The Three Monks :)

Hello again.. last class we watched an awesome video...thanks to our beloved Dr. Mandi (Professor Prasad,NITIE) for it..hope you guys will also love it. The film is based on the ancient Chinese proverb:" One monk will shoulder two buckets of water, two monks will share the load, but add a third and no one will want to fetch water."^[ The film does not contain any dialogues, allowing it to be watched by any culture, and a different music instrument was used to signify each monk. The film tells the story from the aspect of the buddhist bhikkhu(monk) . Catch it here..

For those who didnt get the time watching the vedio...let me tell you what its all about.. :)

A young monk 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, but the carry pole is only long enough for one bucket. The arrival of a third monk 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 candleholder, leading to a devastating fire in the temple. The three monks finally unite together and make a concerted effort to put out the fire. Since then they understand the old saying "unity is strength" and begin to live a harmonious life. The temple never lacks water again.. :)

what I learnt from this video was that TEAM work increased their productivity...when they had one goal..and each one of them tried their level best to achieve it...so as to have a mutual benefit....instead of acting in a selfish manner wih legpulling. The mutual support ultimately helped in solving the problem..which was in one way impossible....but later "IMPOSSIBLE" became "I-M-POSSIBLE " with teamwork . :)

So..lets all forget our ego and hostility...and let us all like-minded people work to achieve a goal...which each one of us dream to achieve one day... believe me, if you think its tough to achieve, with teamwork its possible. UNITED WE STAND---DEVIDED WE FALL!!!
And as we saw in the vedio, in the end, the monks came up with a nice simple solution..using a pulley...which they could not think about earlier !!! :) So..ultimately TEAMWORK indeed yields superb results beyond our imagination.

And... at last.. i would like to add...this movie clip won various awards...to name a few-

Won the outstanding film award at China's Ministry of Culture.

Won the Best animated film prize at the first Golden Rooster Awards in 1981.

Won four international awards including a Silver Bear for Short Film at the 32nd Berlin film festival in 1982.

Khan Academy : Redefining Education!!

KHAN ACADEMY :- A free World class education for anyone anywhere.

In this age of technological revolution the type of education khan academy is trying to provide is the the appropriate future of education. providing education. With the stated mission of "providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere", the website supplies a free online collection of more than 3,200 micro lectures via video tutorials stored on YouTube teaching mathematics, history etc. In Fact KHAN ACADEMY revolutionized the way education is delivered into a much effective and efficient way. There is no scope of missing any particular lecture as everything is stored in the digital archive. Also the student to teacher ratio is 100% and no student have their doubt suppressed.

Students can work at their own pace and also if they want can jump to calculus. Also if there is any lack,one can replay the lecture again and again to get a deeper understanding. it is the most used library. Now gradually khan academy is increasing its market share with more and more viewers.
Its YouTube channel has over 150 million total views, compared to MIT's 38 million. It also has twice as many subscribers, at more than 320,000. What makes it special is actually the innovative methodology of Mr Salman Khan in capturing different ideas and videos and using them in explaining vital concepts. The Khan Academy started with Khan remotely tutoring one of his cousins interactively using Yahoo Doodle images. Based on feedback from his cousin, additional cousins began to take advantage of the interactive, remote tutoring. In order to make better use of his and their time, Khan transitioned to making YouTube video tutorials.While all videos continue to be hosted on Khan Academy's YouTube channel, they also are available through Khan Academy's own website, which also contains many other features such as progress tracking, practice exercises, and a variety of tools for teachers in public schools.

This gradually will make the student self sufficient. I'm just going to say it that probably Khan Academy is the best thing or u may say revolution that happened in educational field since Socrates!

The valley crossing exercise.

• Safe - Both the legs of the person have full support
• Half Risky – One leg in the air and the other leg has support
• Full risky - Both the legs are in the air without any support
• Half risky – One leg is in the air and the other leg has support
• Safe - Both the legs have full support

What this implies-

1. Figuring out what to do :

Role A = Role B = Role C : All roles are equal and there is no differenciation between the responsibilities of any two persons.
For all the 3 members, the task is designed to be - Easy, Lighter, Clear and Systematic 
All three are equally responsible in their contributions for the overall task completion.
2. Figuring out who should do :

Roles of all three members are similar but not same; and equivalent in terms of total effort & risk.
All 3 member Roles have equal distribution of 
Risky situations (1); 
Half risky situations (2); 
No risk situations (2)
All roles are designed for equally strong persons and there is no weaker or stronger requirement in any specific role.
Communication and feedback across the 3 members was instantaneous.
Interdependence among the 3 members was maximised and made crucial.
The roles are interlocking, with highest levels of interaction among the members, with instantaneous feedback being exchange and without any scope for social loafing.

3. Figuring out how to do :

All the 3  members are systematically trained for all the steps and, while crossing, they communicate and coordinate with each other through a various kinds of sounds and other signals.

4. Team Excellence :

Team excellence comes through proper designing of team tasks, correctly assigning team roles, and preparation and execution of the tasks. Thus, excellence is designed by the managers.

Theory X and Theory Y

LE:02 : Theory X-Theory Y

Here comes the relationship between managers and employees,whch actually determines the fate of an organization. to simplify, lets consider X for lazy and Y for hardworking. now there may arise four cases.

Case 1: Theory X employees and Theory X manager:-
in this case, the workers have no enthusiasm to work and likewise the manager assumes that they are lazy and worthless. as a result, the company in which thy are working can never get the work done in time and the company suffers fom huge losses/debts and one day ultimately dissolvs, untill and unless there is a change in management and the company revisit their rules and regulations.

Case 2: Theory Y employees and Theory X manager:-
in this scenario, even if the employees have the interest and try to work their level-best, the manager neither have any innovative ideas nor have any high spirits. He doesnt feel that they can bring a change. He doesnt understand his employees,assigns work to them not of their interest and fails to give appraisals. Feeling suffocated the employees leave the organization in search of a better work culture. This is in fact the most dangerous scenario.


The theory from a managers perspective-

Case 3: Theory X employees and Theory Y manager:-
this is the case which is the most challenging one,where the real managerial activitis come into play. The manager,even if he has some theory X employees, feels still they have some potential , which actually made them get hired in the organization. he impregnates a belief that every employee is a part of the organizaton, every one has a prticular unique duty of his own and they are getting paid for their job. And it is a sin to shun his duty. He never fails to praise and applause his employees,understands their interests and accordingly gets the job done. And the employees in turn upon realising their true potential never failsMay be before deadline.

Case 4: theory Y employees and Theory Y manager:-
this is the easiest case. both the manager and employees are aware of their duty and performs to their level best. Such a company can rasily reach their targets. this scenario is most desired.

so....which one is you? :)