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."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rolBiHfWokY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rolBiHfWokY
Some special
features of this video:
· The film does not contain any dialogues, allowing it
to be watched by any culture
· A different music instrument was used to signify each
monk.
· The film tells the story from the aspect of
the Buddhist bhikkhu.
Plot and Problem
A young Buddhist monk lived alone at
the top of a mountain. Every day he had to fetch water from the foot of
the mountain, using a yoke and two buckets. That provided him with enough
water for his personal needs and to water his small vegetable garden.
One day, he was joined by an older
monk. Their attempts to bring water up the mountain together, stringing a
single bucket on a pole carried between them, were not very successful; and
each felt it was the other’s task to fetch more water, so neither went.
The vegetables in the garden began to die. Then a third monk arrived, and
the situation worsened. As each monk refused to give way, or compromise
his stance in any way, the outlook became bleaker, and certainly none of them
was composed enough to meditate or pray.
Then one day, disaster struck.
Will they be able to let go their antagonism and work together to put things
right?
This is where managerial concepts
come into the picture
Towards the
end we see that the monastery catches fire. When this happens, all the
monks forget their hostility and try to put out the fire. The dilemma of who
will carry the water was quickly forgotten and a system arose out of the
initial chaos. They all put out the fire quickly. Drastic
innovation adds an altogether new dimension to the process and
fundamentally changes it. That's what the monks did when faced with the fire at
their temple.
Productivity
is at its best. All are working together as a team. This is what happens in
life.
We
usually have a notion that if the work force increased the productivity will
automatically improve, which is absolutely wrong. What is required is proper harmony
& coordination among the team members. The very same group of individuals
can be held responsible for not delivering the results and also they can
deliver something out of box, for that they need to work in tandem, listen to
each other’s idea and then act accordingly.
When I
played cricket there were situations when no one co-operated no matter how hard
I tried as a captain and the results were poor as everyone had their selfish
goals in mind. But many times in situations of emergency such as when 10 runs
were needed of the last over or 2 wickets were needed to win, everyone played
as a team and gave his best. In these situations, the efficiency and
effectiveness were very high. So a manager should try to aim this level of
productivity in normal situations.
“Teamwork is the fuel that allows common
people to attain uncommon results”
.
