The Organization Tree

Let me give you the story of a gardener and a mango tree.

Once in a village where water resources are scare there used to be a gardener and in his garden a mango tree.The Mango tree provides his livelihood and shelter not to mention about the shade and fresh air.Days passed by and the gardener was quiet happy with the fruit that are produced by the tree,he used to sell them and earn a decent profit.The tree expected nothing much but occasional watering of its roots as ground water levels are less in that area.The gardener obliged and used to water the tree daily 3 times as it is his daily bead provider.Things went well until one day the gardener got an idea to use less water for watering so that he can avoid the pain of fetching it from the river 3 times a day,so started to water the tree only 2 times a day.The tree even though provided with less amount of water continued to bore fruit nevertheless providing the gardener with a decent yield.Now the gardener was confident that the tree yield doesn't not depend on him watering the tree,so decreased the watering interval to once per day.Now the tree started bearing fruits which are smaller and lighter.The gardener now started thinking that there is some problem with the tree as the leaves are changing color and looking pale.He cut off some leaves to help the tree regrow new healthy leaves,but there is improvement in the fruit yield.He cut off some branches thought to be dead but the fruits stopped growing and yield is very low.Now he though there is some problem with the leaves as now they are yellow and brown,he bought some pesticide but even it did not help.Now the gardener is frustrated,and with now fruit to be sold he thought for a moment on what went wrong,only to realize that he forgot to water the tree in his bid to get more fruits.Now he started watering the tree for more than 4 times a day he waited for it to bore new leaves and fruits,but its too late the tree is dead long before and now is useless.The Gardener how has no shade,no breeze ,no fruit and no income.He starved to death not knowing what to do, regretting the only mistake he made ,NOT WATERING THE TREE.

We can model any Organization with a fruit bearing tree and its employees as the leaves and branches .The management is the gardener,fruit as the profits and water as the expenditure towards salary.

If the management wants more profits it should first water the organization tree so that its employees are motivated to work to their level best.And as financial motivation matters most with the employees it depends on the management how they want their organization to grow,let it die by not watering it sufficiently and waiting for new leaves to sprout or watering it adequately thus enjoying the fruits borne out of it.