Crossing a valley

Professor Mandi came with yet another exercise to illustrate on team work. He took the exercise where three people cross a valley with the help of a pole. Crossing a valley is definitely a difficult task to be carried out by a single person, but when three people work together the crossing becomes very easy.

Below is the diagram which depicts the approach how the people cross the valley.

Stages in crossing:

The following 3 stages have been undergone by 3 people while crossing the valley

Safe: Both legs are on the ground

Half risky: One leg is in the air and the other is on the ground

Full risky: Both legs are in the air

The following table shows the split up of the stages for 3 people while crossing

Inference:

The following can be inferred

Risk sharing: From the above it can be inferred that the risk of crossing have been equally divided among the three while crossing the valley. Thus the risk can be reduced when working in a team.

Common goal: The most important thing while working in a team is that all team members must be more focused towards the goal. Here the goal was to cross the valley and it was achieved successfully.

Problem solving: The use of wooden pole to cross the valley was taken after a thorough discussion among the three and the consensus would have reached after a thorough brainstorming. 

Thus the team work is more potential and result oriented when compared to the individual work.