NITIE, let me start with the beauty of the college! Nestled
amongst the lush green hills that extend into North Mumbai, NITIE has been
endowed with nature's bounty. Surrounded by the captivating beauty of the Powai and Vihar lakes, and a
pond within the campus, made it GODS OWN CAMPUS. Its been barely a couple of
days and I fell in love with it.
Adding to it, I feel privileged to be a part of IM-20th
batch NITIE, the future leaders in the economy of India. Coming to the point,
the purpose of writing this blog is to let the world, who did not get a chance
to come for an MBA gain knowledge
through this. I am sorry if u r searching here for some books or material
regarding management. We the students of NITIE are playing games here,
Managerial games.
The
first class by Dr Prasad(better known as Dr Mandi),is about earn while you
learn. We were asked to come out of our chairs and sit down in the class and
people are shocked, as we don’t expect it in a B school.we were then introduced
about MANDI an event in which we the students of NITIE ,go and sell the toys in
the streets of Mumbai. The central purpose of MANDI is
threefold. Firstly to make a difference in the lives of thousands of children
who lose out on basic education. Secondly students practice the classroom
concepts of Marketing, Principles of Management, Business Economics, and
Accounting in the real field.
Thirdly
this unique event intends to impart an additional dimension to the learning of
the students who buy these toys.The entire amount collected is donated to the
NGO Navnirmiti which provides the event
with toys (for sale) in the first place.
He has brought few toys to the class and there was engineering behind every toy. I have never seen such kind of toys before and it was called Newtons cradle. We were then asked to play and observe how it works,the engineering behind it,how we rate the toy.He then showed us a ball,a butterfly and others which are not just toys,there is a learning behind everything.
In
the next class we were given a game to play,which illustrates the old craft management and the new management.The game was we were given blocks with which
we need to form a tower.A person was called and was asked to do it,and we were
asked the maximum number of blocks that he can do.We gave numbers such as
15,20,25 whereas he has done with 22.Now the game begins,three of us are called
and the rules are one would be blind folded,the other helping him without
touching him nor the blocks,and the third just observes and comes into picture
when required.Now again we were asked to to tell,we decreased the number and no
one said more than 22,But surprisingly he came up with 27 blocks.
The
learning behind the game is
An industry where we have three people,The CEO(Upper
management),Manager (middle management)and the workers.The way an organized management leads to more productivity is well explained through the game.It can
be illustrated with one more example,A tailor stitching a shirt and a textile
industry manufacturing shirts where jobs are specific and divided.An organized
management leads to increase in the skill,productivity,saves time and a better
role clarity.
Thus
wil come up with the next class with few more games and organizational behaviour.And
thank you Sir(Dr Prasad),for making us start this blogs.
Regards
Ravi Kumar
