Well-known Japanese entrepreneur Kazuo Inamori passed away on August 24 at the age of 90. Kazuo Inamori is the founder of Kyocera and KDDI. He was ordered to rescue Japanese Airlines which was facing bankruptcy. Kazuo Inamori not only enjoys a high reputation in Japan, but also has many followers internationally who express admiration for Inamori's business philosophy. In China, Kazuo Inamori and three other people, Akio Morita, Konosuke Matsushita, Soichiro Honda, are collectively known as the "Four Saints of Business". Although Japan does not have this title, but it also shows Kazuo Inamori’s international influence. Today, the management of the Four Holy Capitals has left the world,
A poor life in childhood
Inamori Kazuo was born in Kagoshima in 1932. His father ran a local printing shop, Daosheng Gold Rush Hall. Before the war, the Inamori family was relatively well-off, but the outbreak of the war put the fate of the whole family in jeopardy; Inamori Kazuo once recalled in an exclusive interview that his childhood was lived in darkness and fear, as well as the "continuous air raids on Kagoshima day and night" of fear.
Inamori was blown up in an air raid, and the family relied on relatives and friends for support. In addition, the Inamori family has seven brothers and sisters, and the family burden is heavy. In the post-war years, Inamori Kazuo also successfully entered middle school and went to university along the way. Inamori originally wanted to study at Osaka University School of Medicine, but failed the exam and was transferred to the Department of Applied Chemistry, Department of Engineering, Kagoshima Prefectural University, which was newly established at the time. However, the shadow of war still lingers. Inamori, who graduated in 1955, faced a difficult period in Japan's social environment after the Korean War. Many young people like Inamori struggle to find jobs.
first entered society and founded Kyocera
However, when Inamori first entered society, he encountered the post-war era, and everything had settled. Unstable wages and even unpaid work often occur. Looking back on these years, Kazuo Inamori considers himself an "unlucky person", but if the face of ordinary people in Japanese society at that time is exposed, Kazuo Inamori is not a particularly unlucky case.
What’s subtle is that Inamori’s character seems to have the tenacity of repeated defeats and the spirit of a researcher. Inamori, who was having trouble at work, decided to start his own business. In 1959, he founded "Kyoto Ceramics Co., Ltd." in partnership with eight employees of Shofu Industry. That was the "Kyocera" that later became internationally famous. Daosheng specializes in the research, development and production of ceramic materials. The successful development of new technologies coincided with the 1960s, when the economy was gaining momentum and various electronic products were mass-produced. The required insulation material is to place a large order with Daosheng's company, which will open up new areas for Daosheng's business.
Japanese entrepreneur Kazuo Inamori and JAL President Onishi Masaru
are ready to start KDDI
Kazuo Inamori has made a fortune in his career. I believe he succeeded in the spirit of "good intentions and selflessness". In the 1960s and 1970s, as Japan's economy took off, Inamori became one of Japan's best-known industrialists. In the 1980s, the Show and era was coming to an end, the bubble economy had emerged, and Japan was preparing for "telecommunications liberalization." The communications industry was liberated. At that time, Kazuo Inamori used Kyocera, which he ran, to jointly establish "DDI Corporation" with Sony , Mitsubishi and other companies, which was a social indicator symbolizing telecommunications liberalization at the time. Denden is also the predecessor of KDDI, one of Japan's leading telecommunications companies.
In his youth, Kazuo Inamori
In his later years, he was appointed to take over the restructuring of Japan Airlines, which was facing bankruptcy.
The business story of Kazuo Inamori is also the most commendable. In his later years, he was appointed to take over the restructuring of Japan Airlines, which was facing bankruptcy.
However, it was not Kazuo Inamori’s original intention to get involved in the telecommunications business at the beginning. He also struggled to monopolize the business. Kazuo Inamori also considered himself “good motives and selfless” (selfishness なかりしか), and used this as a standard of conscience to enter Enterprises finally have the courage to enter the market.
The company went public
Old age is known as the Four Saints of Business
In the 2000s, the 70-year-old Kazuo Inamori was already one of the most respected entrepreneurs in Japan. He is often compared with Konosuke Matsushita of Panasonic Electric , Akio Morita, the founder of Sony, and Soichiro Honda of Honda. due to their widespread popularity. Some people in China also call these four people collectively the "Four Saints of Japanese Management", or compare them to the "God of Management" Matsushita Konosuke, and call Kazuo Inamori the "Management Saint"
The Four Saints of Management
Whether it is Inamori Kazuo's book , also a book that discusses and analyzes his business practices. Kazuo Inamori's masterpiece "Amoeba Management Method" is a textbook for many companies today; the so-called amoeba management is the result of Kazuo Inamori's experience in Kyocera and the integration of the Second Electric Power Company. As the name suggests, when an enterprise organization develops to a certain scale, it usually suffers from the disadvantages of low efficiency and bloated organization. The amoeba management method, as the name suggests, is to divide the team into groups of 6 to 10 people and operate as an independent company or department.
This amoeba management method is often used as a teaching material for business management. The second reason for its fame was the subsequent reorganization of Kazuo Inamori and Japan Airlines. Kazuo Inamori’s business story is also the most commendable. In his later years, he was appointed to take over the restructuring of Japan Airlines, which was facing bankruptcy. In 2010, JAL filed for bankruptcy. The then-ruling Democratic Party government (then Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama ) asked Inamori for help. Inamori, who retired from the front line, was appointed honorary chairman of JAL at the age of 78. How to survive the bubble crisis and save JAL from a precarious situation
However, JAL was fortunate enough to recover operating profits under the actions of Kazuo Inamori, and JAL was relisted in 2012. After completing this historical mission, Inamori Kazuo retired behind the scenes in 2013 and concentrated on the operation of the Inamori Foundation. The "Shengwa School" continues to cultivate the next generation of entrepreneurs.
The former "Four Saints of Management" have all passed away, marking the end of an era in Japan.
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