Matsushita Leadership (ePub)

Konosuke Matsushita is the greatest personality in modern business history. He is not only the founder of Matsushita Electric, one of the world's largest companies, but also a bright leader and innovator in the field of business management. John Kotter's book explores the history of Matsushita Electric's development from a tiny firm in Osaka to a multinational corporation. Much attention is paid to the methods of management used by Matsushita to achieve leadership in business, and the relationship of these methods with his original philosophical views. Matsushita's Leadership: Lessons from a Great 20th-Century Entrepreneur also details Konosuke Matsushita's own life, and analyzes the transformation of a poorly educated provincial youth who experienced several family tragedies at an early age into a business leader, management innovator, and prominent public figure. The book is addressed primarily to managers, entrepreneurs, students and teachers of economic universities, but it will also be of interest to a wide range of readers. Continuous Improvement: Relentlessly strive to improve corporate and personal results, even under the most adverse circumstances, in order to fulfill the firm's mission of achieving lasting peace and prosperity. Collective work for the common good: to unite abilities and strengthen the determination to achieve common goals based on mutual trust and full recognition of individual independence.