Both the teams practiced hard and long to reach their peak performance before the race. On the big day the Chinese won by a mile. Afterwards the American team became very discouraged and morally depressed. The American Management decided that the reason for the crushing defeat had to be found. A "MANAGEMENT TEAM" made up of senior management was formed to investigate and recommend appropriate action. Their conclusion was that the Chinese had 8 people rowing and 1 person steering, while the American team had 8 persons steering and one person rowing, so American Management hired a CONSULTING Company, and paid them an incredible amount of money. They advised that too many people were steering the boat and not enough people were rowing.

To prevent losing to the Chinese again, the following year, the rowing team's MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE was totally reorganised into 4 steering supervisors, 3 area steering superintendents and 1 assistant superintendent steering manager. They also implemented a new PERFORMANCE SYSTEM that would give the I 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. "We must give the rower the empowerment and enrichments through this quality program".

The next year the Chinese won by two miles. Humiliated, the American management:

Then they distributed the money, saved as bonuses, to the senior executives.

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