ONTARIO  HYDRO  vs  NEWFOUNDLAND HYDRO


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  Once upon a time, Ontario Hydro and Newfoundland Hydro decided to have
  a competitive boat race on Lake Ontario.  Both teams practiced hard and
  long to reach their peak performance.  On the big dy they both felt as
  ready as they could be.

  The Newfies won by a mile.

  Afterwards, Ontario Hydro became very discouraged byt the loss, and
  morale sagged.  Corporate Management decided that the reasond for the
  crushing defeat had to be found.  A "Continuous Measurable Improvement"
  team was set up to investigate the problem and to recommend appropriate
  corrective action.

  Their conclusion:

  The problem was that the Newfie team had eight people rowing and one
  person steering, whereby the Ontario Hydro team had one person rowing
  and eight people steering.  The Ontario Hydro Steering Commitee
  immediately hired a consulting firm to do a study on the management
  structure.  After some time and millions of dollars, the consulting
  firm concluded that "Too many people were steering and not enough
  rowing!"

  To prevent losing to the Newfies again next year, the team's management
  structure was totally reorganized to four Steering Managers, three Area
  Steering Managers, one Staff Steering Manager and a new performance
  system for the person rowing the boat to give him more incentive to
  work harder.  "We must give him empowerment and enrichment.  That
  should accomplish our Total Quality Management goals!"

  The next year the Newfies won by two miles.

  Humiliated, Ontario Hydro laid off the rower for poor performance, sold
  the paddles, canceled all capital investment for new equipment, halted
  development of a new boat, gave a "High Performance" award to the
  consulting firm, then distributed the money saved as bonuses to the
  District Managers and senior executives.

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