American vs Japanese race

***Moisted*** · 11-17-2006, 11:04 AM

pretty funny...

"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."

**dentrecords** · 11-17-2006, 11:15 AM

Funny, but true.

HoNdA06 · 11-17-2006, 11:17 AM

Good one.

**atruhondagrl** · 11-17-2006, 11:22 AM

Lol. Nice. I didn't know Ford had a rowing team.

skiz · 11-17-2006, 06:17 PM

lol, aint that a bish?!

so true anymore

sheek360 · 11-17-2006, 06:42 PM

thats the funniest thing i read all day!!!!!!!

LMAO!

catchx34 · 11-17-2006, 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atruhondagrl

Lol. Nice. I didn't know Ford had a rowing team.

ouch that hurts. haha

11-17-2006, 11:04 AM	#1 (permalink)
*Moisted* VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ottawa, Canada Age: 42 Posts: 370 iTrader: 0 / 0%	American vs Japanese race pretty funny... "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." __________________ "It's true that I've driven through a number of red lights on occasion, but on the other hand, I've stopped at a lot of greens but never gotten credit for it." - Glenn Gould

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atruhondagrl Brodie Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Near the escalator Posts: 24,181 iTrader: 23 / 100%	Lol. Nice. I didn't know Ford had a rowing team. __________________ AWD is RWD with training wheels.

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HoNdA06 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virgin Islands Age: 30 Posts: 350 Luis H. Casanova Jr. iTrader: 0 / 0%	Good one.

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sheek360 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Miami Posts: 1,567 iTrader: 0 / 0%	thats the funniest thing i read all day!!!!!!! LMAO!