.
      No clue at all what you mean by “on their knees” lol

    • @explorermike19
      @explorermike19 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@pumpkinhill4570 Certainly, things are better at bigger companies in Japan than they are at the mid and small sized companies. Still, "it ain't what it used to be". Although yearly bonuses are common in Japan, large yearly bonuses or multiple bonuses are a thing of the past. Lifetime employment in Japan is only slightly more possible than the USA whereas it used to be standard in Japan. All in all, employment in Japan is not as good as it was in the 1980s and even then, it was dreadful with over-work.

  • @Elf_Hater
    @Elf_Hater 8 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    CEO is a supa saiyan

  • @gocamaro5894
    @gocamaro5894 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    盛田さん、まだ御若い時の…✴️☘️✴️😊
    株主総会で、一度だけ同じ空間の中にいらっしゃった、幸せな想い出☘️一番に席を立たれて次のお仕事に忙しそうだった✈️
    いまでも、いつまでも、大好きな盛田さん
    盛田さんが望んだSONYらしさ、途絶える事がない様に、いつまでも祈っています
    積極的に新しい世界を、私達に与えて下さった盛田さん🎼☘️🎼ありがとうございます🥀🎼🥀🎼🥀R.I.P…🎼✝️🎼

  • @brantbarker181
    @brantbarker181 ปีที่แล้ว

    aspiration to develop new ways to obsolve and resolve challenge and obstacles means more than money.honorable man praise

  • @azuresonic69
    @azuresonic69 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    RIP Great, honorable man! Thank you for all the technology I used throughout my life.

  • @MrTavobaker
    @MrTavobaker 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    He is one of the TITAN´S
    of modern world

  • @doutorgori327
    @doutorgori327 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I read his book multiple times. I never had heard his voice. And I didn't know his english would be so bad...

    • @ankurdebbarma6363
      @ankurdebbarma6363 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      His English is fairly well for a Japanese. But his pronunciation sucked big time.

    • @bhargava4933
      @bhargava4933 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      He doesn’t need to know English Lol. Japanese is enough.

    • @RobertK1993
      @RobertK1993 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ken Kutaragi speaks better English and Kaz Hirai is better than both.

    • @simo6639
      @simo6639 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      he speaks good English what are you talking about?

    • @greglocker2124
      @greglocker2124 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@RobertK1993 loser

  • @inconstruction9471
    @inconstruction9471 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Good. Sony

  • @al9218
    @al9218 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    30+ years later, american companies learnt huge lessons and are actually kicking japanese companies butts. Look at Apple vs Sony now, or Amazon vs Rakuten etc.

  • @thehersheybar3742
    @thehersheybar3742 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What are three aspects of Japan, Inc. that Morita discussed?

  • @TankMasterGo
    @TankMasterGo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Its the guy from Guangdong

  • @christopherarmstrong2710
    @christopherarmstrong2710 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    13:30 A strong America is necessary for the free world.
    25:20 USA / Japan relations. "Both sides should know how interdependent of each other we are. Our two nations cannot be separated."

  • @jayasudan6094
    @jayasudan6094 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He is a true lengnd

  • @trey6410
    @trey6410 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes

  • @user-jy2kd8wp8j
    @user-jy2kd8wp8j 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    訂正→盛田さんはお洒落でしたね!
    ただ~現在の経営者に盛田さん程オーラがあって~存在感があって~話の内容が一々~共感出来る人材がいない?!
    世界を見てもこれ程魅力的な人はなかなかいません→もっとお体を気遣い~長生きして欲しかった素晴らしい方ですよね。何時までも尊敬し学びたいリーダー像ですね!

  • @starlightmishi
    @starlightmishi 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    RIP

  • @harlyslamm2888
    @harlyslamm2888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Now we all know, all japans excesses of the 80s was built on debt and falling profits... Sony’s rise in the 80s was based on 40% on asset appreciation among falling profits

  • @gregmakov2680
    @gregmakov2680 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Japanese sacho are the masters of using resources. All kinds of resources :D

  • @rice4550
    @rice4550 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Make sure those riots don’t go out of hand it wouldn’t be great if the garrison stepped in!

  • @NatralSelection
    @NatralSelection 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    17:06 to 19:31

  • @ericpham8205
    @ericpham8205 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    we divert investment and distribute work into all esential product that every workers in the companies can use and buy from among our own production that way we ensure life time secured of employment and earning even economy is not

  • @sz42781
    @sz42781 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bring back trinitron

    • @RobertK1993
      @RobertK1993 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Obsolete Bravia the replacement to Trintron and WEGA.

    • @sz42781
      @sz42781 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RobertK1993 Nothing beats trinitron.

    • @greglocker2124
      @greglocker2124 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@RobertK1993 loser

  • @nirmantapaswee6853
    @nirmantapaswee6853 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    you have said you have spent decades out of japan but hasn't outsider's accent!

  • @wolatangwlt5373
    @wolatangwlt5373 ปีที่แล้ว

    Otosan onengaisimas denwa bagggo ageru...

  • @inspectormag
    @inspectormag 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Morita, transistor salesman, helped American Texas Instruments a lot to open a semiconductor plant in Japan by smart ways while TI could face regulatory barriers without Morita

  • @sz42781
    @sz42781 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ussss

  • @criprecords7940
    @criprecords7940 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gentrified Division .

  • @curtisshaw7688
    @curtisshaw7688 9 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Today Sony products are one of the worst quality products. Their technology and execution is outdated. I have no idea what those Japanese people working 13 hours a day actually do. No creativity, no attention to details whatsoever. Very pedestrian.

    • @Ryokashounen
      @Ryokashounen 9 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Ps4> xbox
      XPERIA>Iphone
      VAIO>Macbook
      and the best Sony Products are just in Japan.... SONY THE BEST

    • @takawaka1000
      @takawaka1000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      curtis shaw his successors have failed this man is like Steve jobs

    • @raskltube
      @raskltube 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol yeah thats true, ironic

    • @RobertK1993
      @RobertK1993 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wrong you load Sony hate

    • @DinukaD
      @DinukaD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sony was in lost state in for a decade until few years ago, now came back to live with understanding what they can really do today. It became profitable back with eliminating loss businesses and focus on cameras and game consoles. Hopefully they will invent something new in Future