MBA Gyan in the Valley......

Valley Crossing Exercise

Sorry all my fans that I make you wait for so many days.

So here is another management lesson which I earned under guidance of Prof. Mandi. In this exercise there is an important organizational lesson to be learnt. Organizations are meant to facilitate the impossible, unachievable.

The Problem ?

The problem is all about 3 people who want to cross a valley with the help of the pole. They have to put the pole on their respective shoulders then cross valley. you can take look by the picture below.

Three idiots crossing value

The simple it looks the difficult it is perform.
This activity can't be realized until you realize the value of " UNITED WE STAND , DIVIDED WE FALL"
So the key factor to perform this is of course The Team work and besides that the innovative thinking we should apply to get the work done as easily as possible and that is how the excellent management is possible.
I always focus on the term Excellence in every blog because this what that defines you and put you in a league which is different from the others. Its solely depend upon how you do your task and what efforts you put in to get it done .

Three wise men Crossing the valley  - Detailed task process

Persons	First person	Second Person	Third person
Steps
1	S	S	S
2	HR	S	S
3	FR	S	S
4	HR	HR	S
5	S	FR	S
6	S	HR	HR
7	S	S	FR
8	S	S	HR
9	S	S	S

S- Safe   HR- Half Risky    FR-Full Risky

What made this task so easy ?

i) Proper Communication 

There should be proper communication among the team members say Real time communication,

Every step should be synchronized so they can can easily communicate to each other when , how and what steps should be taken while crossing the valley. Also this would help them to be on the same platform of thoughts which is of great importance in the task.

ii) Trust

A team should trust on every individual of the team. No one is strong or weak , they all are equal.

If there is no trust among the team members then end of the team is not far.

iii) Team Work

"Teamwork is the ability to work as a group toward a common vision, even if that vision becomes extremely blurry."

Management Lesson through Short Movie - Three Monks

Most of us like to watch movies, serials, short films.....For What?.... Fun, Enjoyment, Masti but have you learn management from it ? I know your answers a big NO. Here in NITIE we learn Management from Short films in fact.

A session was organized by Dr. Mandi our management Guru on the management lesson in short film ' Three Monks'

Background (Three Monks - 1980)

Chinese animated feature film produced by the Shanghai Animation Film Studio in the 80s highlights few such teachings again in altogether a different way. 

• Directed by - A. Da
• Written by - Pao Lei
• Cinematography - You Yong
• Release Year - 1980

Few of the awards which this anime received are 

• Outstanding film award at the China's Ministry of Culture
• Best animated film award at the Golden Rooster Award
• Silver Bear award for short film 

Three Monks (1980)

Plot 

A young monk (red) lives a simple life in a temple on top of a hill. He has one daily task of hauling two buckets of water up the hill. He tries to share the job with another monk (grey), but the carry pole is only long enough for one bucket. The arrival of a third monk (yellow) prompts everyone to expect that someone else will take on the chore. Consequently, no one fetches water though everybody is thirsty. At night, a rat comes to scrounge and then knocks the candle holder, leading to a devastating fire in the temple.

Key Learning

This animation is unique in that unlike most animations, it does an excellent job of getting its point across without any spoken words, the audience who does not speak any Chinese can easily understand it just as good as Chinese. 

The film depicts how the three monks behave differently in different situations. The same is true for humans also. We tend to relax when we see other doing the work for us. This is exactly not how a great organization is created. A successful organization is created by individuals who can be held accountable for their work without monitoring them. They don't need a watchdog to tell them when they have to work. They  are so self motivated that producing results becomes a habit for them. 

We usually have a notion that if the work force increased the productivity will automatically improve, which is absolutely wrong. What is required is proper harmony & coordination among the team members. The very same group of individuals can be held responsible for not delivering the results and also they can deliver something out of box, for that they need to work in tandem, listen to each others idea and then act accordingly. 

Here is the 15 minutes animation film 

Teamwork is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.