Being an ardent fan of puzzles, I was interested the moment I saw it in class. Dr Prasad always brings new surprises everyday
But I wondered- What does THIS have to do with Management ?

The class began with the prof throwing dismantled pieces of this cube to students sitting around him. There were 27 Pieces in total. His question was if this particular cube can be formed again, with no colour repeating on any side.

Oh, That would be easy- Was my first thought , and the entire class seemed to follow my ideology. Lots of hands rose to accomplish this simple task. Two were chosen and given enough time. But then, they were not able to complete it, in the given time and then gave up. The Next part was when Dr Prasad handled the cube. He seemed to have a structured format and completed it in one third of the given time.

From what i could grasp. I tried on my own and here's the video for you to see.  I made it in English for the following two reasons.
1) I was comfortable doing it in English
2) More Number of students can understand the method behind this puzzle

The picture on the left is my blue print of the puzzle that i have explained in the video. Its all a matter of arrangement in a structured way and that makes all the difference. Each number represents a color of the cube. You could even just use the blue print to make the arrangement


So what did we learn from this story

Attempt by Student (First time)	Attempt by Professor
A Trial Attempt without preparation	A planned attempt with early preparation
Random Format	Structured Format
Confusions, Uncertain, stressed,	Calm, Simple and Clear flow of ideas
Unrealistic goals set based on excitement	Realistic goals based on experience
Not done even upto 10 Mins	Done within 4 Minutes

Other Principles of Management

• Each Problem can be solved by systematic thinking
• Each Block represents an entity (Labour, Machine etc) in an organization and is to be assembled in a structured and hierarchical way like the above process, so efficiency is maximum
• Two blocks of the same colour may represent people who don't gel well with each other. And hence while forming a team, a structured approach is necessary