Jun 01, 2015

Panasonic Konosuke Matsushita Museum Special Exhibition "People are the Foundation of Sound Management"

Osaka, Japan - Panasonic Konosuke Matsushita Museum has held a special exhibition till June 30, 2015, entitled "People are the Foundation of Sound Management: Learn to Overcome Challenges Without Fearing Failure" under the theme of "people" that are central to business.

The thoughts and a number of practices of the founder, who made use of people and who put growing people above all else, were introduced together with examples of challenges by past colleagues. To aid keeping trying without fearing failure, a visit is strongly recommended.

Konosuke Matsushita founder has closed the life of 94-year-old on April 27, 1989. Panasonic has a "Founder Memorial Week" from Monday of the week, including the April 27 is the death anniversary of Konosuke Matsushita until May 5 that is the commemorative day for the company foundation. Each year, in conjunction with the founder's Memorial Week, the Konosuke Matsushita Museum holds a special exhibition centered on a selected theme relating to present-day management.

The FY2015 special exhibition theme is the founder's thoughts concerning getting the most out of people, a theme he emphasized above all others. We will introduce examples featuring actual practice of the founder's principles, and how our predecessors used them to overcome challenges.

We hope you who are visiting Japan will make time to view this exhibition at Panasonic Konosuke Matsushita Museum.

Exhibition Overview

Exhibition Title	"People are the Foundation of Sound Management - Learn to Overcome Challenges Without Fearing Failure -"
Content	(1) The development of the founder's thoughts with respect to people (2) "Self-Improvement"--Video (The founder speaks: "No risk, no gain") and quotations from the founder's principles (3) "Bringing Out the Best in People"--The founder's thoughts and actual practice examples (4) "Those Who Dared"--Eight domestic and international examples of challenge (5) Video interview with President Tsuga
Special Exhibition Schedule	April 21 Tuesday to June 30 Tuesday, 2015 Weekdays: 9:00-19:00 JST / Saturdays: 9:00-17:00 JST / Closed Sundays, National Holidays
Entrance Fee	Free
Venue	Panasonic Konosuke Matsushita Museum 1006 Oaza Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture 571-8501 [MAP] * Three-minute walk from Nishi-sanso Station on the Keihan Line. TEL +81 (0)6 6906 0106 / FAX +81 (0)6 6906 1894

* Feel free to take a good look as the facilities are laid out for your easy viewing.
* However, parties of 20 or more people are requested to inform us in advance, by fax, of the date and hour of their visit, the name of the party, the number of members, and a number and name to contact, so that they may tour through the Panasonic Konosuke Matsushita Museum smoothly. The fax number is indicated above.