Lecture 1
We all came for another morning class and started searching
for the most convenient seat and finally
positioned ourself in those comfortable chairs and were waiting
for another long lecture to be delivered
and our pens waiting for one more gruelling exercise .
An elderly person but
more energetic than any other in our class entered and introduce himself “I am
like any other sarkari aadmi and and would appreciate if somebody can share a
little more information about me”. It was a blunt and frank introduction and
what was completely different from what one can think.
Life is all about different approaches and breaking traditional learning ,with this note our
class begun. We are told about importance of practical learning and that an
idea is valuable only when we can sell it.
“Socho becho
Becho sikho
Sikho socho”
Was the mantra which set the tone of our 1st
lecture in Principles of Management .
Dr. Mandi(as he wanted to be named)led us to his world
,where ideas were not just limited to textbooks but makes money .what followed was a set of examples
ranging from toys displaying
scientific priciples to the big corporate giants who made the future by
selling their ideas. “Aaaj ki roti aaj
hi Kamana “ is the primary aim of a manager and the better hi
does it better it is for the country and him.
Lecture -2(Practical situation faced in the work
environment ,SMART goals, Theory X and Theory Y)
The second lecture was more about setting the achievable goals and practicle situation
faced by a manager at his work environment . He has to set SMART goals(specific , Measurable
,achievable ,Reasonable and time Bound goals ). He should be willing to take
risk and think the tough situation as an opportunity to show his Skills.
“There is nothing impossible under the sun “ he emphasized with a practical example of making a tower of
cubes just “if we change our attitude about a particular situation “.
He further stressed
on the importance of attitude with his Theory X and Theory Y .
Let us assume, X and Y are two types of managers where X is
negative, thinks his employees are lazy and inefficient whereas manager Y is
very positive and believes his workers are not lazy and very effective.
Hence, there are four situations in this scenario:
Employee is lazy and
X think they are lazy
In this situation employees are lazy and the manager assumes
them to be lazy. So this kind of scenario is harmful for the organisation and
is neither going to help the organization nor the employees. The manager
himself so negative will always create an unhealthy work environment in the
organization. He will never encourage his lazy employees to change the scenario
and think positive.
Employee is not lazy
but X think they are lazy
In this situation
employees are not lazy but the manager assumes them to be lazy. So this
situation is very harmful and demotivates the employees who want to excel and
do well. This stops the employees to do justice to their talent and make them
inefficient. The management underestimates the employees and ultimately hamper
the growth of the employees and company.
Employee is lazy but Y believes they are not
lazy
In this situation
employees are lazy and the manager assumes them to be efficient and hard
working. A lazy employee can be a problem for any organization but he needs to
be dealt properly so that output may be maximized. So managers motivate these
employees with compliments followed by constructive criticism, this sometimes
creates positive impact on the employee. They feel more motivated to do well.
Also, when people are given responsibility, they tend to work harder. If this
kind of positives steps are taken, there can be significant change.
Employee is not lazy
and Y think they are not lazy
In this situation employees are not lazy and the manager
also assumes them to be efficient and hard working. This is the most
appropriate situation in any organization. Hard working dedicated employees are
constantly motivated by the managers and the growth of the company along with
employees sails off in a very efficient way. Target set by the managers are
easily achieved with high level of accuracy. The organization starts growing
rapidly in all respects in this kind of ideal situation.
