the theory of canoe management
- 2. Have you heard about the canoe theory in management?! Here is the story…
- 3. A company X and a Japanese firm decided to organize a canoe competition every year to compare their performance. Each team would be composed of eight people.
- 4. Both teams were seriously trained for this special competition. But the japanese team won!
- 5. ARRIVAL
- 6. the team of company X was really disappointed after being defeated. The management board decided to elaborate a new strategy to stimulate the team in order to win the competition the next year.
- 8. After a deep investigation, the company X found out that the japanese team had 7 rowers and one captain!
- 10. However, the company X team had only one rower and 7 captains!
- 11. The Company X president had a bright idea and proposed to hire immediately a society of professional consultants in order to analyse the structure of the X team.
- 13. After 2 months of hard labour, the experts concluded that the company X team had many captains and very few rowers and that they have to change the structure. With regular performance and good training, Company X team must win the competition!
- 14. Here is the plan: the team would be composed of 4 captains, two supervisors, one leader and one rower. New measures would be adopted in order to prompt the “lonely” rower and give him more responsibilities.
- 15. arrival After one year of hard work, the japanese team won the competition again! !
- 16. The Rower of company X was immediately dismissed for his bad contribution....poor guy!
- 17. And all the leaders of the company X have received a bonus as a reward for their strategic thinking!