Boating and Management

One Russian and German companies have agreed to hold joint competitions in rowing at the eight-boat. Both teams practiced long and hard, and when both were on top form staged events, but ... The Germans won with an advantage of 1 km. After the defeat of the Russian team was demoralized. Top management decided to find out the cause of the failure. A working group to prepare proposals for change and restructuring in the team. After many weeks of investigations it was found that the German rowing team of seven and one steering ... and in Russian - one in seven of the oars and rudder! Top management of the Russian company had been hired a consulting company to prepare and restructuring team. Having received a substantial fee and introducing indicators KPI, BSC and ISO 9001 and conducting market research and consulting firm concluded: Too many employees in the Russian team gives the team and too few rows .... After restructuring the Russian team looked as follows: - four steering ... - two senior steering - steering a director - and one rower. In addition to solo rower was introduced evaluation system performance and expanded responsibilities to make it more accountable. The following year the German team again won convincingly with a margin of 2 km. As a result of another defeat, the top management of the Russian company has hired a consulting company for audit and evaluation team. It was decided to disband the team ... rower rowing as the main culprit of the ineffectiveness of the team was dismissed, all planned investments in 2014-2015, a new boat and the oars were canceled. Helmsman was thanked, and the money saved was paid to top management as a premium.