Establishing an Employee Training Institute: in 1934 at age 39
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"Business is people" was one of Konosuke's favorite sayings. He had long believed in developing the capabilities of his employees, and in 1934, opened an Employee Training Institute at the Kadoma factory to offer primary school graduates a three-year course that combined the study of engineering and business.