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Con kieán

Moät truyeän nguï ngoân...

Hay laø

Coù theå khoâng phaûi....

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.

He produces a lots and very happy.

Chuù kieán laøm vieäc raát gioûi, vaø luoân vui veû.

The Chief, a l ion,

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.

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!

So he recruited a cockroach

who had extensive

experience as supervisor

and who was famous for

writ ing 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.

The cockroach’s f irst

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.

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...

. . . 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.

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.

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...

. . . recruited a f ly to

manage the IT

department.... noù thueâ 1 con ruoài ñeå laøm quaûn lyù boä phaän IT.

The ant, who had once been so productive and relaxed, hated this new plethora of paperwork and

meetings which used up most of her t ime…!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...!

The lion came to the

conclusion that it was high

t ime 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.

The posit ion was given to the

cicada, whose f irst decision was

to buy a carpet and an ergonomic

chair for his off ice.

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.

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...

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...

I t was at that t ime that the

cicada convinced the boss

, the l ion, of the absolute

necessity to start a

cl imatic 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.

Having reviewed the

charges for running the

ant’s department , the

l ion 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.

So he recruited the

owl , a prestigious and

renowned consultant

to carry out an audit

and suggest

solut ions.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

The owl spent three months in the department and came up with an enormous report , in several volumes,that concluded : “ “ The department is The department is overstaffed .. .”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...”

Guess who the l ion f ires f irst?Ñoaùn xem oâng chuû sö töû sa thaûi ai ñaàu tieân?

The ant , of course, because he “showed lack of motivation and had a negative

att itude".Dó nhieân seõ laø con kieán, vì noù “thieáu ñoäng cô laøm 

vieäc vaø coù thaùi ñoä bi quan trong coâng vieäc”.

PS:PS:

The character s in th i s f ab le a re The character s in th i s f ab le a re

f i c t i t i ou s ; any resemb lance to rea l f i c t i t i ou s ; any resemb lance to rea l

peop le o r f ac t s w i th in the Corpora t i on peop le o r f ac t s w i th in the Corpora t i on

i s pu re co inc idence…is pure co inc idence…Caùc nhaân vaät trong truyeän nguï ngoân naøy toaøn laø Caùc nhaân vaät trong truyeän nguï ngoân naøy toaøn laø töôûng töôïng, baát cöù söï lieân quan ñeán moät ngöôøi töôûng töôïng, baát cöù söï lieân quan ñeán moät ngöôøi 

naøo hoaëc moät toå chöùc naøo ñeàu chæ laø ngaãu naøo hoaëc moät toå chöùc naøo ñeàu chæ laø ngaãu nhieân...nhieân...

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