In continuation with our promise of Knowledge Sharing let me share with you something which you would have encountered at your workplace at some point of time.
Today Prof. Mandi gave us a interesting task. Here is the task
SCENARIO 1
Task:
Somebody among students has to come in front & make a tower as tall as he can using wooden cubes.
I was planning to volunteer but there was a catch involved. The catch is that the person interested for task would have to pay Rs 500/- which wouldn't be refunded. Finally after a long wait one fellow among us volunteered for it.
Rules
Yes there were certain conditions bounded with this task. The conditions are mentioned below:
a) BASE would be single cube
b) If tower falls down then game is over
Target
Prior to starting I was expecting that the person who volunteered would be able to make a tower of at least 15 cubes. But he made a tower of 16 cubes. That's Great !!!
So the 1st learning that I received is never underestimate anybody.
SCENARIO 2
Task is same but rules are changed now. A team will be performing this task. Total team members volunteered were 9. Team comprised of:
a) Worker: Blind folded person who will be doing the actual work of putting the cubes one over
another. [Say a System Engineer performing coder job in IT industry]
b) Helper: A person in direct contact with worker will be instructing him on how to put these
cubes. [Team Lead in an IT industry as he is the direct point of contact]
c) Manager: Who strategies the way of doing. Keeps on passing so many instructions at a time to team lead who in turn passes the same on to the worker. [For example: PM, SPM in an IT project team].
Exactly similar was the hierarchy in my IT organization where I worked. I as a coder in a project didn't new where my code is going to be used. I was just working on the instructions imposed on me my Team Lead, Managers.
After end of this task the worker was just able to place 7 cubes over each other. It was very less than expected as this time a team of 9 people was involved.
CONCLUSION:
When Prof. Mandi asked the worker about what was going in his mind while he was performing the task. To this he replied that he was hearing so many suggestions at a time that he couldn't interpret them.
That's the main problem with today's mid-level management professionals. Building the tower or performing a task becomes a tedious due to involvement of overheads. Even we all can see similar environment in our workplaces.
Another major difference to notice is the difference between remuneration of worker and managers. According to Prof. Mandi be a manger who is able to justify his remuneration.
Keep reading will post other lectures soon !!!
Today Prof. Mandi gave us a interesting task. Here is the task SCENARIO 1
Task:
Somebody among students has to come in front & make a tower as tall as he can using wooden cubes.
I was planning to volunteer but there was a catch involved. The catch is that the person interested for task would have to pay Rs 500/- which wouldn't be refunded. Finally after a long wait one fellow among us volunteered for it.
Rules
Yes there were certain conditions bounded with this task. The conditions are mentioned below:
a) BASE would be single cube
b) If tower falls down then game is over
Target
Prior to starting I was expecting that the person who volunteered would be able to make a tower of at least 15 cubes. But he made a tower of 16 cubes. That's Great !!!
So the 1st learning that I received is never underestimate anybody.
SCENARIO 2
Task is same but rules are changed now. A team will be performing this task. Total team members volunteered were 9. Team comprised of:
a) Worker: Blind folded person who will be doing the actual work of putting the cubes one over
another. [Say a System Engineer performing coder job in IT industry]
b) Helper: A person in direct contact with worker will be instructing him on how to put these
cubes. [Team Lead in an IT industry as he is the direct point of contact]
c) Manager: Who strategies the way of doing. Keeps on passing so many instructions at a time to team lead who in turn passes the same on to the worker. [For example: PM, SPM in an IT project team].
Exactly similar was the hierarchy in my IT organization where I worked. I as a coder in a project didn't new where my code is going to be used. I was just working on the instructions imposed on me my Team Lead, Managers.
After end of this task the worker was just able to place 7 cubes over each other. It was very less than expected as this time a team of 9 people was involved.
CONCLUSION:
When Prof. Mandi asked the worker about what was going in his mind while he was performing the task. To this he replied that he was hearing so many suggestions at a time that he couldn't interpret them.
That's the main problem with today's mid-level management professionals. Building the tower or performing a task becomes a tedious due to involvement of overheads. Even we all can see similar environment in our workplaces.
Another major difference to notice is the difference between remuneration of worker and managers. According to Prof. Mandi be a manger who is able to justify his remuneration.
Keep reading will post other lectures soon !!!
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