Challenge 5:Best practices

A Presentation on

ANTS(small wonders)

Presented To You By:Presented To You By:The Students Of B-Tech (E.C.)The Students Of B-Tech (E.C.)

22ndnd Year(3rdSemester) Year(3rdSemester)

Banasthali UniversityBanasthali University

- Devanshi Agarwal- Devanshi Agarwal - Sonakshi Goyal- Sonakshi Goyal - Trisha Gera- Trisha Gera

Introduction to Benchmarking for Best Practices

Definition:

• Benchmarking is the process of comparing one's business processes and performance metrics to industry bests or best practices from other companies. Dimensions typically measured are quality, time and cost. In the process of best practice benchmarking, management identifies the best firms in their industry, or in another industry where similar processes exist,

• Also referred to as "best practice benchmarking" or "process benchmarking", this process is used in management and particularly strategic management, in which organizations evaluate various aspects of their processes in relation to best practice companies' processes, usually within a peer group defined for the purposes of comparison. This then allows organizations to develop plans on how to make improvements or adapt specific best practices, usually with the aim of increasing some aspect of performance. Benchmarking may be a one-off event, but is often treated as a continuous process in which organizations continually seek to improve their practices.

Procedure:• The 12 stage methodology consists of:• Select subject• Define the process• Identify potential partners• Identify data sources• Collect data and select partners• Determine the gap• Establish process differences• Target future performance• Communicate• Adjust goal• Implement• Review and recalibrate

Bank of Best Practices resident in Ant Colonies

Lesson 1: Ants are organized!!!

• There are three types of ants in a colony:• Queen• Workers• Male

• Everyone has their own specific job. • Everyone does their job so that a task gets

done more quickly (gathering food)

Lesson 2: Ants share!!

• When one ant finds food, they let the rest of the colony know so that everyone can share it! Ants are never selfish.

Lesson 3: Ants are disciplined…

•They march in line one after another. They move about in order and they never cut the line!

Aren’t ants amazing??

Lesson 4: Ants stay busy…

• Ants always have work to do for the colony. They work all day long!

• Ants are never lazy or refuse to do work.

Lesson 5: Ants never give up!!

• Even when something is hard or gets in the way of them doing their best work, they keep trying until they overcome the obstacle!!

Lesson 6: Ants are FAST!

• Ants might be small, but they sure are fast!

• They always do their best work, but they try to get things done as quickly as they can.

• Often they work together so that they can get more done in a day.

Lesson 7: Ants plan ahead…

• Honey ants work all summer to store enough food for the colony to survive on during the winter. Good planning!

Lesson 8: Ants are hard workers!

• Did you know ants can carry 10 times their body weight!?!?

• Just because something is hard, doesn’t mean an ant will give up… and neither should you!!

Lesson 9: Ants use TEAMWORK!!

• Everything an ant does, is to benefit the colony. Everyone works together!

• They know their job and they get it done!• One might be digging tunnels, another might be gathering

food.. But every job is important and everyone will notice if one ant is not doing their job.

Lesson 10: Ants stick together…

• They take care of each other…• They help each other…• They look out for one another… • Are ants bucket fillers??

Harvested Best Practices that can be adapted for College

• Ants are organizedCollege Workplace can be made more organized by specific distribution of chores of different student bodies and staff.

• Ants shareSharing of knowledge can do wonders and group studies can really help boost up scores

• Ants are disciplinedCollege success depends upon academic discipline

• Ants stay busyA busy college life teaches time management to students to help them deal with a hectic tomorrow.

• Ants never give upIf an ant is headed in one direction, no matter what you do to stop them, they find another way to continue in that direction. They’ll go around, climb over, climb under - they just keep looking for another way. What a great philosophy to have - never quit heading in the direction you have chosen regardless of the obstacles.

• Ants are FASTCollege students can really help their career prospects if they are fast with their assignments and daily lessons too.

• Ants plan aheadThey think Winter all Summer (i.e. they collect food in mid summer).They think Summer all Winter. And so should we.

• Ants are hard workersHardwork?!? The notion speaks for itself.

• Ants use TEAMWORK && Ants stick togetherAnts are always together no matter what,we as college students should stay together specially in the hour of need & show some teamwork.

INNOVATIVE INNOVATIVE PRACTICESPRACTICES

ORGANISATIONORGANISATION

• Beautiful , neat and eco-friendly campus.• Existence of a student council body.• Every department should have its own

club.• Well trained faculty members• IT integrated solutions in labs and

libraries.

PLAN AHEADPLAN AHEAD

• Test and exams should be properly and timely scheduled.

• Vacations and mid-sem breaks should be evenly spaced.

• Extra-curricular and cultural events should be appropriately planned. This helps in time management of students.

• College should provide academic calander to all students.

DISCIPLINEDISCIPLINE

• Priority for value education.• Students must attend practicals,tuorials

etc. as per the time table.• Acts of mis-behaviour,mis-conduct and

indiscipline must not be tolerated.

FASTFAST

• Speedy college administration.• Easy access of books and materials in library.• Correction of semester papers and result

declaration should be fast.• The process of sanctioning of leaves should

be quick.

TEAMWORKTEAMWORK• College’s national ranking depends upon the

collaborated efforts of students and teachers.• Placement ratios are directly proportional to the

teachers attitude towards the placing companies.

• Students performances boast up if group studies are nurtured.

• College events are a success only if we have active participation and teamwork from students and teachers together.

LESSONS LEARNEDLESSONS LEARNED

• Management Lessons can be easily grasped by simply observing ants.

• College administration can be made more robust if we take into consideration the "PLAN AHEAD" philosophy of ants.

• Have a system where workers are not idle, and there is always someone available to do a job when needed.(Note that, even in antcolonies, laziness exists, and the reproductive males do nothing).

• Teamwork is better than individuals working alone, and the whole isworth more than the sum of its parts.

• Ants teach us that knowledge should be shared.

• Student body can boost up their efficiency if they imbibe ants' qualities:

1.Hard Work2.Persistence3.Patience

THANK YOU!!THANK YOU!!