CASE: Customer and Waiter : A Dialogue
2. You are asked to help the customer to design an
effective return response for the
customer on the lines of Seven habits of Highly Effective People framework.
Customer response to the waiter : ( . . . . ? )
CASE: Customer and waiter .
Q. No. 7. Here is a narrative drawn from the life of J C
Bose. Read the narrative and respond to the question at the end.
Having graduated
from Cambridge, J C Bose returned to India with a letter of recommendation from
his professor to the victory. This letter smoothed his path into the Indian
educational service and he was appointed professor of physics at presidency
collage in Calcutta. His appointment was not the blessing it seemed, for it
involved Bose in three-year struggle with authority. An Indian in those days of
colonial rule, normally received two-thirds of the salary paid to a European
professor but since Bose’s be paid only half rate for a European’s Bose was not
the man to take this lying down and accept racial discrimination of this kind.
Bose for three years refused to touch any part of his salary, insisting that was entitled to the same reward as a European. It was for him more than a question of his own self respect. Scientists have a habit of regarding the earth as one planet, and human beings as one species. Bose would consider no compromise, maintaining that the laborer was worthy of his hire irrespective of race or creed. The victory, in the end, was he.
Discuss the above narrative through the framework of Seven Habits .
CASE : Gandhi and his Teacher
“ There is an
incident which occurred at the examination during my first year at the high
school and which is worth recording. Mr Giles, the Educational Inspector, had
come on a visit of the inspection. He had set us five words to write as a
spelling exercise. One of the words was ‘Kettle’. I had mis-spelt it. The
teacher tried to prompt me with the point of his boot, but I would not be prompted’. It was beyond me to
see that he wanted me to copy the spelling from my neighbor’s slate for I had
thought that the teacher was there to supervise us against copying “ . ( Source -
Gandhiji Autobiography, P. 6 )
CASE : Gandhi and Churchil
Here is a
dialogue between Gandhi and Churchill.
Churchill, the Prime
Minister of Great Britain during World War II, was aghast that Gandhi expected
the British to simply pack up and leave India after the war. On November 10,
1942, Churchill made his famous statement on maintaining the British Empire. "I have not become the King's First
Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire."
In addition, Churchill vowed to "crush the naked fakir."
Gandhi replied: “ You are reported to have the desire to crush the "naked fakir," as you are said to have described me. I have been long trying to be a fakir and that, naked -- a more difficult task. I therefore regard the expression as a compliment, though unintended. I approach you then as such, and ask you to trust and use me for the sake of your people and mine and through them those of the world. Your sincere friend – M K Gandhi."
Gandhi replied: “ You are reported to have the desire to crush the "naked fakir," as you are said to have described me. I have been long trying to be a fakir and that, naked -- a more difficult task. I therefore regard the expression as a compliment, though unintended. I approach you then as such, and ask you to trust and use me for the sake of your people and mine and through them those of the world. Your sincere friend – M K Gandhi."
Analyze and discuss Effective Leadership with the help of
Gandhiji’s response. Mention at least
Five leadership learning’s for you…
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