Three Monks & ..............

                   Three Monks & No Water

In our lecture, we were shown the video of Chinese three monks and their tryst with the problem of bringing water.

Basis:

The film is based on the ancient Chinese proverb "One monk will shoulder two buckets of water, two monks will share the load, but add a third and no one will want to fetch water."

Observation:

A note about the columns of text that appear at the beginning : the first column reads "one monk fetches water to drink". the second column reads, "two monks carry water to drink" , and the third one merely says, "three monks". The unfinished sentence reflects the film's central question, which is whether the three main characters will learn to work together so that they can all have water to drink.

VIDEO:

Synopsis:

A young monk lives a simple life in a temple on top of a hill. He has one daily task of hauling two buckets of water up the hill. He tries to share the job with another monk, but the carry pole is only long enough for one bucket. The arrival of a third monk prompts everyone to expect that someone else will take on the chore. Consequently, no one fetches water though everybody is thirsty. At night, a rat comes to scrounge and then knocks the candleholder, leading to a devastating fire in the temple. The three monks finally unite together and make a concerted effort to put out the fire. Since then they understand the old saying "unity is strength" and begin to live a harmonious life. The temple never lacks water again.

                

In the first 2 scenes, when the monks are bringing TWO buckets of water single headedly.

Input = 2 Units.

Output = 2 Units.

Therefore, productivity = 2/2 = 1 Unit.

In the 3rd scene, when two monks carry only ONE bucket of water between them.

Input = 1 Unit.

Output = 0.5 Unit.

Therefore, productivity = 1/0.5 = 2 Units.

	Scene 1	Scene 2
Input	2	1
Output	2	0.5
Productivity	1	2

So it can be seen from the table that productivity increases as they work in a team.

Learning:

Three Monks, No Water_ is the story to learn the lesson of responsibility. While working in an organisation, what we generally do, is we shed our responsibilities on other and never pay heed to them. Same lies with other employees and this results in total chaos.

So, whats the solution..................???

Its a two word simplest solution termed as "Team Work" along with understanding our responsibilities.

We should work in a team, helping each other in their chores to the maximum level we can as that would increase cooperation and would spur the growth of individual, team & most importantly of ORGANISATION.