[nukkad] [Fwd: - AMERICAN MANAGEMENT -]

[Ninad Chhaya <ninad@bom4.vsnl.net.in>]

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Mable Monteiro wrote:
> 
> 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 everyone 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 recommended
> 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.
> 
> That year, the Japanese won again by two miles. Humiliated, the American
> corporation laid off the rower for poor performance and gave the managers a
> bonus for discovering the problem.
> 
> Mable Monteiro
> MicroMedia, India
> The Technology Media Division of Microland
> email: MableM@microland.co.in
> Tel: 91-80-552 2257 - 9
> Fax: 91-80-553-8415
> url: www.micromedia-india.com
>        www.iworldindia.com

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