3 Monks !!!
Three Monks is a Chinese
animated feature
film produced by the Shanghai Animation Film Studio. After the cultural revolution and the fall of the
political Gang of Four in 1976, the film
was one of the first animations created as part of the rebirth period. It is
also referred to as The Three Buddhist
Priests.
Mute but Not silent in TEACHING ...
Background
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.” The film does not contain
any dialogues, allowing it to be watched by any culture, and a different music
instrument was used to signify each monk.
see the clip:
Story:
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 candle-holder, 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.
different solutions were given by us as Dr. Mandi .They are as follows:
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2 monks - 1 bucket
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One Monk - 1 Day
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Half way - 1 monk & other half - other
monk
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Get a motor connect to a pipe.
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Put a middle mark on the stick
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Monastery should shift to ground.
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& many more....
And the whole point here is that we have to look into the efficiency of the system as a whole.
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1 monk
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2 monk
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Output
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2 basket
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1 basket
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Input
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say 100 - theoretical
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50 - theoretical
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200 - actual
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50 - actual
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Productivity
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1/100
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1/50
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Now moving on to the
interpretations for the same.
Objective Measurement:
There
was a gross misunderstanding between the monks. First the small monk comes out
with a idea and measures the stick with his palm. But the tall monk refuses and
starts measuring with his palms. This leads to the unequal division of the
Stick. So again there is disagreement because of the subjective measurement. So
both monks start thinking again. Immediately a idea strikes the smaller monks.
He decides to measure it with a objective. Thus both the monks come to
agreement and resume their work. Its all bout creative thinking. But for
solving such a complex problems one needs only simple solution.
The use of scale is the one of the best moves as this is scientific way of doing things.If the organization has to achieve the best results then it is the necessary pre-requisite to quantify it and there should be no subjective measurement.
Collective
approach:
Then
the third monk comes. Each monk thinks that other will do the daily chores. But
none does the work. They said praying in the monastery. Suddenly a mouse lit
fire to the monastery. Realising the need the monks overcome the initial difference
and came together as team .They extinguished the fire by fetching water from
the river. Thus there was clear coordination between the monks. Thus they
survived the disaster. This was an eye-opener for all the three monks.
Out of the box innovation:
Because
of the Coordination they came up with a out of the box idea. They installed a
pulley at the top of the hill to fetch water. Each person had their respective
role in this. One has to fetch water from river to pulley. The next monk has to
pull the pulley and the third monk has to take the water from pulley to
monastery. This was break through innovation for their problems. Here there is
no need for any special skill. Everyone was satisfied with their work. The
effort needed for per bucket was drastically brought down.
Representation in tabular form:
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Variables
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Method 1
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Method 2
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Method 3
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No of monks
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1
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2
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3
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Information
flow
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None
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Slow
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Fast
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Skill
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High
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Moderate
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Low
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Satisfaction
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Low
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Moderate
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High
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Dependency
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Low
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medium
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High
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Effort
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High
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Moderate
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Low
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Effciency or
productivity
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Low
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Moderate
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High
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