The three monks of OB & HR

The Points to look out for in the above video:

What are the areas we need to understand from this video ? First, see that each monk has the same intrinsic quality of kindness, which enables each one of them to help out a creature in distress.

• So, all the workers in your organization are equal. You cannot differentiate them on the basis of individual capabilities, which leads to craftsmanship. Here, we need to encourage the fact that all workers in my organization, and I will use that word, are deemed equal and have to be treated as such so that the productivity of the organization does not suffer due to individualistic brilliance.

• In an assembly line, every worker is designated a task ,which is needed to be carried out by him only as that is his designated task. Here, too initially the lone monk had his individual task of fetching the bucket of water.

Secondly, we find that as the lone monk carries out the task of fetching water, he becomes exhausted as the work load is too much for him to bear alone. He becomes tired easily and loses interest in saying his prayers.Thus, he prefers to go to sleep instead of carrying out his devotional duties as a monk.

•  Never, make any worker independent in your organization. It leads to monotony in task , greater use of energy from one single human being, and decrease in overall efficiency.

When, the second monk arrives, new complications begin. How the work needs to be divided between the two of them becomes an important question.

•  Scientific methods and standard techniques are needed to divide the work among your workers. Let, no one feel cheated. Keep everyone happy and your overall productivity will be more.
• The work becomes more interdependent. Monotony is decreased and effort estimation shows lessening of energy utilized per person. This makes the entire process easier to carry out and leaves time and space for personal utilization. Here, the monks carry out better prayers.

When the third monk arrives, initially the team of monks becomes unsettled by his lackadaisical nature. He shows no interest in fetching water and drinks up all the water for the entire monastery. However, when the need arises and the firefighting begins, we learn the value of teamwork , coordination and eventually innovation in the entire work process. 

• The third monk signifies a larger team, which might lead to discord as team members may try to look for individual benefits. It is our job to make them realize that teamwork is the key as during firefighting situations within the organization and one must work effectively towards proper teamwork and coordination.
• Here, the work is also nicely distributed resulting in faster productivity and quicker output.

Finally, with the team in place , the monks device a strategy for innovating the entire work process,  which makes the job easier for them to carry out and also easier for them to manage. Thus, eventually the entire process becomes stable and the monks end up attaining NIRVANA !!

 

Let us hope that we too take these learning from this unique video and attain our personal NIRVANA... My mission is to become a good manager and use all the techniques I have learnt in my classes in the real time scenario. Once again, thank you Dr. Mandi for introducing us to the three monks , who have now bwcome an integral part of our lives.