Matsushita: Lessons from the 20th Century's Most Remarkable Entrepreneur Hardcover - 1997
by John P. Kotter
Kotter's fascinating and instructive account of the founder of the Matsushita Electric Company reveals a story virtually unknown outside Japan. Konosuke Matsushita's lifelong thirst for learning fueled the passion that led him to pioneer management practices and advance his philosophy that the mission of a manufacturer is to relieve poverty and create wealth--not only for shareholders, but for society. of photos.
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He was one of the most inspirational role models of all time. Thrown into poverty at age four, Konosuke Matsushita (Mat-SOSH-ta) struggled with the early deaths of family members, an apprenticeship which demanded sixteen-hour days at age nine, all the problems associated with starting a business with neither money nor connections, the death of his only son, the Great Depression, the horror of World War II in Japan, and more. Yet John P. Kotter shows in this fascinating and instructive book how, instead of being ground down by these hardships, Matsushita grew to be a fabulously successful entrepreneur and business leader, the founder of Japan's General Electric: the $65 billion a year Matsushita Electric Corporation. His accomplishments as a leader, author, educator, philanthropist, and management innovator are astonishing, and outshine even Soichiro Honda, J.C. Penny, Sam Walton, and Henry Ford. In this immensely readable book, Kotter relates how Matsushita created a large business, invented management practices that are increasingly being used today, helped lead his country's economic miracle after World War II, wrote dozens of books in his latter years, founded a graduate school of leadership, created Japan's version of a Nobel Prize, and gave away hundreds of millions to good causes. Matsushita Leadership is both a biography and a set of lessons for careers and corporations in the 21st century. An inspirational story and a business primer, the implications are powerful, for organizations and for living a meaningful life.
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- Title Matsushita: Lessons from the 20th Century's Most Remarkable Entrepreneur
- Author John P. Kotter
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Free Press, New York
- Date 1997-05-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780684834603 / 068483460X
- Weight 1.42 lbs (0.64 kg)
- Dimensions 9.6 x 6.56 x 1.26 in (24.38 x 16.66 x 3.20 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
- Library of Congress subjects Electronic industries - Japan - History, Industrialists - Japan - Biography
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96044863
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Citations
- Booklist, 05/01/1997, Page 1467
- Kirkus Reviews, 03/15/1997, Page 441
- Library Journal, 04/15/1997, Page 92
- Publishers Weekly, 03/17/1997, Page 63
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