Success is steady progress towards one's goals....

There were two rival groups in the forest- Rabbit and Tortoise. Once they decided to participate in a competition. The winner will prove the superiority of 1 team over another. Each team chose a leader and decide to compete. Lion, the king of jungle decided that there will be a race from one corner of the jungle to another. Tortoise group became upset because they knew they move very slowly and rabbits move very fast.But they could not say no to the king and reluctantly decided to compete with rabbit.

Competition 1:

Tortoise and Rabbit both started together. Tortoise was having a very slow pace and rabbit was having a very high pace of moving towards the finish line. When almost half done with the race, rabbit became very hungry. He ate some radish on the way and felt drowsy. He thought that tortoise would be lacking far behind. He thought of taking rest and went for a nap. While he was sleeping tortoise who was consistent throughout kept on moving without break, crossed rabbit on the way and reached the finish line earlier than rabbit. So Tortoise slowly and steadily won the race.Rabbit team became very angry and dissatisfied. They told the king that it was not fair. They complained that tortoise took advantage of weak health of their leader. They lied that he had become sick during the race.King agreed and planned for another race. This time it will be a race in water. They have to cross a river.And any number of participants can participate as 1 single team.

Competition 2:
A large boat was hired by both teams. Rabbit team leader took 30 rabbit in his team which were 10 more than actually needed. Tortoise leader took 25 which were 5 more than the requirement. The course of race was very long. It would take almost a day to go and return back. Both teams started. In the beginning rabbit team took lead again. But Tortoise team had better knowledge of short cuts in water as they live in it. When the rabbit leader saw tortoise ship approaching he started pressurizing his team. He was a theory X manager. He started showing distrust in his team. He started shouting at all. Also since the food item the team was given was with respect to 20 people but he had 30 rabbit in his team. So food stock started depleting fast. He started laying off people. He though since he has excess members, it doesn't make any difference. But this had a wrong psychological effect in the minds of team worker. They thought they would be laid off any time  The insecurity reduced their efficiency. The leader forgot the importance of ‘Fayol’s
principle of Espirit de corpse’ which emphasised the importance of amicable relation between worker and manager. He did not plan which rabbit is best suited for rowing at front end and which rabbit is suited for rowing at rear end of the boat. He also did not give them required break and defied all working hours. Thus he failed again in job design and Scientific management. After some time due to misuse of his power and ruthless behaviour, some rabbit formed a union and told that they don’t want to work under him any more. Many more joined in. Rabbit could not tackle the union problem and the worker left the race. He was left alone and so he couldn't even complete the race.
On the other hand Tortoise team leader was Theory Y manager. He motivated them throughout the way.He carefully designed job as to who should row where. He had taken 5 extra so that those who become tired can go for job rotation with these 5 and do some light work like serving water and food to the team. He made sure that oar to row boat was of right weight and length and scientifically found 1 best method to do the job which was ergonomically sound. Naturally they won the race.Though Tortoise are slow worker but they proved once again that a good manager can make better utilization of available resources with his managerial skills and vice versa a bad manager can fail the entire organization even though the workers are very skilled and have high potential and competency.