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 mesmerizing.
Many students tried, performed well to an extent but the outcome was not satisfactory. There was no set process or procedure defined to arrange the cube. Every student had to spend a lot of time in thinking. It may not be a great hitch at individual level, but from an organization’s point of view it’s a disaster. If each individual worker/employee keep on spending so much of thinking time on the same job again and again it will never be productive. It calls for the need of standard operating procedure and deskilling of the process.
He explained solving of NAVRANG cube is somewhat like solving the problems of Organisation Management. He gave following line of thinking which mesmerized 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 channelized towards a common goal i.e. growth of organisation.
As always this lecture changed my way of thinking.Hope you guys feel the same.
Keep reading!! Keep learning!!
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 mesmerizing.
Many students tried, performed well to an extent but the outcome was not satisfactory. There was no set process or procedure defined to arrange the cube. Every student had to spend a lot of time in thinking. It may not be a great hitch at individual level, but from an organization’s point of view it’s a disaster. If each individual worker/employee keep on spending so much of thinking time on the same job again and again it will never be productive. It calls for the need of standard operating procedure and deskilling of the process.
On the second phase of the puzzle, Dr. Mandi defined 9 simple steps to arrange the smaller cubes. The process was so simple and didn't involve any mental work. Then students were invited once again to arrange the cubes and this time there was a drastic change in their productivity. Results were very conspicuous that process planning is the key to increase productivity.
He explained solving of NAVRANG cube is somewhat like solving the problems of Organisation Management. He gave following line of thinking which mesmerized 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 channelized towards a common goal i.e. growth of organisation.
As always this lecture changed my way of thinking.Hope you guys feel the same.
Keep reading!! Keep learning!!
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