稲盛和夫のフィロソフィーと西郷南洲翁遺訓及び日新公いろは歌の連関についての考察

　一代で京セラやKDDIの前身となる第二電電（DDI）を創業し、合計数兆円企業に育て、倒産した日本航空（JAL）を3年で再建し、再上場に導いた稀代の経営者稲盛和夫は、アメーバ経営という独自の経営手法だけでなく、理念経営により数万人を導いてきた。中小企業の一経営者が経営の中から導き出した人生成功の処世術のルーツは何処にあるのか。生まれ育った薩摩の基礎となる郷中（ごじゅう）教育とは何か、などについて経営学の観点から関心が湧く。
　稲盛和夫が京セラ創業以降に出会い、自ら経営理念の基礎とした地元の偉人である西郷隆盛の言行録である西郷南洲翁遺訓及び16世紀に薩摩や日向など南九州を統一した島津家第15代領主島津貴久公の実父島津忠良（日新）が残した、島津日新公いろは歌とどのように連関があるのか。そもそも薩摩生まれの3名の思想にどのような連関があるのか、についても関心が湧く。この研究では、質的研究法であるグラウンデッド・セオリー・アプローチを援用して、稲盛和夫のフィロソフィーと西郷南洲翁遺訓及び日新公いろは歌の連関について分析した。結果的に3つの概念は400年の時代を超えて、連関していることが分析により明らかになった。特に稲盛和夫のフィロソフィーが稲盛和夫が敬愛する西郷隆盛の言行録である西郷南洲翁遺訓に正の影響を受けているだけでなく、薩摩での教育を背景に、400年前に遡る日新公いろは歌からも正の影響を受けていることが明らかになった。400年に渡り薩摩の人々が受け継いできた理念には、時代を超えても人が生きていく中で基礎とすべき、もしくは人生で重要なコアな思想・資質とすべき概念があると考えられる。

Kazuo Inamori is a rare business leader who founded DDI, the predecessor of Kyocera and KDDI, in one generation, and grew it into a trillion-yen company. He also rebuilt the bankrupt Japan Airlines (JAL) in three years and led it to relisting. He has not only led tens of thousands of people with his unique management method called amoeba management, but also with management principles. What are the roots of the way of life that a manager of a small and medium-sized business has derived from management? What is the Goju education that is the foundation of Satsuma, where he was born and raised? From the perspective of business management, it is interesting to know what it is like.
How is it related to Saigo Nanshu Ikun, the record of the words and deeds of Saigo Takamori, a local hero whom Kazuo Inamori met after founding Kyocera and used as the basis of his own management philosophy, and Shimazu Nisshin Iroha Uta, left by Shimazu Tadayoshi (Nissin), the father of Shimazu Takahisa, the 15th lord of the Shimazu clan who unified southern Kyushu, including Satsuma and Hyuga, in the 16th century? First of all, I am interested in the relationship between the ideas of the three men born in Satsuma. In this study, we used the grounded theory approach, a qualitative research method, to analyze the correlation between Kazuo Inamori's philosophy, the teachings of Nanshu Saigo, and the Nisshin Iroha Uta. As a result, the analysis revealed that the three concepts are related across 400 years of time. In particular, Kazuo Inamori's philosophy is not only positively influenced by the teachings of Nanshu Saigo, which are the words and deeds of Takamori Saigo, whom Kazuo Inamori admires, but also by the Nisshin Iroha Uta, which dates back 400 years, due to his education in Satsuma. It is believed that the ideals that the people of Satsuma have inherited for 400 years contain concepts that should be the foundation for people's lives, or that should be important core ideas and qualities in life, regardless of the era.

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