I just bought the "Say..." series of aviation related jokes. Here's a
good one. I don't know if it had been posted before. I looked quickly.
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The Boat Race
Once upon a time the colossal airline and the small charter airline
decided to have a yearly boat race on the local river. Both teams
practised long and hard to reach peak performance. On the big day
they were as ready as could be and the charter airline won by a
lenght. Their oponents were discouraged and senior management set up
a project to investigate the problem. Their initial observation was
that the opposition had 8 people rowing and one people steering,
while their own team had one person rowing and eight people steering.
Senior management immediately hired consultants to study team
performance and find possible solutions. Millions of dollar were
spent and several months later the consultants concluded that there
were too many people steering and not enough rowing.
The following year the team structure was changed to 4 steering
managers, 3 senior steering managers and one executive steering
manager. A performance/appraisal system was set up to give the rower
more incentive to work harder and become a key performer. They had
concluded he must be given empowerment and enrichment. Soon the big
day arrived and the small charter airline duly won again.
There was no 3rd race as the airline laid off the rower for poor
performance, sold off the paddles, cancelled capital investment and
halted development of the new boat. Then they gave high performance
awards to the consultants and distributed the money saved among
senior management.
The Boat Race
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