1. An ant worked hard at its job without supervision and produced a lot. However, a lion supervisor thought the ant could produce even more with oversight. 2. The lion hired a cockroach supervisor who implemented strict policies like timesheets. Productivity declined as the ant spent more time on paperwork. 3. Consultants were brought in like an owl who concluded the department was overstaffed. In the end, the ant was fired for a negative attitude despite being the original hard worker.

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

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

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...

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