A Japanese company and a Singaporean company decided to have a dragon boat race on the Singapore River ... both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race
On the big day the Japanese won by 5 boat lengths ... the Singaporean very discouraged and depressed decided to investigate the reason for the crushing defeat
A management team made up of senior management was formed to investigate and recommend appropriate action their ... conclusion was the Japanese had 8 people rowing and 1 person steering, while the Singapore team had 8 people steering and 1 person rowing ... so the Singaporean management hired a consulting company and paid them a large amount of money for a second opinion
They advised that too many people were steering the boat while not enough people were rowing
To prevent another humiliation by the Japanese the rowing team’s management structure was totally reorganized to 4 steering supervisors 3 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 ... there was discussion of getting new paddles canoes and other equipment extra vacation days for practices, and bonuses
The next year the Japanese won by 10 boat lengths
Humiliated the Singaporean management laid off the rower for poor performance halted development of a new canoe sold the paddle and canceled all capital investments in new equipment ... the money saved was distributed to the Senior Executives as bonuses and the next year’s racing team was outsourced to India
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On the big day the Japanese won by 5 boat lengths ... the Singaporean very discouraged and depressed decided to investigate the reason for the crushing defeat
A management team made up of senior management was formed to investigate and recommend appropriate action their ... conclusion was the Japanese had 8 people rowing and 1 person steering, while the Singapore team had 8 people steering and 1 person rowing ... so the Singaporean management hired a consulting company and paid them a large amount of money for a second opinion
They advised that too many people were steering the boat while not enough people were rowing
To prevent another humiliation by the Japanese the rowing team’s management structure was totally reorganized to 4 steering supervisors 3 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 ... there was discussion of getting new paddles canoes and other equipment extra vacation days for practices, and bonuses
The next year the Japanese won by 10 boat lengths
Humiliated the Singaporean management laid off the rower for poor performance halted development of a new canoe sold the paddle and canceled all capital investments in new equipment ... the money saved was distributed to the Senior Executives as bonuses and the next year’s racing team was outsourced to India
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