But Idei thought that he could create a structure for decision making not prone to the conflicting interests among company divisions by dividing the executive functions between the directors in charge of overall management, on one side, and the executive officers in charge of actual operations, on the other. This structure was implemented around 1997.
Sin embargo, en torno a 1997 Idei Nobuyuki separó la figura del director, que unifica la administración en su conjunto, de la del director ejecutivo, que hace lo propio con el sector de operaciones, y diseñó un mecanismo que permite fijar ideas que superan los conflictos de intereses en las operaciones.