I watched URI: The Surgical Strike on the first day, yesterday. It was worth it. I came back feeling proud of being an Indian.
As a customer, I feel it was a full value entertainment for the money. In fact, much more.
As an Indian, I feel proud of my army and my government who take bold decisions and execute them to ensure national security.
As a student of management, I learnt few things, too. Here they are:
Great projects are well coordinated
The entire operation is an excellent example of brilliant project management. How is a mission thought of, how is it planned, how is it prepared for, how is it executed and monitored – everything is well planned, coordinated, executed and monitored.
Teams achieve more
The mission to give a fitting reply to Pakistan is visualized and executed as a team. Everywhere in the film, there are teams for various activities. There is camaraderie visible at different levels throughout the film. The top leaders work as a leadership team. The officers are a well-coordinated team. The soldiers on the ground are a confident team determined to win on a mission. And, these teams are what made the mission successful.
The leader takes all together
The PM in the film listens to everybody, takes everyone’s counsel and then decides. He is decisive, responsible and watchful. He acts with the full responsibility of his entire team. He pays attention to the smallest details for his team and makes sure that the concerns of his team members are taken care of. Also, he does not sleep till the mission is accomplished. He keeps himself updated throughout.
Right person for the right job
The PM gives the responsibility of the project to his trusted officer, who executes that responsibility fully. The officer in charge in turn assigns the responsibility two a two member team who are told to choose their teams. The chief commander also gives responsibility to four different team leaders below. Everyone has a role to play which is most suitable to his or her ability and experience.
Emotions motivate the team
The chief commander assembles the team keeping in mind the anger brewing in the attacked battalion. He channelizes the emotion of anger for the right purpose. Periodically, he keeps on checking the “Josh” level of the team and energizes them to remain alert, vigilant and in fighting mode.
Don’t let failure stop you
If there is a roadblock, don’t change your goal. Change your approach. One team in the film faces a retaliating opposition from the enemy. They don’t retreat. They change their path. And still accomplish whatever they set out to.
Celebrate success
After the mission is accomplished, the whole team celebrates in a group dinner. It is a team celebration. A well-earned one by all.
Communication
The film is an excellent communication in many ways. The director and actors communicate to entertain. The mission in the film is about replying to an enemy in the same language it understands. But overall, it is a communication to a nation to make it aware of the mission, which they should know and be proud of. Without such communication, the nation may have to depend upon the false, opportunistic and biased presentation of the great mission by the hapless opposition, who think they have to oppose everything; bad or good.
Those who don’t understand words, have to be shown images. The communication has to be made. The film does that brilliantly.
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