Problem Solving?
Hello again,
Lets brighten up Monday morning! Here’s a funny from Pauls Humor…. Enjoy…Dave
From Adriana G.:
The American Way
The Americans and the Japanese decided to engage in a competitive
boat race. Both teams practiced hard and long to reach their peak
performance. On the big day they felt ready. The Japanese won by a
mile. Afterward, the American team was discouraged by the loss.
Morale sagged. Corporate management decided that the reason for the
crushing defeat had to be found so a consulting firm was hired to
investigate the problem and recommend corrective action. The
consultant’s finding: The Japanese team had eight people rowing and
one person steering; the American team had one person rowing and eight
people steering.
After a year of study and millions spent analyzing the problem, the
consultant firm concluded that too many people were steering and not
enough were rowing on the American team. So, as race day neared again
the following year, the American team’s management structure was
completely reorganized. The new structure: four steering managers,
three area steering managers, and a new performance review system for
the person rowing the boat to provide work incentive.
The next year the Japanese won by TWO miles!!! Humiliated, the
American corporation laid off the rower for poor performance and gave
the managers a bonus for discovering the problem.
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