The story of three monks and management inspiration

It is said that there was a temple, and three monks were carrying water to drink. As a result, they each felt that the distribution was unfair and did not want to carry water. Then the abbot of the temple was asked to deal with the matter. As a result, the abbot invited an abbot and a supervisor to solve the problem.

After the abbot arrived, he made adjustments to the management and recruited a group of monks to serve as management to manage the temple. The Supervisory Yuan believed that the problem was that talents were not fully utilized and the cultural aspects of the temple were not well established, so they established a human resources department and a temple labor union. And we started to compete for positions and fixed positions and staff.

The results came out. The monks tried their best to carry water, but there was still not enough water. In addition, many monks in the temple also participated in the work of carrying water. As a result, no one in the temple chanted sutras, fewer customers burned incense, and the temple's incense money also decreased. This also meant that the temple's financial revenue declined, affecting the development of the temple.

At this time, the top management of the temple became nervous, so they held several large meetings with the management department and human resources department. Finally, the results were obtained, and departments and positions were added to supervise the links.

After some adjustments, the results have improved somewhat. But after a while, new problems arose in the temple. The monk who chanted sutras at the front desk complained that there was no water to drink, and the monk who carried water in the background complained that there were insufficient manpower and the demand for water was too high.

So the three of them reported to their superiors and asked for more water-carrying manpower. After many layers of approval, some people were finally approved. However, these monks came here to coordinate and direct and guide them. As you can imagine, the three monks applied again and applied to be the person in charge of carrying water.

In the end, the evaluation result of the Organization Department of the General Administration was that the company was professional but insufficient in management ability. After some encouragement and persuasion, the status quo was maintained.

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Inspiration from the story of the three monks

1. Small businesses all have big business dreams, but they cannot commit the big business diseases.

2. Blindly adding departments, structures and personnel in pursuit of expansion will only increase the burden and reduce operating efficiency.

3. Organizational reform is not to enrich the linear functional system, but to create a matrix organization to achieve one specialty and multiple capabilities.

4. Only if the enterprise changes are for the benefit of employees, not only for the future but also for the present, can it gain the support of employees