Business Seminars in Japan(Learning Practical Business Management from
Konosuke Matsushita, the most admired enterpriser)
by PHP Institute2016

Konosuke Matsushitafounder of PHP Institute and Panasonic Corporation
Even now, 25 years after his passing, the name
Konosuke Matsushita is still spoken withreverence in Japan. He is widely viewed as “thegod of management” and remains one of themost influential and inspirational businessthinkers ever. Founder and father of the global
corporation Panasonic, as well as PHP Institute,Matsushita saw the creation of wealth not as agoal or destination but as a voyage.
Until his death at the age of 94 in 1989,
Matsushita maintained a keen interest not onlyin his global industrial empire but also inhumanitarian projects.
His philosophy of corporate management ishighly idealistic as well as pragmatic and isinfused with a fervent sense of mission. Always
people-centered, it is grounded in his down-toearth, realistic understanding of human nature.

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Customize Your One-day or more Business SeminarContents of PHP Institute
SeminarsSpecialLectures

Study Visits &Round-tableTalks

You can choose from our contents: Seminars, Special Lectures and StudyVisits & Round-table Talks and make your own business seminar program.

Your Customized BusinessSeminars in Japan（One day or more）
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About Seminars, Special Lectures, Study Visits
MISSION, VISION, VALUESe.g.) Konosuke Matsushita’s Management Philosophy and Practice / Business Mind of Konosuke Matsushita
Three Basic Principles To Strengthen Business Management
LEADERSHIPSEMINARS【About 3 to 4
hours per one
seminar】

e.g.) Leadership of Managerial Position learned from Konosuke Matsushita / Learning Yourself
How to Overcome Recession (Zest for Management) / Management Innovation Starts from Self-innovation
BUSINESS MANAGEMENTe.g.) Taking Ownership (Employee as Entrepreneurship and Division System) / Revitalizing Divisions
Building a team with collective wisdom of each member / Empowering Management and Leadership for Innovation
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENTe.g.) Konosuke Matsushita’s Human Resource Development / Communication Skills and Proper Guidance
Quality Management Starts from Human Resource Management (learned from examples of Konosuke Matsushita)

Special Study Visits &Round-table
Lectures
Talks

Lectures given by acting business persons and CEOs in various fields（Please refer to the past lectures on p. 8）【About 2 to 3 hours】

Round-table talks with our business management researchers
Grand tour of PHP Institute
Visit Matsushita Memorial Library （Watching Videos and Learning from Panels）
Study-visit SMEs business on site
Round-table talks with CEOs of SMEs

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【About 1 to 2 hours】【About 30 mins to 1 hour】【About 2 to 3 hours】【About 2 to 3 hours】

Schedule Examples (one day)One Day (e.g.)
TimeContents

8:00

Opening Session

9:00

Matsushita Memorial Library

10:00
Seminar (first-half)

11:00
12:00

Lunch

13:00

Seminar(second-half)

14:00

15:00
SpecialLecture

16:0017:00

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Seminar Flow
About one to twohours

By Lectures

Introduction
Theme Orientation
LectureBy Lectures

Case-study of K. Matsushita

By Participants
About one to twohours

By Lectures

By Everyone

Group Discussion
Presentation

Giving Advice（Based on Japan’s Corporate Examples）

Whole Discussion,
Q&A Session
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Seminar Flow Examples-Mission and VisionThree Basic Principles To Strengthen
Business Management-ManagementBuilding a strong team spirit withcollective wisdom of each member
INTRODUCTION

 PDCA cycle (plan-do-check-act cycle)
 Knack for a strong team spirit to build firmmanagementLECTURE andCase-study K. Matsushita’s idea about “Taking Ownership”
Case-study:“Each factory is an independent company”
 Sunao-mind (untrapped mind) is a key to collectivewisdom business management Knack of sunao-mind business management

LECTURE andCase-study 5 Points for Making a Strong Team Based onCollective Widsom
 ①Have a Direction ②Initiative ③Pull
Together ④Take Ownership ⑤Mutual Trust
Example: How to Utilize Collective Wisdom
DVD: Let it GrowGroupDiscussion

 What is your ideal mission and vision for yourcompany? How do you attain them?
 How do you understand above three principles?

GroupDiscussion

 Think of Your Mission and Vision What sort of people are ideal to achieve yourmission and vision?

AdviceQ&A

 Based on the 12 principles for human resource
management by Konosuke Matsushita

AdviceQ&A

INTRODUCTION

 Introduction of Konosuke Matsushita’s mission andvision Three Principles: Taking Ownership, Coexistence
and Mutual Prosperity, Collective Wisdom

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List of Past Main Lecturers (2012-2014)
LECTURER

COMPANYSTATUS

INDUSTRY

Shoji Sakuma

PIA Corporation

Outside DirectorEntertainmentTakeshi Inoue

LFC Co., Ltd.

President

Logistics Processing

Naomasa Ochi

Tabio Corporation

ChairmanSocks production and sales

Atsushi Kojima

Ganko Food Service

Chairman

Eateries

Hideki Yokota

NETS TOYOTA NANGOKU

Board of Director Advisor

Car Sales

Hiroshi Tsukakoshi

Ina Food Industry

ChairmanFood

Yasuyuki Higuchi

Microsoft Japan

President

Information / Communication

Koichi Kimura

Miki House

PresidentChildren Clothing Manufacturer

Kensuke Ito

KYOCERA Corporation

AdvisorSemiconductor

Atsushi Horiba

HORIBA, Ltd.

Chairman and President

Precision Equipment

Hisashi Sakamaki

Canon Electronics Inc.

President

Camera Manufacturer

Akio Kanai

FUJIMEGANE Co., ltd

Chairman and President

Glasses Maker and Retailer

Katsuhiko Umehara

A One Seimitsu

AdvisorPrecision Tools Manufacturer

Kenjiro Nakano

Keihanshin Building Co., Ltd.

President

Real Estate BusinessYoshiki Ohtake

Aflac JapanFounder, Top Advisor

Insurance Business

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Recent Past Seminar Examples
Xintai City Industrial Association(Business Philosophy and Human ResourceManagement)

Tangshan Yan Mountain Steel Corporation(Managers Training Visit)
Management Philosophy and Its Practice

SCHEDULESCHEDULE

9:00 ～ 9:45
10:10 ～ 12:15
13:15 ～ 15:25
15:35 ～ 17:30

Matsushita Memorial Library[Seminar] Human Resource Management
K. Matsushita’s Human Education[Seminar] Human Resource Management
Taking Ownership[Seminar] Business Management
Enhancing Business Management

9:00 ～ 12:00

Matsushita Memorial Library

13:00 ～ 15:00[Seminar] Quality Production
Management Starts from Human
Resource Management

15:00 ～ 17:00[Seminar] Practicing Quality Business
Management

On July 8, 2014, from Tangshan Yan Mountain
Steel Corporation, 33 managers visited PHPInstitute to learn about business management
based on K. Matsushita’s philosophy.
In the morning, they learned about K.
Matsushita’s thinking and business practice atthe library through various videos and real voices.
In the afternoon, they had a seminar aboutbusiness management on
two topics: human resource
management and businessmission and vision.

On December 3, 2014, 26 business executives
from Xintai City, China visited PHP Institute andstudied about human resource management andlearn about Konosuke Matsushita. They spent theentiredaylearning
practicalbusiness
management.
In the morning hours, they visited Matsushita
Memorial Library inside PHP Institute head officein Kyoto and learned about
K. Matsushita. After lunch,in the afternoon session,
they learned about above
themes.

9Research Staff
Teijiro Sato
Executive Director
Member of the Board, Research Division

Tsuneo Kawakami Senior Research Fellow
Department of Matsushita Research Division

Sato specializes in research on Konosuke
Matsushita and his PHP Philosophy. He engages inwide-ranging, multi-dimensional research into
Matsushita's views on the universe, human beings,
life, society, and in particular his management
philosophy, and has edited and produced books onthese subjects.

Kawakami graduated from the University of Essex in
the UK, and received his M.A. in Sociology. In 2006
he became a researcher at Nanzan Institute forReligion and Culture, and in 2007 was an assistantprofessor of management philosophy at Kyoto
University's Graduate School of Management. In2008, he joined PHP Institute after receiving his Ph.D.
from Lancaster University in the UK.

Yusuke Watanabe General Manager
Department of Matsushita Research Division

Masaaki Matoba General Manager
Management Training Department

Watanabe devotes himself to research on Japaneserenowned entrepreneurs, including Panasonicfounder
Konosuke
Matsushita
andtheirmanagement philosophies. Moreover, he engages inresearch on the relationship between Matsushita'smanagement philosophy and other philosophies, inparticular organizational behavior and management
studies.

Matoba has continuously devoted himself todeveloping PHP seminars and program content. In
2001, he entered the Graduate School of Business
Administration at Kobe University, majoring inMission Management. In 2003, he received his M.B.A.
Currently, he is studying for his Ph.D. in Business
Administration at Kobe University. He is a registeredsmall and medium enterprise management consultant.

Masaharu Mushiake
Senior Business Consultant

Ken Iwai ex-Executive Director of PHP Institute

Human Resource Development and Consultation,
EstablishmentofManagement
Philosophy,Development of Training Programs for Employees,
Cultivation of Corporate Culture, HumanityEducation, etc.

Iwai joined Panasonic Corporation in 1959 and in1961 he was transferred to PHP Institute. Thereafter
he was under the instruction of Konosuke Matsushita
for 28 years and in charge of human resource
development division for many years.

※Depending on the theme of the business seminars, we choose an appropriate research staff, lecturer and speaker.

10ACCESS and MAP
Venue: PHP Institute, Kyoto Office〒601-8411 Kyoto Minami-ku,Nishikujo, Kitanouchi-cho, 11

Only 5 minute-walk fromKyoto Station, Hachijo-exit（There is a major shopping
mall. Very Convenient!）

At your request, we can customize your business seminar in Japan!
We can conduct seminars at our Tokyo Office.
Please feel free to contact us now!
PHP Institute, Inc. International Public Relations, Research Division
Email: press@php.co.jp
Tel: ＋81-75-681-4445 （English, Japanese, Chinese, Cantonese)www.konosuke-matsushita.com/en （English） Facebook ：www.facebook.com/konosuke.matsushita.en

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