Mgmt theories

Interesting Management Stories
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

Story #
2

It's a fine sunny day in the forest and a rabbit is sitting outside
his burrow, tippy-tapping on his typewriter. Along comes a fox, out for
a walk.

Fox: "What are you working on?"
Rabbit: "My
thesis."

Fox: "Hmm... What is it
about?"
Rabbit: "Oh, I'm writing about how rabbits eat
foxes."

Fox: "That's ridiculous !
Any fool knows that rabbits don't eat foxes!
Rabbit: "Come with me and I'll
show you!"

They both disappear into the rabbit's burrow. After few
minutes, gnawing on a fox bone, the rabbit returns to his typewriter and
resumes typing.

Soon a wolf comes along and
stops to watch the hardworking rabbit.

Wolf: "What's that you are
writing?"
Rabbit: "I'm doing a thesis on how rabbits eat
wolves."

Wolf: "you don't expect to
get such rubbish published, do you?"
Rabbit: "No problem. Do you want to see
why?"

The rabbit and the wolf go into the burrow and again the rabbit
returns by himself, after a few minutes, and goes back to typing. Finally a
bear comes along and asks, "What are you doing?

Rabbit: "I'm doing a
thesis on how rabbits eat bears."
Bear: "Well that's absurd !
"

Rabbit: "Come into my home
and I'll show you"

Scene :
As they enter the burrow, the rabbit introduces the
bear to the lion.

Moral:
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW SILLY YOUR THESIS
TOPIC IS; WHAT MATTERS IS WHOM YOU HAVE AS A
SUPERVISOR.

Management Lesson in the context of the working
world:
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW BAD YOUR PERFORMANCE IS; WHAT MATTERS IS WHETHER
YOUR BOSS LIKES YOU OR
NOT

--
Nishant V. Patel