Sunday 4 August 2013

Lessons from three idiot crossing the valley


After going through the topic of the this blog, my readers might feel that what I am talking all about..Three Idiots are crossing a valley and I am drawing lesson from this, that to a Management lesson...But ,Yes my readers...I am drawing a very important lesson, a lesson or you can say a practice that is being followed throughout the world.
Now the challenge is:

       Three people have to cross a valley from left side to the right side of valley.
       There is fixed distance between two edges of the valley.   
       Crossing the valley neither by jumping or by walking on a pole placed on the two edges.

      





             The process of crossing the valley in shown in the figure. We can analyze there are three different situation that are depicted. But in all one person is always safe, one person is half safe and the other one is in dangerous situation.







The same thing can also be explained through process flow diagram. In the below figure we see the role of each person playing, when they are in risk and how the whole process is carried out.


So, my readers now lets come to learning part...

    


               1. Team work: It can explicit that valley could not be crossed by the single person. In the same way an organization can not work individually,every person should give their best to achieve excellence.








2. Communication: In an organization ,it is very important to have a proper and effective flow of communication. A clear communication can help
to bind the team together and achieve the task or goal in efficient manner.


    
 3. Trust: It was clearly visible that each person in the activity was trusting each other and trust was one of the most important ingredient. This is also the case for organization , where trust among the members is important in order to coordinate and achieve the objectives of the organization.


  




 4.Shared vision: It is important to have a shared vision, which is clear and informs about where the organization  wants to head in the future. Vision needs to be shared with all the members of the organization so as to enable the members to work collectively in achieving the organization’s defined goal.






5.Neo-classical Tool of Management: This activity demonstrate us some of the wonderful concepts of neo-classical management. Unlike classical theory of management, wherein the roles are delegated in a pyramid-like manner as to ensure unity of command, neo-classical theory speaks about empowerment of the employees. Here underlies the concept of matrix structures of organizations, where the groups are self-managed and everyone is capable of making decisions.


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