In this challenge we have studied placements process of students and reasons behind poor placement of students. We have also tried to find solutions for the problems discussed

1. QIMPRO CHAMPIONS
LEAGUE - CHALLENGE 3
Team Name: TresMigos
College Name: Sydenham Institute of
Management Studies, Research &
Entrepreneurship Education

2. CAUSE EFFECT DIAGRAM
Introduction
 Introduced by Prof. Kaoru Ishikawa as a quality control
tool
 Synonyms : Fishbone Diagram, Ishikawa Diagram,
Herringbone Diagram, Fishikawa Diagram
 Usage:
 Quality control tool
 Discover root cause of the problem
 Uncover bottlenecks in processes
 Identify where and why the process is not working

3. POOR PLACEMENT OF STUDENTS
Introduction
 In this challenge we have studied placements process of
students and reasons behind poor placement of students
 We have also tried to find solutions for the problems
discussed
Hypothesis
 This study is restricted to MBA colleges of Maharashtra
state which accepts government common entrance test
scores for admissions

4. Poor Rating of College
Poor Infrastructure
of college
Lack of industry knowledge amongst students
Students unaware about
current industry trends
Lack of reading habits
Lack of proper
guidance by
teachers
Only theoretical
concepts are
taught in lectures
Lack of Industry
experienced
teachers
POOR
PLACEMENT OF
STUDENTS
Ineffective Placement committee
Lack of knowledge
about good company’s
placement process
No efforts taken to
identify good
placements for
students Ambiguity in disclosed details by Comp
Inefficient Networking
Company wants to decide location and profile
after training
Company requirements are dynamically
changing
CAUSE EFFECT DIAGRAM Ineligibility of the
students for the
company processStudents do not satisfy
the eligibility criteria
Low performance
in academics and
extracurricular
Lack of knowledge
amongst students
Poor reading
habits

5. Lack of communication amongst students
Inability to communicate
Low confidence
Wondering what
the others will think
about me
Half knowledge of
the subject being
discussed
Attitude of the students during an interview
Incomplete answers
during interview
Appearing incoherent
or unfocused
Communicates dishonesty
or deception
Negative attitude
Few job vacancies
Profit insecurity of
companies hence
less recruitment
Unstable
economy
Increase in batch size of the students in
CONT. . .
Students are unable to get
through the company
POOR
PLACEMENT OF
STUDENTS
Lack of Knowledge
about the process
No proper training
provided by college
No PSD sessions
arranged by the
college
No extracurricular reading
Improper preparation for
job interview

6. CONT. . .
POOR
PLACEMENT OF
STUDENTS
Lack of knowledge sharing amongst students
Competition for placement amongst
students
Few companies on campus for placement
Companies visiting campus
select very few students

7.  IDENTIFICATION OF ROOT CAUSES
 Lack of Industry experienced teachers
 Students are taught only theoretical concepts
 Lack of proper guidance from teachers about the industry
 Students are unaware of the current industry trends
 Infrastructure fund used for other purposes
 Poor infrastructure of the college
 Lack of proper facilities and amenities to students
 Low rating of the college
 Companies prefer colleges with good rating
 No efforts taken to identify good placements for
students
 Inefficient networking of the Training and Placement committee
 Lack of knowledge about good companies
 Unwillingness of the TP Cell to find good placements for the students

8.  RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS
 Industry experienced teachers
 Recruiting teachers with industry experience
 Arrange sessions for teachers to get acquainted with the current
industry trends
 Arrange guest lectures and conclaves by Industry experts for
students
 Proper use of Infrastructure fund
 Upgrade the facilities and amenities provided to the students with the
upcoming technologies. e.g. 24 Hours wifi in College Campus, E-
Library
 Undertake certain activities to increase the ratings of the college
 Training and Placement Committee
 Provide proper internet facilities to the TP Cell to increase presence
in social media
 Participation of students in the TP Cell activities, this will stimulate

9.  TEAM LEARNING
 Using the Cause Effect diagram the team was able to find
many causes for the problem ‘Poor placement of the
students’
 With the help of Why-Why-Why logic we were able to
discovered the intermediate causes and the root cause of
the problem
 The college should make the students aware of the different
processes and eligibility criteria of the different companies
 College also must take efforts to increase the overall rating
of the college
 The Training & Placement Cell should increase the
networking and take efforts to get companies in the campus

10. THANK YOU