Friday, October 9, 2009

இது தானாய்யா உலகம்

பழைய கதை
There was once a washer man who had a donkey and a dog. One night whenthe whole world was sleeping, a thief broke into the house, the washerman was fast asleep too but the donkey and the dog were awake. The dogdecided not to bark since the master did not take good care of him and he (the dog) wanted to teach him (master) a lesson.The donkey got worried and said to the dog that if he doesn't bark,the donkey will have to do something himself. The dog did not changehis mind and the donkey started braying loudly.Hearing the donkey bray, the thief ran away, the master woke up andstarted beating the donkey for braying in the middle of the night போர் no reason.
Moral of the story
" One must not engage in duties other than his own"
புது கதை
Now take a new look at the same story...The washer man was a well educated man from a premier managementinstitute. He had the fundas of looking at the bigger picture andthinking out of the box. He was convinced that there must be somereason for the donkey to bray in the night.. He walked outside alittle and did some fact finding, applied a bottom up approach,figured out from the ground realities that there was a thief who brokein and the donkey only wanted to alert him about it. Looking at thedonkey's extra initiative and going beyond the call of the duty, herewarded him with lot of hay and other perks and made him his favoritepet.The dog's life didn't change much, except that now the donkey was moremotivated in doing the dog's duties as well. In the annual appraisalthe dog managed "ME" (Met Expectations) .Soon the dog realized that the donkey is taking care of his duties andhe can enjoy his life sleeping and lazing around.The donkey was rated as " star performer". The donkey had to live upto his already high performance standards.Soon he was over burdened with work and being always under pressurecould not perform to the high expectations. He was fired.
Now is looking for a NEW JOB ...

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