Cross the valley to reach the Ally

The valley crossing problem as given by Dr. Mandi resembles the case faced by every organisation and that too in much complex,intriguing and interdependent form.

Lets look into the valley crossing problem which will give us the insight in how the things work in any organisation and how every link is important to achieve the goal as set by the organisation.If one of the link fails,the whole connected system can collapse.So what is important is the teamwork which bind the system through different and connected links.

An organisation works primarily on the concept of “TEAMWORK”. All employees, as a part of organisation, work together to achieve a common goal.

A team is a group of people with various complementary skills,working together towards a common vision. Members of a team operate with high degree of trust,accountability and interdependence.

                                                          

A list of learning through this simple yet complex activity of valley crossing are:

Equally Responsible roles: Every role which a individual in the team is possessing is equally responsible.In a team every person shares a similar role but not the same role i.e there is no differentiation of of work between the persons doing the valley crossing.The responsibility and similarity of job can be seen from the table as below:

Step	State of 1st Person	State of 2nd person	State of 3rd person
1.	Safe	Safe	Safe
2.	Half-Risky	Safe	Safe
3.	Full-Risky	Safe	Safe
4.	Half-Risky	Half-Risky	Safe
5.	Safe	Full-Risky	Safe
6.	Safe	Half-Risky	Half-Risky
7.	Safe	Safe	Full-Risky
8.	Safe	Safe	Half-Risky
9.	Safe	Safe	Safe

Instantaneous communication and feedback: for a team to be efficient the communication should be instantaneous otherwise the links i.e. the teamworkers don’t get enough time to act to make the system efficient.

Safety: Safety of every member is important and should not be compromised at any cost.If the employee feels sale while working for the organisation ,he gives the maximum to achieve the goal of the organisation.

Interlocking roles : The more interlocked the employess are the more interdependent the organisation is . And when the interdependency is maximum the profits are maximum. The team generates performance greater than the sum of performance of its individual members.

Teamwork is the fuel that allows common people uttain uncommon results.

Members help other team members realize their true potential.

Management by objectives:

              Goal: To cross the valley with the help of the log.

              Objectives: To achieve this we have to divide our work and do it safely and efficiently. This has to be achieved in nine different steps.

'Let’s do it' is more powerful than : 'I do it' or 'You do it'.