ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE EXPLAINED BY NAVRANG CUBE

This time Prof Prasad came up with yet another novel concept of the NAVRANG Cube to explain the organizational Structure. Organizational structure has to be well defined so that the organization can achieve excellence by coordinating the efforts of all employees towards the common objective of the organization. The solving of NAVRANG cube is somewhat like solving the problems of Organization Management and structure in organization.

What is a NAVRANG Cube?

The NAVRANG Cube is actually a large cube formed by assembling 27 small cubes. The small cubes are of 9 different colors such that there are 3 cubes for each color. The NAVRANG cube is so formed that each face of the large cube shows 9 different colors and no color appears twice on the face of the large NAVRANG cube. The task of forming the large cube was given to us by Prof Prasad. However, surprisingly, none of the 80 engineers sitting in the class could complete the task at the first go. Prof Prasad then taught us the technique to do it, which, I think, as engineers, should have been invented by us. Excellence is achieved through Innovative thinking.

Learning from NAVRANG Cube 

• Multidimensional diversity exists at the same level / strata in an organization
• As the cubes of same color do not appear at the same strata so should not be the people or resources of same skills and characters else there may be ego clashes or skill deficiency
• It is important that we have diversity within the organization so that different ideas and views come up and a broader vision and perspective gets established. The organization then becomes holistic and multidimensional
• Different views are channelized towards a common goal – the growth of organization. It is important to have unity of direction to met the set goals otherwise it will result in organizational failure