Valley Crossing and the concept of teamwork!!

Problem:





-Three people need to cross a deep valley.
-The distance between edges is more than 1 step but less than 2 steps.
-Jumping from one side to other and walking on the pole placed on the 2 edges is DANGEROUS.

Crossing  the valley:

The activity below shows a group of three individuals, connected only by a pole, attempting to cross a valley.

The activity has three participants who are given a long rod which is carried by them on their shoulders, and then they have to cross a small crater as a group. There each person gets to be in motion for a few seconds without using their legs. The burden of the person in air is borne by the other two participants. This activity has a lot of lessons of management which are discussed below.

Team Work:

The activity requires the three people to be in absolute sync with each other, and work towards a common self-less goal. The situation is similar to that of an organization is a group of people and if it has to reach heights it requires sincere and co-ordinated effort among all employees, management, owners and others like suppliers etc

Planning and co-ordination: 

Every step in this activity should be planned out well in advance, theorized and perfected before the actual work can start. One mistake and the lives of three people can be in danger.

Importance Of Leadership:

Of the three people involved in the activity, not all might be able to look at the task with the same eye. It might be daunting to a one (mostly a newbie) and yet another day at work for some one other person. This is where I believe that the role of a leader comes into place. The leader can emerge within the three people or we might have a new leader altogether. But this definitely needs a leader who can drive the team to success. Co-ordinate them, encourage them, review the plan and do everything possible to re-assure his team members. 

Conclusion:

This particular exercise taught us that in a corporate scenario one would be times when we have to look out for others and the favor surely does not get over looked and once in a while people take care of us also. It’s the trust of a person that we have to win and we should be able to adjust well in an interdependent scenario.

Every organization strives to reach excellence which is a product of efficiency and effectiveness i.e.

Excellence (EXE) = Efficiency (E) X Effectiveness (E)

Now, efficiency is the technological or engineering part of the organization and effectiveness is the management part of firm and can be improved by applying proper management techniques.