Re: [FSJsocialclub] God help America!

["Edwin Atwood" <javelin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

hey...jim...aren't you in management??...lmao
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "amc" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: [FSJsocialclub] God help America!


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>   A Japanese auto company and GM decided to have a canoe race .
>   Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance
>   before the race.
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>   On the big day the Japanese 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.
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>   Their conclusion was the Japanese had 8 people rowing and 1 person
> steering,
>   while the American team had 8 people steering and one person rowing.
>   So American management hired a consulting company and paid them an
>   incredible amount of money. They advised that too many people were
>   steering the boat, while not enough people were rowing.
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>   To prevent losing to the Japanese again next year, the rowing team's
>   management structure was totally organized to 4 steering supervisors,
>   3 area steering superintendents and 1 assistant superintendent steering
>   manager. They also implemented a new performance system that would give
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>   1 person rowing the boat greater incentive to work harder. It was called
>   the Rowing Team Quality First Program, with 15 hour per day meetings,
>   dinners and free pens with the company logo for the rower. Even new
> paddles
>   and medical benefit incentives were promised for a winner. We must give
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>   rower the empowerment and enrichments through this Quality Improvement
>   Program.
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>   The next year the Japanese 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.
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>   The money saved was distributed to the senior management.
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