I have always felt cricket has lot of management aspects to the game, not sure if this is just my perspective but there are quite a few things that i can attribute to the way cricket is played vs lot of things that are needed in management.
So here i go...
When the IPL started off everyone thought Deccan Chargers was a great team and Rajasthan Royals did not have a chance, with 70% of the matches done with Rajasthan Royals are right on the top and Deccan at the bottom.
My management lesson from this is any number of Great individual contributors are not good enough to make a team and that kind of team cannot execute and win (Deccan Chargers). Whereas a very ordinary team if gels well and has an inspirational leader who can get the best out of an individual would make a great team (Rajasthan Royals).
Shane Warne is the major reason for the success of Rajasthan Royals. Gilly is equally great leader but may not be the same in Shane's league. Also, to be fair to Gilly if he was told he will be the captain and gave some time with the team he can definitely be the one who can change his team's fortunes.
Chennai Superkings are also a good example of a great leadership - my favorite - Mahendar Singh Dhoni. I think for any team to win a major tournament you need a great leader and once you have him he can turn around an ordinary looking team to a great one.
3 comments:
he he he...
You stole my words :)
http://sriturl.blogspot.com/2008/05/management.html
Not really...we have been friends for 16 years, maybe random thoughts are crossing paths...i plan to write a detailed cricket management some time soon!
kidding dude....
just promoting my blog, and letting know that I am still kicking around writing something occasionally
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