Grid Manager..

in which i have to present the topic this thursday for my psychology subject..(im being psycho till the end), let me just brief what is really this managerial grid.

The background details of the grid is much too boring..so lets move on to the next part..

[Start]
What is really the managerial grid? Why is it famous among the managements in various kind of organizations?

This managerial grid was proposed by 2 economist, Robert Blake and Mouton in the 1960's to get a relationship between the success of an organization with the people who are related to the organization. They come up with the grid as below

The grid clearly depicts that the concern for production increases as it go along the abscissa and similarly for the concern for people which increase as the ordinate increases.

According to most people, well from most books and websites, they agreed that the (9,9) coordinate on the grid is the best type of management in all organizations. The concerns of the manager or leader is high in both people and production. The decision was done based on theory Y where people tends to work better if they are motivated by the knowledge of the company goals and objective.

How does this relate to our lives?

We are the organizations (being muslim could be think of as an organization) in our case.

There's no doubt that we should follow closely how our beloved prophet (saw) lived his life, nonetheless, in my opinion, the grid could certainly be a measure for us on what stand we're on now.

The abscissa line or the x-axis horizontal line, should be slightly change to the concern for the production (our production towards The All Mighty,Allah). And the ordinate or the vertical axis is our concerns to the welfare of the people on the ground we're currently able to stand on (alhamdulillah).

So, with this new grid, the muslim grid, certainly the best position is the (9,9) coordinate in which the production or ibadah towards Allah is to the maximum one can attain (different people has different capabilities), and the concerns towards the society state is also high. [jiwa yang sensitif tetapi kuat ;) ]

Now, plot ourself on the grid, which point on the grid are we standing today. What is our next point aim on the grid? Are we going to have a non-consistent graph throughout our life? Are we going to have a negative slope graph? are do we want to have a positive curve directing towards the (9,9) position and consistently to be there? We surely want the latter than the former (i hope we all do).

Yeah, thats true, no matter where we stand, the sincerity of the heart is what important. But it will surely be better if the sincerity in doing it + being on the grid (9,9). Its a plus..

So, everyday or night, we should reflect ourself what position were we today.
"Did I improve my position on this grid, or did i fall terribly from yesterday?
What can i do to boost my position towards my aim?
What make my position drop from yesterday? ...etc"
These are the questions one should ask oneself each day. (muhasabah diri)

A reminder to myself(me) and others as well which certainly often forgot what is the purpose of our life here when the world mount us and force us to submerge to the deepest of the sea.