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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Short Questions for POM course

Questions for POM Course

Data for  Tower Building exercise in terms of No. of CUBES is given below.
 

Factor  1 to 8
Scenario - I
 Scenario - II
 Scenario - III
 Scenario - IV
 1 & 2
Historical Tower height achieved by team
 Low - 5

High -  18
 Low - 5


High - 20
  Low - 5


High - 21
 Low - 5


High - 23
 3
Achievable Performance -          ( Estimate / Guess )

 18 +

20+

 22+

 25+
4
Goal proposed by the Manager
 18
 22
22
 18
5
Goal proposed by the worker 12
 12
 12 20
 6
Goal Mutually agreed for building the tower between worker and manager with the support of the manager
  15
22  18
  15
 7
No. of cubes Tower manager and worker team could build / achieve at the end of the exercise
18
 18
 18
18
8
P O T E N T I A L
T O W E R  
H E I G H T 


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 You are given below with EIGHT different  PERFORMANCE MEASURES  for Tower building exercise. 

Discuss the above given measures with reference to the the achievement of Tower built in the scenarios mentioned above.  


 Sl. No.
Measure for Managerial Excellence
 Scenario - I
 Scenario - II
 Scenario - III
 Scenario - IV
 1








2






 3






 4





 5







 6








7






8
1. Gap if any between Tower height  so far achieved and Achievable performance of tower ( Factor 3 and 7)
2. Gap if any between goal proposed by the Goal proposed by the Manager and mutually agreed team goal 
 ( Factor 4 and 6)
3. Gap if any between goal proposed by the manger and the goal proposed  by the worker 
 ( Factor 4 and 5)
 
4. Gap if any between goal proposed by the worker  and mutually agreed goal by team
 ( Factor 5 and 6)
5. Gap if any between achievable performance  and potential tower
 ( Factor 3 and 8)

6. Gap if any between  performance achieved ( at the end of the exercise ) and  goal mutually agreed by manger and the worker  
( Factor 6 and 7)
7. Gap if any between  performance achieved ( at the end of the exercise ) and  achievable goal 
 ( Factor 7 and 3)
8. Gap if any between  performance achieved ( at the end of the exercise ) and  the potential  
 ( Factor 7 and 8)

 Potential as an opportunity






( - )  Lethargy of the manager
( + )  Initiative  of  manager


(+) Task for the manager to convince worker
(-) Thoughtfulness of the worker


(+) Influence of manager
(-) Influence of the worker on manager