Solving NAVRANG Cube

Prof Mandi has brought a multicoloured Rubik’s cube like thing to the class this time. He explained that it is the Navrang puzzle later.

The Navrang Puzzle

So what is the lesson in it you might ask. The purpose will be understood by the way the puzzle is solved. If done in a random manner the puzzle would take lot of time to solve.          But Prof.Mandi solved the Puzzle in about 2 minutes using an well-defined method. Sir had used a 3-step algorithm. It is here we were introduced to two important concepts: (a) Organizational Structure and (b) Unity of Objective. Before going on further about what happened in class, I believe a short introduction to these ideas is needed. 

           An Organizational Structure consists of activities such as task allocation, coordination and supervision, which are directed towards the achievement of organizational aims. An organization can be structured in many different ways, depending on their objectives. The structure of an organization will determine the modes in which it operates and performs. 

This of course leads us to the next idea. Unity of Objectives stands for the philosophy according to which every individual and every process in an organization should aim to fulfil the organization's Objectives and Mission Statement.

An example could be shown above where in an F1 pitstop, where an entire team of support staff work for one goal to fix the car under 10 seconds to make the car stay in competition. 

 Now, leaving the jargon behind, let me continue with my experiences in the class. Prof. Mandi related the above two concepts with the structured solution he had shown for the Navrang Puzzle. Given below is a video of how to solve the Navrang Puzzle :

To summarise the concept explained using this experiment is that in an organization should be structured and there should be one objective. the workers should align themselves to that objective thus each and every step we take should be towards that objective.