Impartiality: The Secret of Success

yet this chart shows that India lagged very far behind Korea. Commenting on this, The Indian Express of October 6, 1986, writes: ‘The Koreans used a computer to select their athletes and spent one million dollars to train them for each discipline for two years. India used familiar hit-or-miss methods in which the old malady of parochialism and nepotism may not have been at a total discount.’ To cut a long story short, the Koreans selected their competitors on the basis of talent whereas India selected people who were well-connected. How different the final outcome could have been if India had done as Korea did, and had simply fed the necessary data about the potential participants into a computer and allowed the selection to be made with the total disinterestedness and mechanical impartiality that only a computer is capable of. Working in Unison U.S. shipbuilders take sixteen months to complete a 50 thousand ton tanker. The Spaniards take even longer to produce a ship of similar tonnage—24 months. But Japanese shipbuilders do the job in just eight months. What is the secret of this Japanese miracle? A survey conducted by western experts shows that the deciding factor is teamwork. Japanese workers and management function together in complete unison. At no stage during the work processes is this bond disrupted. The result is the production of high quality goods within an amazingly short time. Group harmony is something which is part of the whole fabric of Japanese culture and work methods. Whether in the home or in the factory, in large