Graduates Urged to Consider Manufacturing Jobs: Sony...

Graduates Urged to Consider Manufacturing Jobs: Sony Corp. Chairman Akio Morita told graduates of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School that manufacturing is the foundation of a nations’s economy, and he urged them to consider jobs in that sector. “I am not a believer in the idea of a post-industrial society,” said Morita. “For me, the very essence of business . . . is manufacturing.” When Morita asked how many of the 840 recipients of Masters of Business Administration degrees from the prestigious business school planned to enter manufacturing, only about 50 raised their hands. “I would hope half of the MBA people would go into manufacturing,” Morita told reporters at a news conference following his commencement address. Morita received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the Ivy League university.