NAVRANG - The nine color puzzle

We often come across numerous toys and puzzles in the market or in streets, but very few of them attract us to them. One such toy puzzle is "NAVRANG CUBE". Navrang cube looks similar to a rubik cube but it differs from it on the fact that navrang can be dismantled into 27 pieces separately unlike rubik which one cannot dismantle. On one very fine morning, our POM professor Dr. Prasad dismantled the cube and distributed its pieces among the students. As we all now knew, their was something not very simple with this puzzle and we all were waiting for the further instructions from our professor.

THE GAME BEGINS:

The task that Dr. Mandi gave to the students was to re-assemble the cube in such a way that each face of the cube has all the nine colors in it i.e on any face there will not be two same color appearing. However as in every managerial situation, time was a constraint and the puzzle was to be solved in minimum steps and time. After students tried a few times and were not able to solve the puzzle, dr. mandi solved the puzzle through a well defined logical method.

The purpose of this exercise was to teach us basic concepts of logic, systematic thinking process and solution approach. All these things can be linked with management such as for organizational structure or decision making etc.

  

The very basic learning takeaway is that any problem can be solved if we employ certain concepts of logical thinking, systematic approach to solution and understanding of the problem. It is very common in organizations that under certain conditions, people gets confused, and demotivated quite early in the process. It is through proper, calculative thinking that organizations thrive in problematic conditions.

    In management, areas like organization structure and decision making requires logical, systematic thinking and planning. Through the process oriented approach only, one can find an early solution of a problem. All the management concepts start with a clear objective. Here also, understanding the problem and setting the objective is the primary step towards solving the problem. Then through logical approach, continuous improvement and systematic thinking will find answers to any kind of problem. Unity of objective is also an example common objective exists for both the organization and its employee and through systematic, scientific steps both are made to work in synchronization with each other. 

Thus all decision in management should be a result of rational thinking, process knowledge, systematic solution approach and creative performance.

Happy Learning!!!!