三方よし
顧客/従業員/社会をしあわせに…
本来は近江商人の哲学。心に響くことば。座右の銘です。 経営学のプレゼンなどで発表した事がありました。 先日、”お金に執着していては人の心が離れていく”と、いう内容の本を立ち読みしましたが、素晴らしい従業員に喜んで働いてもらい、より良い製品/サービスを提供するためには、やはり、お金が入るようにしなければと責任を感じます。”起業”は誰でもできると思うのですが、立派な”企業”に育てる事は、果てしない道のりです。 日本文化/経済の変遷を説明する取り組みの中で、経済の高度成長期を支えた”三方良し”について、英語で伝えていきたいと考えています。
“Sanpo yoshi,” a business philosophy that describes a triple-win for the buyer, the seller, and society
Originally contrived by “Ohmi Shonin” (merchants from the Ohmi region, a home to several Japanese mega trading houses, “Sanpo Yoshi“ emphasizes that the ultimate goal of a company is to benefit customers, employees, and to contribute to society. Recently when I was browsing a book on business which argued that prioritizing money/profit would lead to loss of customers, the philosophy of the triple-win, my personal motto, instantly came to mind. To build a good company, I think it is very important to motivate your staff members by providing good compensation for their sincere commitments. Business leaders should make the utmost effort to satisfy customers by offering high quality/competitive goods and services while providing employees with good working conditions. To start a company as an “entrepreneur “ and to nurture an excellent “company” as a good manager are often completely different tasks. It takes a long time to turn a start-up company into a respectable and profitable organization. I plan to introduce the time-honored philosophy of “Sanpo Yoshi” (in English) from the perspective of the change in (rise and fall of) Japanese business culture, once characterized by life time employment, loyalty, and the seniority system.
