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From: LostInTheWasteLand@noemail.org

American management at its best, the new American
Way!



A Chinese company and an American company decided
to have a canoe race on the Missouri River. Both
teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak
performance before the race. On the big day the
Chinese won by a mile.

Afterward, the American team became very
discouraged and morally depressed. The American
management decided the reason for the crushing
defeat had to be found. A Management Team made up of
senior management was formed to investigate and
recommend appropriate action. Their conclusion was
the Chinese had eight people rowing and one person
steering, while the American team had eight people
steering and one person rowing. So American
management hired a consulting company and paid them
an incredible amount of money.



After six months of hard work, they advised that
too many people were steering the boat, while not
enough people were rowing. So the American team
acted: To prevent losing to the Chinese again next
year, the rowing team's management structure was
totally reorganized to four steering supervisors,
three area steering superintendents and 1 assistant
superintendent steering manager. They also
implemented a new performance system that would give
the 1 person rowing the boat greater incentive to
work harder. It was called the "Rowing Team Quality
First Program," with meetings, dinners and free pens
for the rower. Even new paddles and medical benefit
incentives were promised for a winner. We must give
the rower the empowerment and enrichments through
this quality program.

The next year the Chinese won by two miles.
Humiliated, the American management laid off the
rower for poor performance, halted development of a
new canoe, sold the paddles and canceled all capital
investments for new equipment. The money saved was
distributed to the senior executives as bonuses for
a job well done.

--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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