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Every day, a small ant arrives at work very early and
             starts work immediately.
She produces a lot and she was happy.
The Chief, a lion,
was surprised to see that
  the ant was working
  without supervision.
He thought if the ant can
produce so much without
supervision, wouldn’t she
produce even more if she
    had a supervisor!
So he recruited a
       cockroach
   who had extensive
experience as supervisor
and who was famous for
writing excellent reports.
The cockroach’s first
decision was to set up a
clocking in attendance
        system.
He also needed a secretary
to help him write and type
    his reports and …
... he recruited a spider,
who managed the archives
 and monitored all phone
           calls.
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.
So the cockroach had to buy a new computer and a
               laser printer and ...
... recruited a fly
to manage the IT
department.
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…!
The lion came to the
conclusion that it was high
time to nominate a person in
 charge of the department
  where the ant worked.
The position was given to the
cicada, whose first decision was to
 buy a carpet and an ergonomic
        chair for his office.
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 …
The Department where the ant
works is now a sad place, where
 nobody laughs anymore and
everybody has become upset...
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 .
Having reviewed the
 charges for running
the ant’s department ,
 the lion found out
that the production
 was much less than
       before.
So he recruited the
owl , a prestigious and
renowned consultant
to carry out an audit
     and suggest
      solutions.
The owl spent three
months in the
department and came
up with an enormous
report , in several
volumes,
that concluded :
“ The department is
overstaffed ...”
Guess who the lion fires first?
The ant , of course, because she
“showed lack of motivation and had a negative
                   attitude".
NB:
Os personagens desta fábula são fictícios; qualquer semelhança com
pessoas ou factos reais é pura coincidência.

  The characters in this fable are
  fictitious; any resemblance toreal
  people or facts within the
  Corporation is pure coincidence…
Adapted from Portuguese by PR. Obrigado
Mário.

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The ant (1)

  • 1. or
  • 2. Every day, a small ant arrives at work very early and starts work immediately.
  • 3. She produces a lot and she was happy.
  • 4. The Chief, a lion, was surprised to see that the ant was working without supervision.
  • 5. He thought if the ant can produce so much without supervision, wouldn’t she produce even more if she had a supervisor!
  • 6. So he recruited a cockroach who had extensive experience as supervisor and who was famous for writing excellent reports.
  • 7. The cockroach’s first decision was to set up a clocking in attendance system.
  • 8. He also needed a secretary to help him write and type his reports and …
  • 9. ... he recruited a spider, who managed the archives and monitored all phone calls.
  • 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.
  • 11. So the cockroach had to buy a new computer and a laser printer and ...
  • 12. ... recruited a fly to manage the IT department.
  • 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…!
  • 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.
  • 15. The position was given to the cicada, whose first decision was to buy a carpet and an ergonomic chair for his office.
  • 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 …
  • 17. The Department where the ant works is now a sad place, where nobody laughs anymore and everybody has become upset...
  • 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 .
  • 19. Having reviewed the charges for running the ant’s department , the lion found out that the production was much less than before.
  • 20. So he recruited the owl , a prestigious and renowned consultant to carry out an audit and suggest solutions.
  • 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 ...”
  • 22. Guess who the lion fires first?
  • 23. The ant , of course, because she “showed lack of motivation and had a negative attitude".
  • 24. NB: Os personagens desta fábula são fictícios; qualquer semelhança com pessoas ou factos reais é pura coincidência. The characters in this fable are fictitious; any resemblance toreal people or facts within the Corporation is pure coincidence…
  • 25. Adapted from Portuguese by PR. Obrigado Mário.