Cause and effect diagram is widely used to know the root cause of any defect. We tried to dig out serious causes behind poor placements. It is presented by Anu Vashisth, Priyanka Bhati, Divya Gupta.

1. Cause and effect diagram –
on poor placements of students

3. Cause and effect diagrams (also called fishbone
diagrams, herringbone diagrams, Ishikawa
diagrams, or Fishikawa) are Causal diagram created
by Kaoru Ishikawa (1968) that show the causes of a
specific event.
Common uses of the Ishikawa diagram are Product
design and quality defect prevention, to identify
potential factors causing an overall effect. Each
cause or reason for imperfection is a source of
variation

4. Cause and Effect diagram was originally developed as
a quality control tool, but you can use the technique
just as well in other ways. You can use it to:
 Discover the root cause of a problem.
 Uncover bottlenecks in your processes.
 Identify where and why a process isn't
working

5. Causes in a cause & effect diagram are frequently
arranged into four major categories. While these
categories can be anything, you will often see:
 manpower, methods, materials, and machinery
(recommended for manufacturing)
 equipment, policies, procedures, and people
(recommended for administration and service)

6. Diagram

9.  We are still using the old education system which
we were using years ago.
 We are not yet updated with the new technologies
and methods.(For eg. We are using VB 6.0 instead
of the new versions of VB.)
 That’s the main reason that we are lagging behind
other countries.(For eg. China , Japan, Singapore.)

10.  Our quality of education is not up to the mark as
compared to other countries.
 No. of institutes are increasing whereas the quality of
education is degrading, there are only a few institutes
providing qualitative education.
 Our teaching pattern focuses basically on theoretical
knowledge that’s why students are lacking practical
skills.
 Teachers are not well qualified, skilled and
experienced in most of the institutes.

11.  Our education system gives importance only to
domain expertise and ignore soft skills.
 Very few students have knowledge of soft skills
and know its importance.
 Lack of soft skills is making students educated
unemployed.
 Very few institutes provide life skills training and
there are also less number of life skills trainers
available.

12.  In India most, of students follow rat race and remain
unaware or ignored about their interest area.
 Very few students have knowledge of vast range of
career options , most of the students rely on three or
four career options.
 In a very few institutes vocational counseling is
available to help students.
 Skilled vocational counselors available are also few in
numbers.

14.  By upgrading education system , we can solve most of
the problems related to poor placements.
 By adopting world class approach.
 By improving quality of education i. e. fair balance
between theoretical and practical knowledge.
 Use of upgraded technologies and methods.

15.  Along with the domain expertise we need to give life skills’
training in school as well as in college.
 According to a study in Stanford University the most
successful graduates give only 12.5% credit to their domain
expertise and 87.5% credit to their soft skills.
 We need to hire well qualified life skill trainers.
 Timely workshops should be organized on the life skill.

16.  Use of upgraded technologies for improving
knowledge regarding career options.
 Vocational counseling should be started from the
school level.
 Parents should be made aware about the various
career opportunities.
 Students must choose their career option with their
own decision with their free will according to their
interest area.

18.  We come to realize that what are the things that we should
avoid and importance of the small mistakes we usually
commit.
 We came to know that a qualitative education system can
boost our career opportunities.
 we understand the importance of soft skills in our
education and day to day life.
 one should choose their career options after critical
thinking and according to one’s interest.

19.  We got to know about the cause and effect diagram , its
importance and its uses. It helped us to know the basic
or root causes of our big major problem
 By thinking so deep about this topic gives us an insight
to improve our own perception regarding the causes
and their effect regarding less campus selection of
students.
 It helped us to improve our own performance. We
should not make job our goal but a medium to unleash
our potential in our passionate field.

20. SUBMITTED BY
ANU VASHISTH
PRIYANKA BHATI
DIVYA GUPTA
BANASTHALI UNIVERSITY