Three management principles through three monks!!!

"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 Three monks in 18 minutes has encapsulated the evolution of management through a simple yet effective story. The Chinese film, with three character juggles with the concept of organizations and how employees can be both assets and liabilities if not subjected to proper task or not assigned with proper responsibilities.

 The movie starts with a monk making his way to the monastery. When he arrives at the monastery, he recognizes his duties with no iota of doubt and carries on with them .As the days progress the little monk is at peace going about his routine schedule. We can draw an inference to a craftsman. He has no superiors to answer to and no additional duties to perform falling outside his boundaries of interest. His skill is perfectly tailored to his tasks

The monastery now has a new guest. He is the second monk who has come with a purpose akin to the little monk. The monks are greeted well at the monastery. Now comes the question of distributing responsibilities among two men with similar objectives. This question is thoroughly explored in the second scenario where no one is ready to accept additional responsibilities. Now the main challenge comes foreground, and the movie does not deviate away from the solution either. Scientific metrics was used to determine how equal the work was distributed. This can refer to Taylor’s scientific management theory where in scientific measurements were involved as in part on managerial philosophy.

The monastery now has a new guest. He is the second monk who has come with a purpose akin to the little monk. The monks are greeted well at the monastery. Now comes the question of distributing responsibilities among two men with similar objectives. This question is thoroughly explored in the second scenario where no one is ready to accept additional responsibilities. Now the main challenge comes foreground, and the movie does not deviate away from the solution either. Scientific metrics was used to determine how equal the work was distributed. This can refer to Taylor’s scientific management theory where in scientific measurements were involved as in part on managerial philosophy.

The movie therefore focuses on three main challenges faced by the managerial philosophy through three simple characters. A must watch for every manager and a must follow for every organization.