MM ( Learning MANAGEMENT from MONKS )

An interesting video i have come across on Mr.Mandi's suggestion :

Now let us see overview of the video story :

A young monk lives a simple life in a temple on top of a hill. He has one daily task of hauling two buckets of water up the hill. He tries to share the job with another monk, but the carry pole is only long enough for one bucket. The arrival of a third monk prompts everyone to expect that someone else will take on the chore. Consequently, no one fetches water though everybody is thirsty. At night, a rat comes to scrounge and then knocks the candleholder, leading to a devastating fire in the temple. The three monks finally unite together and make a concerted effort to put out the fire. Since then they understand the old saying "unity is strength" and begin to live a harmonious life. The temple never lacks water again

Detailed Observations :

Monk 1:

The first  monk on arrival is Filled with enthusiasm, the monk takes all the burden on himself, for there is no one to fall back upon. He fetches two cans of water at a time and does it with glee. But soon, fatigue sets in. The initial enthusiasm is lost but still he has to carry his work daily .

Here the human resourceproved to be useful and efficient. It gave good and productive results initially.But gradually  the motivation decreases and maximum utilisation of resource does not take place .

Monk 2 :

The first monk extends a warm welcome and shows hospitality to him.Once the real work starts, differences set in. Now the first monk wants to establish his superiority and Bing does not cave in. Analyzing the root cause for their difference of opinion, we can understand that it is because no 'standards' are set to run the company. There is no higher authority nor is there a rule book for the Jing and Bing to follow. This is later sorted out when the first monk draws a scale and makes a fair ruling.This is again a lesson for any company. 

Monk 3 :

After a while comes the third monk comes. He was very thirsty and drains all of the water. When the time comes to refill the water, he relents. Now the other two monks who have been doing their work religiously start fighting too and everything comes to a standstill. Harmony is lost, once and forever

Learnings from three Monks :

1.Dispute solving attitude :

When there is more than one person on any job, disputes are almost unavoidable.But always there is a way out of any dispute.Every one should try to have a dispute redressal attitude in life.

2.Innovations : 

Innovations can make any given task simpler & increase productivity phenomenally.

3.Division of Labour :
Division of labour is always required so that the organisation functions smoothly & each employee feels that he is doing equally important job.

4.Crisis Management :
Crisis management is one of important aspect of any organisation

5.Working towards a common goal :
All the members of any organisation should always work towards a common goal. 

6.Standardisation :

There should be standard measurement practices in any organisation.

Similar situations that i have came across in life :

I have seen that various people i have worked in my past organisations had different attitudes &  

initially i didnt use to adapt to there wau of working.Over a period i understood that if work needs to be get done than i need to adapt to there working method for larger picture of organisational objectives.Hence i adapted my way of working.

Also sometimes disputes are unavoidable.But you need to sit together & work over that dispute in life personal as well as professional.I have faced many such situations but when we sit together mostly solution comes up.

I am of view that mere learning is not important.Applying them is the most important.

So i suggest you all to see the video clip of the three monks & apply the learnings in life.