Data for Tower Building
exercise in terms of No. of CUBES is given below.
Factor 1 to 8
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Scenario - I
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Scenario - II
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Scenario - III
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Scenario - IV
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1 & 2
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Historical Tower height achieved
by team
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Low - 5
High - 18 |
Low - 5
High - 20 |
Low - 5
High - 21 |
Low - 5
High - 23 |
3
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Achievable Performance - (
Estimate / Guess )
|
18 + |
20+ |
22+ |
25+ |
4
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Goal proposed by the Manager
|
18
|
22
|
22
|
18
|
5
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Goal proposed by the worker
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12
|
12
|
12
|
20
|
6
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Goal Mutually agreed for building
the tower between worker and manager with the support of the manager
|
15
|
22
|
18
|
15
|
7
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No. of cubes Tower manager and
worker team could build / achieve at the end of the exercise
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18
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18
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18
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18
|
8
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P O T E N T I A L
T O W E R H E I G H T |
20
|
25
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25
|
30
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Potential tower height as per my understanding is stated above.
Sl. No.
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Measure for Managerial Excellence
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Scenario - I
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Scenario - II
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Scenario - III
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Scenario - IV
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1
2
3
4
5
6 7
8
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1. Gap if any
between Tower height Performance so far achieved and Achievable performance
of tower ( Factor 3 and 7)
2. Gap if any
between goal proposed by the manager and mutually agreed goal by team
( 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)
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Acheivable
performance = Performance of team.
This is a
condsiderable situation with drawback being that limits are not being pushed.
Team performed
better than what was earlier decided mutually.
Manager has high
expectations.
Employees are
complacent.
Mutual agreement
lies in middle of worker and manager aspirations.
Exceeded
expectations.
Yes.Gap does exist.This
is a condsiderable situation with drawback being that limits are not being
pushed.
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Acheivable
performance > Performance of team.
Team did not push their limits and performed
below expectations.
Team performed as what was earlier decided mutually.
Manager has very
high expectations.
Employees are
complacent.
Mutual agreement is
completely manager aspirations.He has been able to convince workers of his
goals.
Performance below
expectations.
Yes.large Gap does
exist.Team did not push their limits and performed below expectations.
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Acheivable
performance > Performance of team.
Team did not push their limits and performed
below expectations.
Team performed not
as good as what was earlier decided mutually.
Manager has very
high expectations.
Employees are
complacent.
Mutual agreement
lies more towards manager aspirations.
Workers have been successful
in negotiating a little.
Met expectations.
Yes.large Gap does
exist.
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Ac heivable
performance is much greater than Performance
of team.
Team did not push their limits and performed
very badly and below expectations.
Team performed not
as good as what was earlier decided
mutually.
Manager has low expectations.
Employees are
motivated and have set high expectations.
Mutual agreement is
lesser than worker and manager aspirations.
Poor manager will
eventually lead to complacent employees.
Exceeded
expectations.
Yes.very large Gap
does exist. Team did not push their limits and performed very badly and below expectations.
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