Three Monks :: A perfect example of Today's Organisation Growth model

Before i start discussion on Three Monks, it will be good idea if you can watch the video.

Here is the Video.....

There are Three scenarios given .
Scenario 1 : Only one monk was taking care of the Temple .

Advantages : He was very skilled with his work.
                     No one to compete or compare.
                     Satisfaction was very High.
                     Every Facility was used by him only.

Disadvantages : Too much dependency was on one person, what if he gets sick ??
                         May be he was very efficient for the point, but in long term with no proper mechanism in        
                         place he will worn out and efficiency will decrease.

Scenario 2 : Two monks were taking care of the Temple .

Advantages : Work was divided between them, So less burden of work on each one of them which will
                     increase their efficiency in long term.

Disadvantages :  Competition and comparison become part of daily work .
                          No rational facility to divide the work was there initially
Scenario 3 : Divided into 2 parts
                   a). Before the Fire Disaster
                   b)  After the Fire Disaster

Before the Fire Disaster : Here also no proper rational facility was used to divide the work which results in
                                        bad competition .
                                        Bad competition resulted in lack of interest in work which automatically led to Fire
                                         Disaster.
 After the Fire Disaster : Here they did which most of the people do when thinks go completely out of hand.
                                     To survive the fire , they not only worked together but they work many times more    
                                     what they used to work.

Fire disaster has not only revolutionized them , but inspires them to make the pulley mechanism to bring water in the temple. Here everybody has the particular task to do . They actually use the assembly line of work to divide the task which helps the process of evolution.

 3 monks story takes us to Greiner's Growth model where he explains the different challenges arises at different phase of time and how Organisation overcome it.

The Zig-Zag  path represents the hurdles or bumpy ride during any particular time when things don't go according to plan. At that time , organisation improvise and innovate and try to come to a solution from where they can take a leap of success.
So that's how organisation go through Revolution and Evolution at different point in time.

One Real example that i can co-relate 3 monks is "India's  shameful exit from 2007 World Cup".
At that time , There was not communication between coach , captain and senior players which led to most disastrous world cup of  Indian History.
But after that team management, players and Board sat together and they put a thought process into their weakness and came up with better domestic structure hence the IPL.
IPL has helped young Indian player to get international  exposure which resulted in India's most successfull World Cup 2011.