Tuesday, August 8, 2017

TEAM WORK- Theory and Reality

I took my Raipur MBA students for Out Bound Training Program in 2009. Entire day, all management games, exercises and lessons through them. Students enjoyed like anything. The learning experiences were encouraging. Additionally it helped them to unwind and refresh from college routine. We played lot of team building exercises.

In the evening, we were returning by bus- all exhausted but cheerful at the back of mind. One of my students had some mischief on the road with a village guy. Within few minutes, we were surrounded by a large no. of local villagers, abusing us. They wanted to attack our bus and teach a lesson to our erring student. The boy was hiding and none from a lot of 40-45 students had guts to protect or to take head on the mob. Somehow we managed to pacify them and escaped from the scene.

Day long team work and team spirit experienced washed away.

                                                                                                   - Dr. N. H. DESHPANDE