LE03: Principles of Organizational Management

Valley Crossing

Goal: Goal is the purpose that an organization strives to achieve. Here the goal is to cross valley safely from one side to other side.

Team strength: 3 members

Task: The task is to make all the 3 members to cross the valley safely. The distance between the cliffs is more than 1 step and less than 2 steps. Hence this will ensure that every person is in the air( in danger) once. The team has to make sure that they reach the other end safely

This Task is structured in such a way that:

Ø  Every one shares equal risk during the task.

Ø  Interdependence among 3 members is crucial

Ø  Trust between team is necessary

Ø  Communication and feedback across 3 members are instantaneous

Ø  Distance between two persons are more than 1 step but lesser than 2

Lessons Learnt:

1.    Instantaneous communication:

                    Communication between executives and feedback across them should be spontaneous in order to succeed goal. Communication in the above task was important so as to convey your position and feelings.

2.    Trust-
            

                  


             Trust also plays an important role. Whenever a manager assign a task to his employee the employee should have faith in him and others team members and should also be trusted by others for gaining maximum possible output from the task. This was shown very well in the above task. The person hanging has to have complete faith in his teammates about their ability only then the goal can be achieved.

3.    Team work:

              Of course Individual can’t complete the task by his own. And if employee doesn’t work as a team the result comes out more likely to be as happens in figure. Teamwork is absolutely necessary while carrying out this task. If anyone fails, the whole purpose would be failed.