螞蟻的一課 (Ant.lesson)

1. or
蟻的故事螞
一個寓言…
或者
不是個寓言而是個真的故事 ....

2. Every day, a small ant arrives at work very early and
starts work immediately.
天，小 蟻很早來上工，並且每 螞 一來就開始做事。

3. She produces a lot was happy.
的生 力很高，並且工作愉快。她 產

4. The Chief, a lion,
was surprised to see
that the ant was working
without supervision.
身為老 的獅子，非常驚奇闆
蟻能自行工作而不須監督。螞

5. He thought if the ant can
produce so much without
supervision, wouldn’t she
produce even more if she had
a supervisor!
他認為在沒有監督下的 蟻螞 生 力產
是如此的好，如果有人監督的話她
的生 力應該會更好才對產 !

6. So he recruited a
cockroach
who had extensive
experience as supervisor
and who was famous for
writing excellent reports.
因此他招募了有豐富經驗的蟑
螂作為監督員， 螂蟑 以擅長撰
寫優良報告而聞名。

7. The cockroach’s first
decision was to set up a
clocking in attendance
system.
螂的第一個決定是設立了打蟑
計時系統。卡

8. He also needed a secretary
to help him write and type
his reports and …
他也需要一個秘書 助他繕寫和幫
鍵入報告和……

9. ... he recruited a spider,
who managed the archives
and monitored all phone
calls.
他招募了蜘蛛，負責管理 案和檔
監管所有電話。

10. The lion was delighted with
the cockroach's reports
and asked him to produce
graphs to describe
production rates and to
analyse trends, so that he
could use them for
presentations at
Board‘s meetings.
獅子對 螂的報告非常蟑 高興並要求
他用圖表描述生 率和分析趨勢變產
化，因而他能在董事會上用這些資
料來報告。

11. So the cockroach had to buy a new computer and
a laser printer and ...
因此 螂必須買一臺新的電腦和雷射印表機和…蟑

12. ... recruited a fly
to manage the IT
department.
.. 並招募蒼蠅來管理資
訊部門。

13. The ant, who had once been so productive and
relaxed, hated this new plethora of paperwork and
meetings which used up most of her time…!
曾經是很有生 力和輕鬆的產 蟻螞 ，恨透了這些耗盡 大多數時她
間的過多文書作業和會議… !

14. The lion came to the
conclusion that it was high
time to nominate a person
in charge of the
department where the ant
worked.
獅子做出結論這是提名 蟻工作螞
部門負責人的時候了。

15. The position was given to the
cicada, whose first decision was
to buy a carpet and an ergonomic
chair for his office.
這個位置被賦予給了蟬，蟬的第一個決
定是為他的 公室辦 買一張地毯和一把符
合人體工學的椅子。

16. The new person in charge, the
cicada, also needed a computer
and a personal assistant, who he
brought from his previous
department, to help him prepare
a Work and Budget Control
Strategic Optimisation Plan …
新的人負責，蟬，也需要一部電腦和一
位從他原 先部門帶來的個人助理，來幫
助他準備工作和預算控制策略優化計劃
…

17. The Department where the ant
works is now a sad place, where
nobody laughs anymore and
everybody has become upset...
蟻工作的部門現在是一個哀傷的地方螞
，不再有人會笑，而且大家變得抓狂…

18. It was at that time that
the cicada convinced
the boss , the lion, of
the absolute necessity
to start a climatic study
of the environment .
就是那時蟬 服獅子上司，說
強調要開始進行組織氣候調
的 對必要性。查 绝

19. Having reviewed the
charges for running
the ant’s
department , the lion
found out that the
production was much
less than before.
在審 了 蟻的部門運作查 螞
費用後，獅子發現生 力產
比以前大幅減少。

20. So he recruited the
owl , a prestigious
and renowned
consultant to carry
out an audit and
suggest solutions.
所以他招募了 頭鷹，貓
一位有名望和顯耀的顧
問來執行稽核工作並建
議解決之道。

21. The owl spent three
months in the
department and came
up with an enormous
report , in several
volumes,
that concluded :
““ The department isThe department is
overstaffed ...”overstaffed ...”
頭鷹在部門待了三個月並且 生了一 有數冊之多的巨貓 產 份頭鷹在部門待了三個月並且 生了一 有數冊之多的巨貓 產 份
大的報告，結論是：「部門成員人數過多…」大的報告，結論是：「部門成員人數過多…」

22. Guess who the lion fires first?
猜猜獅子首先解雇誰？

23. The ant , of course, because she
“showed lack of motivation and had a negative
attitude".
當然，是 蟻，因為 「顯現出缺乏做事的動機並且態度螞 她
消極」。

24. Os personagens desta fábula são fictícios; qualquer
semelhança com pessoas ou factos reais é pura
coincidência.
NB:NB:
The characters in this fable areThe characters in this fable are
fictitious; any resemblance to realfictitious; any resemblance to real
people or facts within thepeople or facts within the
CorporationCorporation is pure coincidenceis pure coincidence ……
這個寓言裡的人物是 擬的虛這個寓言裡的人物是 擬的虛 ;; 若與公司內若與公司內
部任何的人物或情事雷同係純屬巧合…部任何的人物或情事雷同係純屬巧合…

25. Adapted from Portuguese by PR. Obrigado
Mário.