Afterword
For Kyocera Group, the Amoeba Management System is an indispensable
management method. All employees are perfectly comfortable using
Amoeba Management in day-to-day work. However, until now the think-
ing and mechanisms underlying the system had not been put into formal
writing.
During the years while I was stepping back from the front lines of man-
agement, compiling a book that relates the essence of Amoeba
Management had been constantly on my mind. Over about five years, I
opened space in a busy schedule, gathered Kyocera executives, and con-
ducted Amoeba Management Seminars. A condensed version of the semi-
nar content forms the basis of this book.
By adding the views of Kyocera directors and executives to my lectures, I
was able to systematically compile the management thinking and man-
agement control method of the Amoeba Management System. Although it
may sound like self-approbation, I do believe the management accounting
system of Amoeba Management has the potential to break new ground in
the accounting field.
Some in Kyocera said that I should not make the Amoeba Management
System publicly available. The reasons given were that it is an original
management control method I had worked hard to build over many
years, and it is the basis of Kyocera’s high-profit management. However,
due to fervent recommendation by Ms. Minako Hatano of Nikkei
Publishing, we decided to publish in the hope that this knowledge might
be of service in the development of Japan’s economy. Without Ms.
Hatano’s zeal, this book would not have reached publication. I am also
very grateful to Mr. Koichi Ito for his tremendous support in editing the
book.
In compiling this book, I am deeply indebted to KCCS Management
Consulting President Naoyuki Morita, Vice President Toshiteru Fujii,
Director Tatsuro Matsui, Director Takuro Harada, and Seminar
Publication Manager Masaaki Hirai for their collaboration. KCCS
Management Consulting provides consulting services on Amoeba
Management, and has already helped many companies to improve their
business performance.
For their support in editing and preparing various materials, I am also
most grateful to Kyocera Corporate Officer Yoshihito Ota, Corporate
Officer Masakazu Mitsuda, Advisor Hideki Ishida, Education Planning
Director Masaki Kozu, Business Systems Administration Department,
Planning Section Manager Shoichi Himono, and Shigeyuki Kitani of the
Office of Chief Executives, as well as Kyocera Mita (now Kyocera
Document Solutions) Corporate Officer Makoto Yoneyama.
