Management Stories

Management Stories

A Management Story

Story # 1

It's a fine sunny day in the forest and a lion is sitting outside his cave, lying lazily in the sun. Along comes a fox, out on a walk.

 

Fox: "Do you know the time, because my watch is broken"

 

Lion: "Oh, I can easily fix the watch for you"

 

Fox: "Hmm... But it's a very complicated mechanism, and your big claws will only destroy it even more“

Lion: "Oh no, give it to me, and it will be fixed"

 

Fox: "That's ridiculous! Any fool knows that lazy lions with great claws cannot fix complicated watches"

 

Lion: "Sure they do, give it to me and it will be fixed"

The lion disappears into his cave, and after a while he comes back with the watch which is running perfectly. The fox is impressed, and the lion continues to lie lazily in the sun, looking very pleased with himself.

Soon a wolf comes along and stops to watch the lazy lion in the sun.

 

Wolf: "Can I come and watch TV tonight with you, because mine is broken"

 

Lion: "Oh, I can easily fix your TV for you"

 

Wolf: "You don't expect me to believe such rubbish, do you? There is no way that a lazy lion with big claws can fix a complicated TV“

 

Lion: "No problem. Do you want to try it?"

The lion goes into his cave, and after a while comes back with a perfectly fixed TV.

The wolf goes away happily and amazed.

Scene : Inside the lion's cave.

In one corner are half a dozen small and intelligent looking rabbits who are busily doing very complicated work with very detailed instruments. In the other corner lies a huge lion looking very pleased with himself.

Moral :

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY A MANAGER IS FAMOUS; LOOK AT THE WORK OF HIS SUBORDINATES.

Management Lesson In the context of the working world :

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY SOMEONE UNDESERVED IS PROMOTED; LOOK AT THE WORK OF HIS SUBORDINATES.

VERY INTERESTING STUFF !!!

VERY  INTERESTING  STUFF !!!

In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have 'the rule  of thumb' 

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Many years ago in Scotland , a new game was invented. It was ruled 'Gentlemen Only...Ladies Forbidden'....and thus, the word GOLF entered

into the English language. 

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The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone. 

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Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S. Treasury. 

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Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better. 
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It is impossible to lick your elbow. 

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The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: 

Alaska 
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The first novel ever written on a typewriter, Tom Sawyer.. 

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111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 

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Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what? 



A. Their birthplace 

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Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter 'A'? 


A. One thousand 
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In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.  When you pulled on the ropes, the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase...'Goodnight, sleep tight' 

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It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon. 
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In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old England , when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them 'Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down.'

It's where we get the phrase 'mind your P's and Q's' 

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Many years ago in England , pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. 'Wet your whistle' is the phrase inspired by this practice. 

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At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow! 

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Don't delete this just because it looks weird. Believe it or not, you can read it. 

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? 

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YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2009 when... 

1. You accidentally enter your PIN on the microwave. 

2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years. 

3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three. 
4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you. 
5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have e-mail addresses.

6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.. 

7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen 

8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't even have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it. 

10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee. 

11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : ) 

12. You're reading this and nodding and laughing. 

13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message. 

14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list. 

15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this list. 

~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

NOW U R LAUGHING at yourself. 

Go on, forward this to your friends and try to lick your elbow.  You know you want to!

Women make Gr8 Drivers !!

The Top 10 Contestants For The 2007 Women Drivers

Award 10th Place Goes to:

9th Place Goes To:

8th Place Goes To:

7th Place Goes To:

6th Place Goes To:

5th Place Goes To:

4th Place Goes To:

The Bronze Medal Winner:

The Silver Medal Winner:

Her helmet is being worn backwards

..... and finally, put your hands together for our

*** Gold Medal Winner ***

Oru Arabikkathu !!

NAIL IN THE FENCE

NAIL IN THE FENCE    
 

 

Make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence. (Most importantly the last sentence)

 

There once was a little boy who had a bad

 

temper.

 

His Father gave him a bag of nails

 

and told him that every time he lost his

 

temper, he must hammer a nail into the back

 

of the fence.

The first day the boy had

 

driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next

 

few weeks, as he learned to control his

 

anger, the number of nails hammered daily

 

gradually dwindled down.  He discovered 

   

 

it was easier to hold his temper than to

 

drive those nails into the fence.

 

Finally the ! day came when the boy didn't

 

lose his temper at all. He told his father

 

about it and the father suggested that the

 

boy now pull out one nail for each day that he

was able to hold

his temper.

 

 

The days passed and the young boy was finally

 

able to tell his father that all the nails

were gone. The father took his son by the

 

hand and led him to the fence He said, "You

 

have done well, my son, but look at the

 

holes in the fence. The fence will never be

 

the same. When you say things in anger,

 

they leave a scar just like this one.  You can put

a knife in a man and draw it out.

 

 

It won't matter how many times you say "I'm

 

sorry", the wound is still there.  A verbal

 

wound is as bad as a physical one.

 

Friends are very rare jewels, indeed. They

 

make you smile and encourage you to succeed.

 

They lend an ear, they share words of praise

 

and they always want to open their hearts to us."

Oldage

Old age wealth !

Silver on the Hair

  Gold on the Teeth..

  Stones in the Kidneys 

  Sugar in the Blood.

 Lead on the Feet.

  Iron in the Arteries.

  And an inexhaustible supply of Natural Gas..

 

AND WITH FRIENDS ALSO EQUALLY WEALTHY

  We never thought we'd accumulate such wealth!

LIFE

"Life is a terrible disease, Sexually transmitted"