適てき材ざい適てき所しょ

expression, noun

the right person in the right place

A yojijukugo (four-character idiom) used in business, management, and organizational contexts to express the principle of placing people in roles that suit their abilities.

• 会かい社しゃは適てき材ざい適てき所しょを目め指ざして人じん事じ配はい置ちを見み直なおした。

  The company reviewed its personnel assignments aiming for the right person in the right place.

• 適てき材ざい適てき所しょが実じつ現げんすれば、組そ織しきの生せい産さん性せいは上あがる。

  If the right person is placed in the right job, the organization's productivity will increase.