This sums it up nicely, I got it from
Toyota vs. GM: The Rowers | LogiPundit
A Japanese company (Toyota) and an American company (GM)
decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River. Both teams
practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before
the race.
.......
Not sure of how to utilize that information, but wanting to prevent
another loss to 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 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. The money saved
was distributed to the Senior Executives as bonuses and the next year’s
racing team was out-sourced to India .
Sadly………….. The End.
