Valley Crossing

The Scenario:

Three people have to cross a valley which is more than one step of the member and less than two steps. They have a long rod with sufficient length. They attempt to cross the gap with everyone holding on to the rod. As soon as someone is on the gap, he would hang from the rod and the other two members would take his weight. This way they can cross the gap. Also it must be noted that load distribution was effectively managed. Also, the role of one will depend on the role of another.Interdependence is crucial and should be maximum.

As per the figure above it’s evident that all the 3 people involved in the exercise have the same risk involved, therefore interdependence is very crucial

Management Lessons Learnt:

1. Productivity

Productivity is an overall measure of the ability to produce a good or service. More specifically, productivity is the measure of how specified resources are managed to accomplish timely objectives as stated in terms of quantity and quality. Productivity may also be defined as an index that measures output (goods and services) relative to the input (labor, materials, energy, etc., used to produce the output).

The productivity in a group is much more than the productivity of the individual.

2. Trust

Developing trust among team members is at once difficult and essential to becoming a High Performance Team. Team members need to be taught from the start that building trust between the team members is critically important to the team's ultimate success.

Team members need to be coached to learn that it is important to trust one another. It is not possible, or desirable, for one team member to do all the work for the team. Although, someone will almost always try. New members need to learn that to get the job done they have to rely on others to do their part. The analog to this principle is that each team member needs to be trustworthy. Team members need to learn that others are counting on them to do what they said they would do

3. Satisfaction

The expression of satisfaction within a team work is much higher than the same when done individually. This feeling of satisfaction arises from the feeling of work done collectively within a group. Also it motivates people to perform further tasks together in the team.

4. Communication

Communication plays a very important role in team building and extracting the best out of the team members.

A team member must clearly understand what his fellow team members are up to. He should be very clear about his roles and responsibilities in the team. It is the duty of the team leader to delegate responsibilities as per the interest and specializations of the team members without imposing things on them.Never confuse any employee.

5. involvement

Employee involvement, teams, and employee empowerment enable people to make decisions about their work. This employee involvement, teambuilding approach, and employee empowerment increases loyalty and fosters ownership.