ibm team race
TRANSCRIPT
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Once upon a time there was a I BM rowing team.
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This I BM team agreed to hold an annual rowing race with a Green team. Each team would contain 8 men.
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Both teams worked really hard to get in the best shape. On the day of the fi rst race, both teams were ready to win.
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FINISHFINISH
The Green team won by 1 mile!
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The I BM team was crushed in their def eat, but they were determined to win the race next year. So they established a panel of auditors to observe the situation and ascertain if there were any diff erences
between the teams.
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Af ter several weeks of detailed intelligence gathering, the auditors could fi nd only one diff erence; the Green team had 7 rowers and 1
captain...
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… and the I BM team had 7 captains and 1 rower!
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I BM
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Un-perplexed by the raw data, upper management showed unexpected wisdom: they hired a consulting company to analyze the data and suggest a
solution that would enable the I BM team to win next year.
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Af ter several months the consultants came to the conclusion that the ratio of captains to rowers was the problem in the I BM team.
Based on this analysis a solution was proposed: the structure of the I BM team has to be
changed!
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Like sharks getting the scent of reorganization blood, upper management wasted no time in restructuring the I BM team into
4 Captains, led by 2 Managers, reporting to 1 Senior Director with a dotted line to the rower. Besides that, in a blaze of unrestricted inspiration, they suggested they might be inclined to improve the
rower’s working environment by a non-monetary reward and recognition scheme if there was improved performance by the
rower.
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I BM
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FINISH
The next year, the Green team won by 2 miles.......
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The I BM team upper management immediately fi red the rower based on his unsatisf actory perf ormance.
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A bonus was paid to the Captains, Directors, and Managers f or the strong leadership and motivation they showed during the preparation
phase and as an incentive f or them to find a better rower f or the next race.
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The consulting company prepared a new analysis of the restructuring activity, which showed that the strategy was good, the motivation was great, the restructuring
was executed correctly, but the tool used (which was not included in the original data) was sub-standard and had to
be improved.
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Currently the IBM team management is having a new boat designed;
and to demostrate fiscal and HR dexterity for stockholders they also contracted a placement agency to advertise in other
countries for a new (temporary, non-direct employee) rower.