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Every day, a small ant arrives at work very early and

starts work immediately.
&e produces a lot and se was appy.
'e Cief, a lion,
was surprised to see tat
te ant was working
witout supervision.
e tougt if te ant can
produce so muc witout
supervision, wouldn't se
produce even more if se
ad a supervisor!
&o e recruited a
cockroac
wo ad extensive
experience as supervisor
and wo was famous for
writing excellent reports.
'e cockroac's first
decision was to set up a
clocking in attendance
system.
e also needed a secretary
to elp im write and type
is reports and .
... e recruited a spider, wo
managed te arcives and
monitored all pone calls.
'e lion was deligted
wit te cockroacs
reports
and asked im to produce
graps to describe
production rates and to
analyse trends, so tat e
could use tem for
presentations at
Board's meetings.
&o te cockroac ad to buy a new computer and a
laser printer and ...
... recruited a fly
to manage te !'
department.
'e ant, wo ad once been so productive and relaxed,
ated tis new pletora of paperwork and meetings
wic used up most of er time.!
'e lion came to te
conclusion tat it was ig
time to nominate a person in
carge of te department
were te ant worked.
'e position was given to te
cicada, wose first decision was to
buy a carpet and an ergonomic
cair for is office.
'e new person in carge, te
cicada, also needed a computer and
a personal assistant ,wo e
brougt from is previous
department, to elp im prepare a
Work and Budget Control &trategic
Optimisation Plan .
'e Department were te ant
works is now a sad place, were
nobody laugs anymore and
everybody as become upset...
!t was at tat time tat
te cicada convinced te
boss , te lion, of te
absolute necessity to
start a climatic study of
te environment .
aving reviewed te
carges for running
te ant's department ,
te lion found out
tat te production
was muc less tan
before.
&o e recruited te
owl , a prestigious and
renowned consultant
to carry out an audit
and suggest
solutions.
'e owl spent tree
monts in te
department and came
up wit an enormous
report , in several
volumes,
tat concluded :
'e department is 'e department is
overstaffed ..." overstaffed ..."
uess wo te lion fires first?
'e ant , of course, because se
sowed lack of motivation and ad a negative
attitude".
!B: !B:
'e caracters in tis fable are 'e caracters in tis fable are
fictitious, any resemblance to real fictitious, any resemblance to real
people or facts witin te people or facts witin te
Corporation Corporation is pure coincidence is pure coincidence..
You must ave seen so many ants and you may be You must ave seen so many ants and you may be
one among tem one among tem
Adapted I742 P47tuguese by PR. Ob7gad4
Ma74.
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