Rutgers Business School to Host Panasonic Corporation CEO: MBA News

"I thought it might be interesting for the students to hear how we got into the position and what’s involved in transforming the company and positioning it for success going forward,” Taylor said to Rutgers Business School.

Entitled, ‘The Challenges of Remaking a 100-Year-Old Global Corporation’, the event is part of the school’s CEO series which is aimed at providing MBA students and alumni with access to real-world insights from C-level business leaders.

Since last year, Taylor and Rutgers Business School have been near-neighbors, after the Panasonic Corporation moved its North American headquarters, complete with 1,000 staff, to downtown Newark. The modern 12-story building boasts an energy and water-saving design and is, in itself, an integral part of Taylor and the Panasonic Corporation’s plans to refashion themselves into an innovation leader in green business.

During his long career with the Osaka-headquartered Panasonic Corporation, Joseph M. Taylor has learnt much about the culture of doing business in Japan. In his eyes the ideal management style is a hybrid that borrows both from the US and Japanese approach.

“The Japanese manage by consensus and American managers are known for unilateral decision-making. I think the combination of both is the best of all,” Taylor said.

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