Look at the picture above. What are these three thinking of you must be wondering ? Why are they walking towards imminent failure ? The question that Dr. Mandi asked us at this point was simple. Can these three people cross the valley ?
The Scenario:
If we consider each of the idiots crossing the valley as /\ , we can see that the following scenarios are obtained :-
/\/\/\
/\/\/\
/\/\/\
/\/\/\
/\/\/\
/\/\/\
/\/\/\
/\/\/\
/\/\/\
Thus, we see that in the above case three situations arrive,
one where the person is fully safe denoted by --.
one where the person is half safe denoted by ---
and one where the person is exposed to full risk, denoted by
Here, we see that all three members if the three people were to accomplish this so-called impossible task, they had to do so by proper designing of the team task, with everyone in the team having equal distribution of the risk involved in accomplishing the task.
The moment somebody assumes more responsibility, the entire team is bound to fail as the person not working as a team will bring down the entire team.
So, it is very important to divide labour in an equivalent proportion so that :-
1) We can accomplish the task at hand in a co-ordinated and well structured manner.
2) We do not deem anyone as weak or small. Everyone should be equally responsible and strong.
3) We create interlocking roles to make sure everyone is equally involved in the task and nobody feels over dependent or under dependent, thus leading to loafing and increase in ideal time.
4) We can create only one form of authority so that the men are not confused as to who is the man in command.
The Final Accomplishment
The above cartoon shows how the entire work can be carried out using proper teamwork and coordination. I am also posting a video for all of you to see how this section is taught to us here at NITIE by Dr. Mandi.
Special Mention to Mullai Selevan KT for this video.
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