The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from one generation to the next, says that when you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount.
達科塔原住民一代傳一代的箴言說：「如果你發現騎的馬死了，那就趕快下馬吧。」
However, in modern business, because of the heavy investment factors to be taken into consideration, often other strategies have to be tried with dead horses, including the following:
近代商業將複雜的投資因素納入考量，許多不同的策略必須加以嘗試，包括：
- Buying a stronger whip.
買一條更強力的鞭子。
- Changing riders.
換一位騎師。
- Threatening the horse with termination.
將這匹馬終結合約。
- Appointing a committee to study the horse.
成立委員會研究這匹馬。
- Arranging to visit other sites to see how they ride dead horses.
拜訪其它單位學習他人如何騎一匹死馬。
- Lowering the standards so that dead horses can be included.
降低標準以容許（組織內有）一匹死馬。
- Appointing an intervention team to re-animate the dead horse.
成立一介入小組給予死馬更多鼓舞。
- Creating a training session to increase the rider's load share.
加強訓練騎師。
- Re-classifying the dead horse as living-impaired.
將死馬列為不良品。
- Hire outside contractors to ride the dead horse.
雇用約聘騎師。
- Harness several dead horses together for increased speed.
組合幾匹死馬以加快速度。
- Donate the dead horse to a recognized charity, thereby deducting its original cost.
將死馬捐給慈善團體以降低成本。
- Providing additional funding to increase the horse's performance.
增加經費來提升死馬的績效。
- Do a time management study to see if lighter riders would improve productivity.
進行時間管理分析較輕的騎師是否可以提高績效。
- Purchase an after-market product to make dead horses run faster.
在零件市場買些產品來讓死馬跑快一點。
- Declare that a dead horse has lower overhead and therefore performs better.
宣稱死馬的經常費用較低所以有優異的表現。
- Form a quality focus group to find profitable uses for dead horses.
成立研究小組探究死馬可利用價值。
- Promote the dead horse to a supervisory position.
將死馬舉薦為管理階層。
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