Passing mountains, Crossing Valleys...

Don't go by the topic. It's not a travelogue. In-fact a new lesson in the field of Principles of Organization and Management.
We are back again folks, to discuss new arenas of the course taught here at NITIE by our very own Professor Mandi (famous professor, indeed!!!)

So what's in store today...
A rather happening session, a physical workout, a management lesson.
The objective today, as explained by Professor Mandi was to learn about the importance of team work and the various constituents associated with it, using a very unorthodox way of crossing a valley.

To understand the objective better, take a look at the illustration below,

It is essentially self explanatory. Three people would be crossing a valley, by strategically using a pole. Risks involved....well many!

Without going into explaining the details in a boring way, let's have diagrams, tables and data do our work

The following deductions can be made from the illustrations above:

Persons	First	Second	Third
Steps
1	Safe	Safe	Safe
2	Half Risk
3	Full Risk
4	Half Risk	Half Risk
5	Safe	Full Risk
6		Half Risk	Half Risk
7		Safe	Full Risk
8			Half Risk
9			Safe

So, what did we learn from all this?

Participative Leadership: different from the traditional approach of an authoritative leader

Open and Clear Communication: as you would have imagined, communication amongst the three people is the key to successfully accomplish this task

Trust: mutual trust amongst the team members is a must. If the members don't have trust in each other, they might turn cold feet when reaching the edge of the valley.

Coordination: Coordinated effort was required to accomplish the task. With that, crossing the valley would have been extremely difficult.

Apart from these, it is evident that for the task to be a success, each member should understand his/her roles and responsibility. Failing to understand one's role at the time of deliverance might end up being fatal (if crossing a real valley, that it).

Here's a video demonstration of the same exercise by our seniors.

That was it. Another, very informative session ended.

We shall be continuing our discussion on the future session of Principles of Organization and Management. Till then, comments and suggestions are welcome.