What is craftmanship? Yes...a single person doing the whole operation himself.Dr. Mandi showed the practical example,challenging the dogmatic studies methodologies.He offered participation to build the tower using single wooden cells.
And to make process more business like, he proposed an auction and the person who offered highest bid won the right to make the tower. He set the initial target of 12 blocks, and exceeded the target by making 16 block tower.
This was a typical example of craftmanship. A single person/resource doing the full operation himself.
In the second scenario, sir made a team of managers, with 5 top managers and 1 middle manager.
The resource was blind folded and was working according to instructions of managers. To the surprise of class, managers were not aware of the exact work they will do. This showed a typical condition of an organization, burdened with middle managers.As expected , the resource was able to construct a 10 block tower only.
After this activity, sir introduced the concept of SMART goals (already covered in my previous blog).
So there are four questions that we need of answer at the time of goal setting:
- What is the potential?
- What target should be set?
- What the actual performance be?
- What can be achieved?
The potential is always at the higher level.Everyone is unlimited with the potential.
The target to be achieved will always be higher than our achieved goals.Achieved goals will give us the confidence to raise our expectations and challenge our potential.
We have to manage organizational resources to get the desired results.
And to make process more business like, he proposed an auction and the person who offered highest bid won the right to make the tower. He set the initial target of 12 blocks, and exceeded the target by making 16 block tower.
This was a typical example of craftmanship. A single person/resource doing the full operation himself.
In the second scenario, sir made a team of managers, with 5 top managers and 1 middle manager.
The resource was blind folded and was working according to instructions of managers. To the surprise of class, managers were not aware of the exact work they will do. This showed a typical condition of an organization, burdened with middle managers.As expected , the resource was able to construct a 10 block tower only.
After this activity, sir introduced the concept of SMART goals (already covered in my previous blog).
So there are four questions that we need of answer at the time of goal setting:
- What is the potential?
- What target should be set?
- What the actual performance be?
- What can be achieved?
The potential is always at the higher level.Everyone is unlimited with the potential.
The target to be achieved will always be higher than our achieved goals.Achieved goals will give us the confidence to raise our expectations and challenge our potential.
We have to manage organizational resources to get the desired results.
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