History :
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.
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. In this play, main aim is to show essence of TEAM WORK and PRODUCTIVITY, these are explained by theme of fetching water from down the hill to top of hill, where Monastery is situated.
Concepts :
Concepts :
The Film starts with a monk who prays and contemplates in a monastery in the hilltop. He uses two buckets and a stick to carry water from riverside to the hilltop. He follows the method daily until a second monk comes and joins him. The second Monk brings in water for the first time but later he does not wish to work alone as the first monk was idle when he was carrying water. They decide to Work together but they reduced the amount of work for carrying a single bucket.
As there was difference in the personalities of the two monks they faced problem carrying the single bucket of water with the help of stick. Even though both monks were good at heart, they fought for a small work. First monk saved bird in his journey and the second one saved butterfly. But when they were working together, somehow team dynamics didn't work between them. The Video continued and the two monks decided to measure the length of the rod and tie the bucket in between for equal load sharing. They started to measure by hands. But that division turned out to be biased because of difference in length of palm of each monk. So, they agreed upon measuring by scale. In this case both worked together to reach to a mid-point of rod, one measured the rod and other holder the position for perfection in measurement. We conclude that Measurement of work needs to be scientific and objective. This contributes more towards work satisfaction.
The work would be equally divided between the two, So that the other doesn't feel he is doing the complete work. Each member will have his role to play and restricted to his boundaries .Effort on the individual is less leading to work satisfaction.
Here comes the third monk in the picture. On arrival of the third monk, the two monks rested and thought he will bring water. But to their surprise, the third monk drank water brought by the two monks. The team should follow certain norms.
When the Work is equally shared, even the fruit of the work should be shared equally.
Continuing in the video, fire broke out and all the three monks irrespective of the tensions between them worked together to bring water as much as possible and were able to blow off the fire.
There was need for an organized system where every team member has his role to play for the output. Thus a method was devised in which one pulley system was set up. One monk filled bucket from the river. The second pulled up the bucket and third one carried the bucket to monastery.
Thus this method was highly efficient as compared to others as:
1) There was a continuous feedback and instantaneous communication
2) Reduce the effort put in by the individuals
3) Optimal use of resources
4) Use of technology and Engineering can yield Better results.
This is the kind of modern management that we witness in organizations today. We witnessed the changing group dynamics with the change in method of work. Managers should devise methods for maximum productivity and improved work satisfaction.
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