Effective Chain of Command 

 I do not know where this peace of wisdom (!) comes from, but is clearly shows what happens when the communication channels are not functioning properly!

 From   Divisional General Manager

To        Factory Manager

 On Friday at approximately 5.00 pm Halley’s Comet will be visible in this area, an event which occurs only once every 75 years.   Please have the employees assemble in the area outside the factory in safety helmets and I will explain this rare phenomenon to them.  In case of rain we will not be able to see anything so assemble the employees in the canteen and I will show them a film of it.

 From   Factory Manager

To        Assistant Manager

 By order of the Divisional General Manager, on Friday at 5.00 pm Halley’s Comet will appear above the area outside the factory.  If it rains please assemble the employees in safety helmets and proceed to the canteen where this rare phenomenon will take place, something, which occurs every 75 years.

 From   Assistant Manger

To        Personnel Officer

 By order of the Divisional General Manager in safety helmet at 5.00 pm on Friday the phenomenal Halley’s Comet will appear in the canteen.  In case of rain in the area outside the factory the Divisional General Manager will give another order, something, which occurs every 75 years.

 From   Personnel Officer

To        Foreman

 On Friday at 5.00 pm the Divisional General Manager will appear in the canteen with Halley’s Comet, something which happens every 75 years if it rains.  The Divisional General Manager will order the Comet into the area outside the factory.

 From   Foreman

To        Employees

 When it rains on Friday at 5.00 pm the phenomenal 75 year old Bill Halley accompanied by the Divisional General Manger, will drive his Comet through the area outside the factory to the canteen.