I am Possible- Well and Truly!

Classes outside classroom has always remained a dream in our system of education, but Dr Mandi has his own ways of dealing with things. 

With Rain pouring down heavily on the lush green never ending finely dressed grass lawn outside, the toy puzzle was no less than creativity to teach budding managers like us, in the simplest possible way; how things can turn out to be once we step out in an organization. 

 Activity: A puzzle was given to us  where we were supposed to separate a ring from a complex toy shown to us. 

 At first glance the task seemed impossible. The ring looked inseperable from the toy.

But there was more to it!!!

The purpose of the task was not to take us back to our childhood days, but to give us a glance of the managerial concepts applicable in an organization.

                                               MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS

Tendency to go for shortcuts:By Early analysis of the problem at hand,many of us reached to the consensus that the only solution is to cut the rope. That would have destroyed the toy for ever. In Organizations also, there is always a possibility to go for shortcut solutions. But with the increasing pace of change in technology and larger world, the need of an hour is "Out of the Box" thinking. Our World is shrinking very fast in terms of Globalization, and technology is on a changing spree every second. Only the one with best and innovative solution carries on.

Creative Solution and Need For Vision: The Solution for the puzzle should be one which would not destroy the toy, and would also be easy enough for others to follow.People started with hit and trial solutions.Some went into greater depth and studied the toy from various angles.

"Bounded Rationality" is the message that he was conveying to us through our attempts so far.. We had limited knowledge but wanted to solve the puzzle. This is what we will do after our MBA isn't it? Only those who possess greater innovation and out of box thinking will succeed in the competitive corporate world.

Working with constraints: The puzzle was designed in such a way that only at one particular position, we were able to separate the ring from the toy(our task).No Hit and trial worked.

Looking at the problem from different angles: Not every problem can be solved by predefined logical procedures.The task at hand was peculiar and one of its kind.The Technical,Conceptual and human skills were at work.

The Challenge Of motivation: Motivation is a human phychological character which contributes to person’s degree of commitment.In our activity,only few people were struggling with the activity till the end and others lost hope. Our professor Dr. Mandi behaved as Theory X manager in the activity.He motivated people and influenced people throughout.

Finally it was not us, but a worker who came and solved the puzzle within no time. The Solution looked very simple. And thereafter everybody was able to solve the puzzle as the trick was known in open. In Real life scenarios also,Innovation dies very soon. We need to stay on our toes, or else others might stamp on ours.