Friday 9 August 2013

NAVRANG CUBE- An analogy to Modern Organisation!!

People say its important that  we exercise our body as well as brain. Most people even today donot take this seriously. Mental exercise not only gives relaxation but also makes mind sharp.We can exercise our brain by reading, solving puzzles,cubes,crosswords, Sudoku,playing chess etc.

                                                             

 NAVRANG CUBE is a simple playing cube composed of 27 identical small cubes of 9 different colours ( 3 cubes of same colour) . The cube has hole in 5 sides and a connector in one side so as to hold on the other cube. When seen , it resembles like the Rubic cube but is very different in nature and composition . All the 27 cubes in this can be disassembled .  The cube is said to be solved when each of the faces has 9 different colour cubes ie. there is no repetition of same colour cube at any face.



When Dr. Mandi brought NAVRANG cube to class i was clueless about its significance in management class. But Dr. Mandi used NAVRANG cube as an analogy for modern day organisation.The idea was innovative and mesmerising.


He explained solving of NAVRANG cube is somewhat like solving the problems of Organisation Management. He gave following line of thinking which mesmerised us all
1)As the cubes of same colour do not appear at the same face so should not be the people or resources of same skills and characters appear at the same strata - else there may be ego clash or skill deficiency.
2)It is important that we have diversity within the organisation so that different ideas and views come up and a broader vision and perspective gets established.The organisation than becomes holistic and multidimensional.
3)But while diversity brings broader perspective,it is very important that different views are channelised towards a common goal i.e. growth of organisation.
As always this lecture changed my way of thinking.Hope you guys feel the same.
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