On a Thursday morning, woken up from deep slumber for a 9 AM lecture, I geared myself for the first class of the subject ‘Principles of Organization and Management’. Expecting four hours of a sleepy lecture, I went half heartedly to Syndicate 1. To our surprise, entered Prof T. Prasad, full of life and beaming with energy carrying a variety of toys which left us all perplexed.
Dr. Prasad (fondly known as Dr. Mandi for conceptualizing the idea of the event Mandi wherein students sell various educational toys in the market and the funds generated are used to support an NGO) insisted on the ideology that ‘if you are smart enough to spend then you are smart enough to earn’. He helped us to introspect and realize the importance of earning while learning and I was greatly motivated to start a venture while at NITIE.
The catch line phrases and slogans that Sir used stirred a motivational spree in almost everyone and we chanted along:
Then we were asked to consider a hypothetical situation in which the student would be blindfolded while making the tower and we were asked to estimate the height of the tower in that case. There were three groups of people which came to light after this exercise.
Then started an amazing four hour ride into the world of Management and Leadership – not by boring theoretical concepts, but practical examples and activities.
Dr. Prasad (fondly known as Dr. Mandi for conceptualizing the idea of the event Mandi wherein students sell various educational toys in the market and the funds generated are used to support an NGO) insisted on the ideology that ‘if you are smart enough to spend then you are smart enough to earn’. He helped us to introspect and realize the importance of earning while learning and I was greatly motivated to start a venture while at NITIE.
The catch line phrases and slogans that Sir used stirred a motivational spree in almost everyone and we chanted along:
Soacho.. Becho ! Becho.. Seekho ! ! Seekho .. Soacho ! ! !
Behatar Padhai ke Liye... Kamai !
Earning by Learning . & .Earning for Learning !
Aaj Ki roti...Aaj hee, kamyaenghae !
TOWER BUILDING EXERCISE
In the second half of the session, Sir asked us to bid for playing a tower building game. The person to bid the highest was selected and we were asked to guess the number of cubes that could be placed one over the other. The entire class was asked to write their estimates on a piece of paper. Finally, a tower of 17 cubes was built.
In the second half of the session, Sir asked us to bid for playing a tower building game. The person to bid the highest was selected and we were asked to guess the number of cubes that could be placed one over the other. The entire class was asked to write their estimates on a piece of paper. Finally, a tower of 17 cubes was built.
Then we were asked to consider a hypothetical situation in which the student would be blindfolded while making the tower and we were asked to estimate the height of the tower in that case. There were three groups of people which came to light after this exercise.
The first group consisted of people who decreased the estimate in the second case. A majority of people fell into this category. This group was an example of managers who do not believe in their team and get bogged down by difficulties.
The second group consisted of people who did not change their estimate in the second case. These people are examples of static managers.
The third group consisted of people who increased the estimate in the second case. They are the reflection of the progressive managers. They believe in their team’s capabilities even if hurdles come their way.
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