The ant works hard without supervision but a cockroach supervisor is hired to improve productivity. This leads to increased paperwork and meetings that reduce the ant's work time. More managers are hired, including a cicada department head, and production decreases. An audit finds the department is overstaffed and the ant is fired for a negative attitude.

1. Con kieán
Moät truyeän nguï ngoân...
or
Hay laø
Coù theå khoâng phaûi....

2. Every day, a small ant arrives at work very early and
starts work immediately.
Moãi ngaøy, chuù kieán nhoû ñeàu ñi laøm raát sôùm vaø baét tay
vaøo vieäc ngay.

3. He produces a lots and very happy.
Chuù kieán laøm vieäc raát gioûi, vaø luoân vui veû.

4. The Chief, a lion,
was surprised to see that
the ant was working
without supervision.
OÂng chuû cuûa chuù, laø con sö
töû, raát ngaïc nhieân khi thaáy
chuù kieán laøm vieäc maø khoâng
caàn söï giaùm saùt.

5. He thought if the ant can
produce so much without
supervision, wouldn‟t she
produce even more if she had
a supervisor!
Con sö töû suy nghó, chuù kieán
ñaõ coù theå laøm toát maø khoâng
caàn giaùm saùt, vaäy neáu coù ngöôøi
giaùm saùt thì chaéc chuù kieán coøn
laøm toát hôn gaáp boäi!

6. So he recruited a cockroach
who had extensive
experience as supervisor and
who was famous for writing
excellent reports.
Theá laø sö töû thueâ 1 con giaùn
coù nhieàu kinh nghieäm veà giaùm
saùt, vaø noåi tieáng veà kyõ naêng
vieát nhöõng baùo caùo raát laø hay.

7. The cockroach‟s first decision
was to set up a clocking in
attendance system.
Sau khi ñöôïc thueâ, quyeát ñònh
ñaàu tieân cuûa con giaùn laø gaén 1
caùi ñoàng hoà treo töôøng ñeå theo
doõi vieäc ñi laøm ñuùng giôø.

8. He also needed a secretary
to help him write and type
his reports and …
Con giaùn cuõng caàn 1 thö kyù
ñeå thay noù vieát ghi chuù hay
laøm baùo caùo, vaø theá laø...

9. ... he recruited a spider, who
managed the archives and
monitored all phone calls.
... noù thueâ 1 con nheän, chæ
ñeå quaûn lyù baùo caùo vaø nhaän
caùc cuoäc goïi.

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.
Con sö töû raát haøi loøng veà nhöõng baùo
caùo cuûa con giaùn, vaø yeâu caàn con
giaùn laøm theâm nhöõng bieåu ñoà theo
doõi saûn löôïng vaø phaân tích xu höôùng
thò tröôøng, ñeå noù coù theå trình baøy
taïi cuoäc hoïp Ban quaûn trò.

11. So the cockroach had to buy a new computer and a
laser printer and ...
Theá laø con giaùn mua 1 caùi maùy vi tính môùi, cuøng vôùi
1 maùy in lazer, vaø...

12. ... recruited a fly to manage
the IT department.
... noù thueâ 1 con ruoài ñeå
laøm quaûn lyù boä phaän IT.

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…!
Nhaéc tôùi con kieán, luùc tröôùc laøm vieäc raát chaêm vaø thoaûi
maùi, giôø raát laø böïc mình vì nhöõng coâng vieäc giaáy tôø vaø
nhöõng cuoäc hoïp voâ boå laøm maát heát thôøi gian cuûa noù...!

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.
OÂng chuû sö töû ñi ñeán keát luaän
laø caàn phaûi cöû moät ngöôøi laøm
quaûn lyù nguyeân caû boä phaän maø
con kieán ñang laøm vieäc.

15. The position was given to the
cicada, whose first decision was to
buy a carpet and an ergonomic
chair for his office.
Chöùc vuï oâng chuû nhoû naøy ñöôïc giao
cho 1 con ve saàu, vaø quyeát ñònh
ñaàu tieân cuûa con ve laø mua ngay 1
caùi thaûm ñeïp vaø moät caùi gheá thaät
eâm cho phoøng laøm vieäc cuûa noù.

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 …
Vaø ‘oâng chuû’ ve saàu naøy cuõng caàn
theâm 1 maùy vi tính vaø moät thö kyù
rieâng, ñoù laø thö kyù cuõ cuûa noù, ngöôøi
ñaõ giuùp cho noù chuaån bò Keá Hoaïch
Toái Öu Hoaù Chieán Löôïc Kieåm
Soaùt Coâng vieäc & Ngaân quyõ...

17. The Department where the ant
works is now a sad place, where
nobody laughs anymore and
everybody has become upset...
Vaên phoøng con kieán laøm vieäc trôû
thaønh moät nôi buoàn baõ, chaúng coøn
ai cöôøi ñuøa vaø moïi ngöôøi trôû neân
lo laéng khoù chòu...

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 .
Theá laø con ve saàu thuyeát
phuïc oâng chuû lôùn, laø con sö
töû, veà söï caàn thieát phaûi laøm
moät cuoäc nghieân cöùu kyõ
löôõng veà moâi tröôøng laøm
vieäc taïi ñaây.

19. Having reviewed the
charges for running the
ant‟s department , the lion
found out that the
production was much less
than before.
Sau khi xem laïi caùc baùo caùo
taøi chính trong vaên phoøng nôi
con kieán laøm, con sö töû phaùt
hieän ra naêng suaát ñaõ thaáp hôn
tröôùc ñaây raát nhieàu.

20. So he recruited the
owl , a prestigious and
renowned consultant
to carry out an audit
and suggest solutions.
Theá laø sö töû thueâ 1
con cuù, ñoù laø 1 coá vaán
noåi tieáng vaø coù uy tín,
ñeå tieán haønh ñieàu tra
vaø ñöa ra caùc giaûi
phaùp caàn thieát

21. The owl spent three
months in the
department and came
up with an enormous
report , in several
volumes,
that concluded :
“ The department is
overstaffed ...”
Con cuù boû ra 3 thaùng ñeå nghieân cöùu veà vaên phoøng vaø
vieát moät baùo caùo khoång loà, leân ñeán vaøi quyeån, vaø ñi ñeán
keát luaän: ‚Vaên phoøng naøy coù quaù nhieàu nhaân vieân...‛

22. Guess who the lion fires first?
Ñoaùn xem oâng chuû sö töû sa thaûi ai ñaàu tieân?

23. The ant , of course, because he
“showed lack of motivation and had a negative
attitude".
Dó nhieân seõ laø con kieán, vì noù ‚thieáu ñoäng cô laøm vieäc
vaø coù thaùi ñoä bi quan trong coâng vieäc‛.

24. PS:
The characters in this fable are fictitious; any
resemblance to real people or facts within the
Corporation is pure coincidence…
Caùc nhaân vaät trong truyeän nguï ngoân naøy toaøn laø töôûng
töôïng, baát cöù söï lieân quan ñeán moät ngöôøi naøo hoaëc moät
toå chöùc naøo ñeàu chæ laø ngaãu nhieân...

25. Nguyeân baûn cuûa Boà Ñaøo Nha, vieát
bôûi PR. Obrigado Maùrio.