Assignment 1

Of
Organizational Behavior and leadership

Submitted By:
Bishop Panta
MBAe 4th Trimester
Section: B

Submitted To:
Mr. Madan L. Pradhan
Have I Understood The Terminologies?

Questions:

1. How about if you pay someone to change the tire? Are you being efficient and effective?

Ans:If I pay someone to change the tire I may be efficient, effective or both. Effectiveness, by
simple definition, is doing the right thing and efficiency is maximizing output by minimum
waste of resources. If I pay someone for changing the tire who takes a full hour I am being
effective but not efficient because it usually takes few minutes. Similarly, if I pay someone to
change a tire, and he takes a tire, start to wash, polish the rim, clean, inspections.etc, then I am
being effective, because, those steps are not needed in changing a tire. Finally If I pay someone
to change a tire, and he/she takes a tire and changes quickly and in the right manner I am being
effective and efficient .

2. An efficient person/process needs not to be effective every time, but to be effective you
should be efficient in execution of process! What do you think?

Ans:The two words effective and efficiency both have its distinctive meaning. The above
statement An Efficient person/process needs not to be effective every time. is true because if
we take into consideration the example of Bhagirath, who cleaned the tire neatly which was not
major process on changing the flat tire describes that every efficient person needs not to be
effective every time. HE knew the way but was not effective.Similarly; the second portion of the
statement is the one I do not agree with. We all should try to be efficient and effective. It
necessarily doesnt mean that to be effective you should be efficient in execution of process
Again considering the example of Ramesh, who wasted a lot of time but finally managed to
change the tire, you can be effective without being efficient. In conclusion, the stamen above is
partially correct

Some individuals today have the title of project leader. They manage projects of various
size and duration and must coordinate the talents of many people to accomplish their goals,
but none of the workers on their projects report directly to them. Can these project leaders
really be considered managers if they have no employees over whom they have direct
authority? Discuss

Ans: I personally believe is that you really dont need to have any authority to be a leader. It
usually isnt possible for a single person to manage projects of various size and duration. A key
skill relevant to leaders at all levels is the ability to positively influence peoples in such a way
those others follow and act willingly as opposed to complying because of the authority factor.
So managers are leader where they must manage more indirectly.

In many cases, where direct report structures differ, this might even be the primary way things
get done. As managers move up, they do more planning and less direct overseeing of others. The
amount of time managers give to each activity is not necessarily constant. The content of the
managerial activities changes with the managers level. So I agree that even if a person doesnt
have a direct authority he cant be called a leader.