[SOC] [OT] This week's Humor

[Ian C. Purdie]

An American automobile company and a Japanese auto company decided to have a
competitive boat race on the Detroit River. Both teams practiced hard and long
to reach their peak performance. On the big day, they were as ready as they
could be.

The Japanese team won by a mile.

Afterwards, the American team became discouraged by the loss and their morale
sagged. Corporate management decided that the reason for the crushing defeat
had to be found. A Continuous Measurable Improvement Team of "Executives" was
set up to investigate the problem and to recommend appropriate corrective
action.

Their conclusion: The problem was that the Japanese team had 8 people rowing
and 1 person steering, whereas the American team had 1 person rowing and 8
people steering. The American Corporate Steering Committee immediately hired a
consulting firm to do a study on the management structure.

After some time and billions of dollars, the consulting firm concluded that
"too many people were steering and not enough rowing." To prevent losing to the
Japanese again next year, the management structure was changed to "4 Steering
Managers, 3 Area Steering Managers, and 1 Staff Steering Manager" and a new
performance system for the person rowing the boat to give more incentive to
work harder and become a six sigma performer. "We must give him empowerment and
enrichment." That ought to do it.

The next year the Japanese team won by two miles.

The American Corporation laid off the rower for poor performance, sold all of
the paddles, cancelled all capital investments for new equipment, halted
development of a new canoe, awarded high performance awards to the consulting
firm, and distributed the money saved as bonuses to the senior executives.

>From Dr Stan Kegel's Groaner's Digest
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