The American Way

[tg1911]

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 both 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 findings: 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 consulting 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, one staff steering manager

and a new performance review system for the person rowing the boat to provide work incentive.

That 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.

[thesidekickcat]

Sounds so true of our American corporate life!!!

HaHa!

God bless everyone.

[echobay]

DOH

[acker1]

Actually I don't see the problem--the American team came in second, ----------the Japanese team came in next to the last.

Just a matter of prespective! :>)

tg1911--That was a great story of "the American Way". I had to make the above comment tho. :>)

[Vile_DR]

Good stuff...kinda sounds exactly like my company though...needs rearrange, but not firing the bottom peeps...