Managerial Decisions
A Manager of a large corporation had a heart attack, and the doctor told him to
go for several weeks to a farm to relax. The guy went to a farm and after a
couple of days he was very bored. He asked the farmer to give him a job, and the
farmer told him to clean the Cow dung. The farmer thought that somebody from the
city, working for the whole life sitting in an office, would take over a week to
finish the job, but to his surprise the Manager finished the job in less than
one day.
The next day, the farmer gave the Manager a more difficult job - to cut the
heads off 500 Chickens. The farmer was sure that the Manager would not be able
to finish the job, but at the end of the day the job was done.
The next morning, as most of the jobs in the farm were done, the farmer asked
the Manager to separate a bag of potatoes into two boxes - one with small
potatoes, and one with big potatoes.
At the end of the day the farmer saw that the Manager was sitting in front of
the potato bag, but the two boxes were empty.
The farmer asked the Manager, 'How is it that you did such difficult jobs in the
first few days, and now you cannot do this simple job?'
The Manager answered 'All my life I'm cutting heads and dealing with crap, but
now you ask me to make DECISIONS!'”