Few things about the film:
The story of the
three Monks is an anime film directed by A Da. The film has got
many recognitions including:
·
Outstanding film
award at China's Ministry of
Culture
·
Best animated film
prize at the first Golden Rooster
Awards in 1981.
·
Four international
awards including a Silver Bear for Short Film at the 32nd Berlin Film Festival in 1982.
Plot:
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.
Lets
discuss and analyze the various situations that arises in the film and also
relate to real life situation.
The one
We
find that in this case there is only one monk and he carries two bucket of
water. It may be sufficient for the monastery as consumer is also one. Here
innovative ideas are not being implemented as there is one person so demand
being very less and it is getting fulfilled by the resources bought by the same
person. In organization this self sufficiency attitude is required for example
there is only one member in a team and he is responsible for all the
deliverables, then he had to take care of all the requirements and necessary
activities to be done without depending on other person.
Two monks
Two
monks share the load of a single bucket of water. Still they find it difficult
because there is no coordination between them. Both of them wants to be in the
easy state and wants that other person to do all the work. This situation is
very common in any organization. Every team member hardly put equal efforts,
here dependency arises and sometimes team work is hampered.
Three monks
The
work comes to a still as third monk enters the
monastery the other two force him to go and fetch water. This particular case
is a perfect example of social loafing in an
organization where people start exerting less effort to achieve a goal when
they work in a group than when they work alone. Moreover the lack of proper
coordination between the members in the team results in complete organizational
failure.
Crunch situation
But we see that in
the face of crunch situation, all the three members forget their internal
differences and work in a synchronized manner to improve the situation. This
results in work being properly distributed in which results in highest
efficiency when compared to all other previous cases.
This particular
instance highlights that the manager must have a strategy for crisis
management. This situation is also very common especially with IT industry
as I have been there, during the time of deadline the pressure increases in
numerously and at that time everyone realizes and meet the deadlines with team
effort. The role of manager is very critical in the crunch situation as at that
time employees do their job properly but there must be someone who can steer
the ship and give proper direction.
Use of Innovative ideas
We saw that after
the crunch situation is over, the
monks went for innovative ideas due to which work-load is reduced with the help
implementation of those innovative methods and proper coordination. Thus the
management of any company should focus on technological
advancement and innovative
ideas so as to increase efficiency.
