Poor placement of

students

Depicted using Cause-Effect Diagram

What is cause-effect diagram?

It is a tool that helps identify, sort, and display possible causes of a specific problem.

It was created by Kaoru Ishikawa in 1968.

The Cause-effect diagram is also called:

Fishbone Diagram-because of the way it looks

Ishikawa Diagram for the inventor, Dr. Kaoru Ishikawa.

Problem/Desired

Improvement

Main Category

Cause

Root Cause

When should Cause-Effect diagram be used?

It can be used by a team working on a problem to:-

Identify the root cause along with the basic reasons for the problem.

Sort out and relate some of the interactions among the factors affecting a particular process.

Analyze the problem so that action can be taken for its solution.

Lessen the probability of the occurrence of causes again.

Why Should Cause-Effect Diagram be used?

Helps determine the root causes of a problem.

Utilizes group knowledge of the process while creation.

Uses an orderly, easy-to-read format to diagram the problem/effect.

Increases knowledge of the process by its structured, pictorial display of the list of causes.

Identifies areas where data should be collected for further study.

Indicates possible causes of variation in a process.

Decide the Effect to be examined. Write the effect in the box and join a horizontal spine to it.

Identify the main causes contributing to the effect. Branches from the spine are used to mark them.

At the top of the branch, write the main cause.

Identify causes for each main cause, i.e., treat main cause as the effect. Sub-causes are represented as sub-branch of the major branch.

Identify increasingly more detailed levels of causes by using why-why logic. Continue organizing them under related causes or categories by sub-

branches

How do we develop a Cause-Effect Diagram?

Poor placement of students explained using fishbone diagram

Poor placement

CollegeLarge batch size

Unavailability of students

Competition among colleges

Poor guidance

Education

Poor interpersonal skills

Low grades

Average teacher

Poor communication

Poor programming skills

College-corporate relation

Low information about corporate

Declination of MNCs’ interest

Non-supportive placement cell

Non-supportive administration

Student

Wrong path selected

Lack of seriousness

Desire to pursue higher education

Unwillingness

Desire to work abroad

Higher pay

High growth rate

Company

No fix date to visitFew core

companies

No security

Average package

Root Causes

The basic root causes for poor placement are

High jump in batch size.

Poor impersonal skill.

Poor Management.

These can be solved by following few methods.

Some of the solutions that could be followed are stated in following slides.

Limited students should be admitted.

Intake of deserving students should be done.

Batch size should be decided according to the availability of seats.

Number of students should be maintained as such the college can provide good teachers, lab facility and quality education.

Incase of large strength, administration should provide proper educational facilities and should bear the responsibility for recruitment of the students.

Providing personality development classes to students.

Interactive sessions should be held to educate students

regarding placements.

Students should take part in extra curricular activities

which helps to boost their confidence.

Social and general awareness can be gained by reading

newspapers and watching news.

Students should work on their facial expressions, postures ,

speaking skills and gestures to improve their personalities.

Pre-planning, of the companies to be invited should be

done.

Healthy relations between college and corporate world

should be maintained.

Time to time guidance to students should be provided.

Suggestions from students should be considered.

Proper placement cell should be maintained.

From this we learned…

The Cause-Effect Diagram is a quality control tool, we can use it clarify various problems and causes.

Through Cause-Effect analysis we are able to discover the root cause of the poor placement of student.

Through this we are able to identify the main problem related to student, problem faced by the student ,why the corporate world shows less inclination towards some college and the role of management in placement and we are also able to find the solution of the above given problem.

Through this activity we have learned to use and understand Cause-Effect Diagram and how to indicate possible cause of variation.