Evolution :Old School to New School of Management

Dr Prasad continued to surprise us.This time he came with a bag full of cubes.He took cubes out of his miraculous bag and threw it at all of us .I caught one  like Jonty Rhodes.

He then asked us to build a single block tower using wooden cubes thrown by him.But it has to be done in two ways.

Old School Approach: Students were made to bid.The highest bidder was given a chance to build the tower with his eyes open.

Result: Tower reached to a height of 22cubes.

 New School Approach:  Here one person was blindfolded and he was helped by another person who will guide him to build the tower but will not personally touch the tower.
The task was accomplished by three  people who played role of CEO(top management),manager(middle management) and worker respectively.

Result: Tower reached to a height of 27 cubes.

He asked all of  us in the beginning  which tower will be higher.The class was divided in their answers.But the results were surprising.Dr Mandi then told us that the two approaches were actually aspects of OLD SCHOOL vs NEW AGE sort of management style.

MANAGEMENT STYLES

 The diagram represents that all the decision making authority in the new approach rests with management which is not in case of craftsmanship where the person decides as well as implements the task.

SOME SIDE EFFECTS OF NEW SCHOOL:

• Skill decreases
• More dissatisfaction among workers

MAJOR BENEFIT :

•         Large scale of Production.

Dr Prasad's way of Learning by Doing is showing us new pathways.Looking forward to be dazzled again :)

My management saga eventually begun in Gods Own Campus at National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai. The breathtaking lush green campus of NITIE rejuvenated me as I reached the campus with my bag and baggage.

 NITIE's serene Campus

The Classes started with the students being bombarded with management principles. We were all sitting in the classroom when our faculty walked in to take our first lecture on Principles of Organization and Management. He removed his slippers, took off his bag and then asked all of us to sit around him. It was just like the Classic Indian GURUKUL System. Most of us already knew Dr. T. Prasad Alias Dr. Mandi .

Dr Prasad interacting with students

Then an interesting twist of event happened. He took out a toy butterfly from his bag and threw it at us. After that he took out few squeeze balls which had world map printed on them, out of his bag and threw them at us. Then came the climax. He took out the Newton’s Cradle which is a device that demonstrates conservation of momentum via a series of swinging spheres. He shot numerous questions at us regarding the balls, reigniting the minds of somnolent physicists in us .It was used by some production engineering students a few years back as their college project for every subject. They sold 5000 units of it while in college and earned money out of it. The professor told us that just like them, we should earn while we learn.

Newton's Cradle

Actually the motto of exercise was to give an idea to students that these things can be sold on the streets. The basic aim was to educate the people who purchase these toys. The students also get to practise classroom concepts of Marketing, Principles of Management, Business Economics, and Accounting in the real field. The money generated in the activity also goes to make a tangible difference in the lives of impoverished children.

The scheme of events concluded with photography and his famous song which one of the student hummed -  

Socho Becho…..Becho Seekho….Seekho Soccho……

I am looking forward to have more fun filled classes like this in the future.

Watch Dr Mandi live  in action............

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