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Short Videos on Management Philosophy

Good Intentions Create Good Results (2:59)　

While we have the pillars of fate determined for us at birth, how we respond to what we encounter as we live out those destinies makes a difference. Good intentions and good actions change our destinies in a positive direction, and bad intentions and bad actions lead in a negative direction.
The outcomes created by our intentions and actions form the principle of cause and effect, and the beams of our buildings. We can conceive the shapes of our lives in terms of how these pillars and beams are put together.

Why is a Philosophy Essential for Management? (2:47)

Let me provide a simple example to illustrate why a philosophy is necessary in management.
If you aim not to hike up a hill, but instead aim to scale the highest mountains in the world, you need suitable mountain climbing skills and training, as well as serious equipment. In the same way, if you aim to be a great, world-class company, a half-hearted attitude or philosophy will not get you there. You need a corporate philosophy on a higher plane of thought that matches your lofty goals.

The Three Objectives of a Philosophy (1:58)

Here, Inamori explains the objectives for having a Management Rationale and Philosophy.
The three objectives for why a company needs a management philosophy are as follows:
First is to establish the rules, regulations, and agreements that constitute the company's standards.
Second is to set out what sort of company we want this to become, and the attitude necessary to reach the goals and objectives the company should work toward.
Third is to create a wonderful corporate character. A wonderful corporate character must demonstrate what the correct way of living as a person is.