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Now for the Techniques of Problem solving...

Look out for these errors in problem definition and try to correct them using the following techniques.Techniques for Problem Restatement:

1. paraphrase: Restate the problem using different words without loosing the original meaning statement : How can we limit congestion on roads?
Paraphrase : "How can we keep road congestion from growing?"

2. 180 degrees : Turn the problem on its head statement : How can we get employees to come to company picnic?180 degrees : "How can we discourage employees from attending the picnic?"
Here answer to 180 degrees would be that picnic is scheduled at time when employees will be at church or are engaged in important personal activities. If so, then scheduling around those activities would be one way to get the employees to come to picnic.

3. Broaden the focus : Restate the problem in a larger contesting Statement : Should I change jobs?Broaden focus : "How do I achieve job security?"

4. Redirect the focus : Change the focus Statement : How can we boost sales?Redirected focus : How can we cut costs?

5. Ask "why": Ask "why" of the initial problem statement. Then formulate a new problem statement based on the answer. Then ask "why" again, and again restate the problem.

And finally, always remember that each problem situation has many participants. The "Problem Definition" is different for each participant. So always list down the problem taking into account each stockholders view separately.

Problem Solving...

• The starting point of every problem is the problem itself i.e. the way the problem is expressed. The Problem Statement. And, believe me, this is the most crucial part in solving any problem. A well stated problem could easily guide to an optimal solution while a poorly stated problem could lead you astray with no hope of return. So work on "Problem Restatement".Here is a story that tells the importance of "Problem Statement".
  
  A person had a water bed in his bedroom. One day as he woke up he found a puddle of water on his bed. He got a cello-tape from the drawer and started searching for the leak. He turned the bed upside down, looked carefully at the edges but could not locate the leak. Sensing that the light and the space was not adequate in his bedroom he decided to take the bed outside and continue his search. While lunging the bed outside he slipped, and the bed came down the stairs and hitting something pointed and tore near the edge. As this bed was useless he got a new one. But the next morning he found the same puddle. Then he realized that the leak was not because of the bed. On further research he found that the bathroom upstairs was leaking
  
  Here the mistake our protagonist did was to define the problem incorrectly. His problem statement was "How do I fix the leak?" Had he reworded, or rethought, his problem and said, "What's the source of water on my bed?" his approach, probably, would have been different. Mind you, a simple problem statement can work wonders looking into techniques of "Problem Restatement" lets look at the pitfalls in problem definition.
  1. No focus--definition too vague or broad.
  2. Focus is misdirected--definition is too narrow.
  3. Statement is assumption driven.
  4. Statement is solution driven.

Lets look and the solutions in the next post.....

Come join the Bangalore Marathon.......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lipton's Bangalore International Marathon Run on May 15Sports event managers Crossover and I-Congo (Indian Confederation of NGOs) have roped in Hindustan Lever's Lipton, Dell, Titan, Ten Sports, Radio City Bangalore, the Karnataka Government, Karnataka Athletics Association (KAA) and Hotel Royal Orchid for the first ever International Marathon to be held in India’s Silicon and Garden City-Bangalore on 15 May.

The entire marathon would be held to promote philanthropy for social justice and social giving for one’s favourite cause through I-CONGO. I-Congo is a first of it kind national collective of over 155 credible, transparent and accountable NGOs working on social causes nationally like child rights and education, community welfare, environment, wildlife and animal rights including stray dogs, cancer patients, disability and various causes.
Encapsulating the highest standards of sportsmanship, grit and resilience, the event is geared up to see participation from Bangaloreans and several national and international marathon runners.
The entire Marathon covering 42.195 kms, the 21.1 kms semi-Marathon and the seven km Celebration Run would be the options available for the expected 30,000 plus participants to the event.
A registration fee is expected to garner around Rs 4.5 million at Rs 150 per person, while around 1000 NGOs are expected to bring in at least Rs 15000 each from sponsors to total Rs 15 million.
The complete event would cost around Rs 30 million. The prize money would be Rs 1 million this year, however Crossover head sale and marketing Darshan M is confident the success of the event would definitely call for a higher amount during the next edition of the race, which is likely to be an annual event.
Lipton is the presenting sponsor, Dell the associate sponsor, supported by the Government of Karnataka and the event will be held under the aegis of the KAA. Hotel Royal Orchid are the official hosts, Titan the official timers, and Ten Sports and Radio City Bangalore the official Media Partners.
Live reports will be broadcast on Radio City Bangalore and the event is likely to be telecast a week later on Ten Sports.
Lipton general manager P Krishnamurthy who has been a participant as a runner in the Marathons held elsewhere in India, said, "Lipton stands for natural vitality. A marathon also symbolizes vitality, as demonstrated in the spirit, grit and resilience of a runner; it is therefore befitting that Lipton associate with the event. Today’s hectic lifestyle leaves little space for people to take time out for good things-to is with themselves/the outdoors/nature, to connect with the world around them. The marathon is a good opportunity to do this, and running in particular helps people feel good, look good and get more out of life, which in essence reflects the Unilever mission. Lipton is proud to bring the event to the city."
To make the event truly international, and to hold it as per global standards, Bob Braid, an international class rated measurer who also measures for events such as the Olympics would be inspecting and ratifying the race route as per international standards. Athletes from Kenya, Ethiopia, Bangladesh and Pakistan are likely to participate in the marathon, as are a number of celebrities from all walks of life.

Am definetly running the marathon......

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True destiny........................

I sometimes find I'm drifting
Through this life without effect;
I often wonder if I'm truly
Worth what I've been blessed.

I search through days that have been hard,
To try to understand,
The many trials that I have known,
The life that I have had.

You see me in my daily grind,
So confident and strong;
Yet when I am alone, I question
Just where I belong.

I often try too hard I find,
To analyze and guess,
To scrutinize, investigate
My life I will confess.

For somewhere deeper, there must be
Some meaning to this life,
Some way to make a difference,
Give a reason for this strife.

Is there some hidden meaning?
Some agenda to be found?
A greater purpose waiting
If I care to hang around?

It teases and it taunts me,
Always slightly out of sight;
A hazy vision out of reach,
Where darkness hides the light.

I struggle to bring clarity
To what awaits me there,
And yet this weak illusion
Always fades before my stare.

It seems the harder that I try,
To focus through the haze,
Just serves to add more questions,
Through my endless, tired gaze.

Perhaps I'm trying just too hard,
To understand it all,
For can we ever truly know
Just what we have in store?

Each incident, each moment passed,
Just adds upon the next,
But in the end, will I find truth ...
Or will I be perplexed?

Perhaps I make it harder
Than it has to be sometimes,
But will my searching bring to me
My meaning over time?

Or will it leave me broken,
And confused as I feel now,
While questions bring no solitude,
To this, my wrinkled brow.