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Humor From Work Vol. 2
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BOAT RACE
The Americans and the Japanese
decided to engage in a boat race. Both teams practiced hard and long to
reach their peak performance levels. On the big day they felt ready.
The
Japanese won by a mile.
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 Japanese team had six people
rowing and one person steering and rowing; the American team had two
people
rowing and five people steering.
After a year of study and thousands
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
for the Americans was: one quality assurance manager, two steering
managers,
one area steering managers, and a new performance review manager for
the
two people rowing the boat to provide work incentive.
That year, the Japanese won
by TWO miles !!!
Humiliated, the American corporation
laid off the rowers for poor performance and gave the managers a bonus
for discovering the problem.
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IN THE ELEVATOR
The packed
elevator stopped between floors. One of the passengers rang the
security
button and over the PA system a reassuring voice announced:
"Nobody leave. Help is on
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