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To: architect* who wrote (11037)8/11/1999 9:21:00 PM
From: Dr. Id   of 62584
 
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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 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 recommended corrective action. The consultant's
finding: 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
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: four steering managers,
three area steering managers and a new performance review system for
the person rowing the boat to provide work incentive. The next 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.

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