2.1.6 Sanwa Shurui 1 Basic Information Listed or Unlisted: Unlisted Type of Industry: Distiller of shochu spirit, Winery

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2.1.6 Sanwa Shurui 1
Basic Information
Listed or Unlisted: Unlisted
Type of Industry: Distiller of shochu spirit, Winery
Established: 1958
Location: USA City, Oita
Sales: ¥55 billion
Employees: 350
Sanwa Shurui was established by 3 Japanese sake breweries forjoint bottling in 1958. The next year, another brewery participatedin the company. Even now each of the four families possesses aquarter of the entire stock, and provides the presidency inrotation. Each of the four representative directors is from eachfamily. They discuss any managerial topic together.
Generally speaking, the four representatives’ decision-makingwould be time-consuming. If someone disagreed, you could fallapart. This unique group decision-making system is from the ideathat anyone can make a mistake alone and that four different ideasmake something better. This merit gets better than the demerit ofslow decision-making. This philosophy means more subjective ideasget closer to an objective idea. As a matter of fact, Sanwa Shuruihas been existing till now without doing any financial and realestate transactions during the bubble economy period. It shows thegroup decision-making has worked very efficiently.
Question 1: Why do you think it was necessary for severaldifferent families to establish one company together?
Question 2: Assess their unanimous decision-making system byreferring t its merits and demerits.