5 Best Practices

By Niharika Pande

Zhilmil GuptaBanasthali Vidyapith

Rajasthan

What are best practices

A best practice is a technique or methodology that, through experience and research, has been proven to reliably lead to a desired result.

What is benchmarking??

HISTORY Before more recent technology was invented,

surveyors would chisel a horizontal mark in a permanent structure, like the one below, where a tool could be placed in the indention to help create a bench mark with a level rod, helping them and future craftsmen to have a point of reference for building.

But companies use benchmarking as a point of reference as well. But instead of having physical benchmarks carved in stone, they use benchmark reports as a way to compare themselves to others in the industry

Definition

Benchmarking is the practice of a business comparing key metrics of their operations to other similar companies.We can think of benchmark report as a dashboard on a car. It is a place you can quickly determine the health of the business. Much like a dashboard (where you can check your speed, gas level, temperature), a benchmark report can examine things like revenue, expenses, production amounts, employee productivity, etc. Benchmarking occurs across all types of companies (including private, public, non-profit, for-profit) as well as industries (e.g. technology, education, manufacturing). Many companies have positions or offices in the company that are in charge of benchmarking. Some of the positions include: Institutional researcher Information officer Data Analyst Consultant

BEST PRACTICES IN VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS

ANTSAnts are known for their discipline, other best practices include the following

A – Assiduous: Ants have an innate industriousness. Their entire life, which can range up to 7 years, is spent working. Ants can lift 20 times their own body weight. Always on the move, the legs of ants are very strong enabling them to run very quickly.

N – Neat, extremely organized planners: Ants plan for the future. They gather food, bring it back to the nest, and use it for daily meals and for winter storage.

T – Team players: Ants work in teams to move extremely heavy things and capture prey. They work collectively towards a singular goal and can mobilize extra workers when an abundant food source is discovered or the colony is in need of defense.

S – Sharing: As a species, much of the success of ants is due to task sharing and cooperation. The abdomen of the ant contains 2 stomachs: 1 for its own food and a second to be shared with other ants. If a worker ant finds a good food source, it leaves a scented trail so that other ants in the colony can locate the food.

INDIAN ARMY

Army is the best example of discipline. They practice discipline on daily basis.

Professionalism Unity Team Work Quick Response

They believe:-"High Quality Starts With the Customer"

They "Ask 'why' five times about every matter."

 Spirit of Being Studious and Creative" has been deeply embedded in the Toyota Way in all areas of operations.

Maintain quality

Pizza Hut

Mission P.E.A.R.LP-PassionE-Execute with positive energyA-Accountable for growth in customer satisfaction and profitability.R-Recognizing the achievements of others and have fun doing it.L-Listen and more importantly respond to customer’s voice ,request and feedbacks.

Five best practices in our college... The ‘Panchmukhi Shiksha’ i.e. Five-fold

education which has evolved from experimentation, attempts a balance among the five necessary aspects of education: Physical, Practical, Aesthetic, Moral and Intellectual.

The Intramural programmes consists of all the sports and fitness activities carried on inside the campus of routine.

The Mass demonstrations of skills such as sword fighting, yogasanas, javelin etc are performed.

The Banasthali Seva Dal has been introduced in the university to train the students in March past, Ceremonial Parade and Rifle Shooting. It runs the Girl Guide Programme.

Flying has been a part of Banasthali’s learning programme. The flying club (BVGFC) has its renewal of approval from DGCA for imparting flying training up to CPL and Instructor level.

Practices Recommended for College

Placement cell to build cordial relations with the leading companies so as to increase placements.

Soft skill subject to be introduced so as to make students familiar to the outer world culture.

Update syllabus so as to let students have a better understanding of the current scenario.

Emphasis on problem solving rather than rot learning.

Research and Development Centre to be opened to motivate researchers.

Guest lectures from people who can moralize and motivate students.

Making knowledge a judgment criteria rather than grades.

LESSON LEARNT

• Concept of Best Practices• Concept of Benchmarking• Importance of benchmarking• Finding of loop holes in organizations

and removing them.• Introducing best practices in

organization looking at best practices followed in other orgs to improve quality of the products

• These help achieving efficiency and becoming the best among the competitors.