SOPAL

SOPAL R A P I D
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SOPAL = Self Organized Peer Assessment & Learning
A method of recruiting Design Engineers & MBA interns

From

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur & Vinod Gupta School of
Management (VGSOM)

For

Manufacturing Companies

© Rapidinnovation™

Why? … next 15 years – gazing thru R A P I D
the crystal ball… INNOVATION


Knowledge in Complex Environment R A P I D
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Selecting the right person is crucial R A P I D
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Executives believe that
employees’
ability to communicate, to solve
problems and to lead will be more
important to their organisations’
future success than functional
and technical capabilities.


Right interactions produces results R A P I D
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A lack of people with the requisite
interpersonal skills (interactions) is seen as
the biggest single barrier to improved
collaboration...


Gaining Knowledge in a complex R A P I D
environment is key… INNOVATION

...a large majority of executives expect the
proportion of employees in complex
knowledge-based roles to increase over the
next 15 years.


It would all be about Human Touch… R A P I D
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Criteria.. R A P I D
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What are to be assessed?

1.Originality
2.Ability to think on one’s feet
3.Problem Solving Skills
4.Quality of Interactions with peers
5.Lateral Thinking
6.Attention
7.Concentration
8.Quick Learning ability
9.Ability to retain, organise and apply information in a complex
environment
10.Clarity of thought
11.Ability to abstract complex thought into 140 characters or fewer
12.High cognitive abilities” .


Basis: R A P I D
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Basis

1.CGPA score is not a bar to enter the challenge (both MBA &
Engineers)
2.For MBA  40 participants took up the challenge
3.For Designers (Mechanical, Manufacturing & Industrial Enggrs)  85
took up the challenge
4.The Assessment was in 2 parts  a) Written b) Interactions over
Twitter
5.Written assessment  3 hours duration
6.Assessment over Twitter Interactions  2 days each for MBA &
Engineers


Design of the Game for MBA interns.. R A P I D
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The Design of the Game for MBA interns

1.Form groups of 10 each. (in this case 4 groups were formed)
2.Each person in the group writes a question in one A4 sheet that can’t
be directly googled. (Internet has answers but no questions)
3.Every person in the group answers questions of others (9 questions)
4.The person who asked Q1 assesses all the answers to Q1 (9 answers) &
so on…and marks each on a 10 point scale.
5. Then each person collects the assessment of his/her answers & adds
up the total and converts into a % .
6.The assessments are then scrutinized by facilitators for accuracy &
fairness.
7.Meanwhile each participant tweets about his/her question along with
his/her understanding.
8.Tweeps across the world interacts and the participant responds
9.Tweeps assess the participants for their attention, clarity
cognitive skills
10.Assessments are then collated to arrive at the final selection


Design of the Game for Engineering R A P I D
Design interns.. INNOVATION

The Design of the Game for Engineering Design interns

1.Each take up a problem of his/her choice
2.Each identify the problems from users’ perspective
3.Each identify the constraints in the existing design
4.Each come up with solutions to overcome the identified constraints.
The solutions must be minimally invasive but good enough to work to
give on-going benefits
5.Then designs are submitted for assessment by designers
6.Participants tweet about their design, problems from user perspective,
identified constraints and their minimally invasive solutions to
overcome constraints.
7.They then interact with a world wide group for 2 days to defend,
modify, alter their designs and learn more about it. They also interact
among themselves.
8.Final assessment is done based on their submissions & quality of
interactions & degree of openness on Twitter
9.Assessments are then collated to arrive at the final selection


Why Twitter interactions? R A P I D
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“To really engage with Twitter (through interactions) requires lateral
thinking and attention. It’s an ever-changing, information sharing platform
and does require a greater degree of attention, concentration and the ability
to retain, organise and apply information And to drill down
a complex thought into 140 characters or fewer requires problem solving
skills and clarity of thought,” she said. Plus those who can effectively use
Twitter had the “highest cognitive abilities” .

Source: http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/smart-twitter-users_b30041


The guidelines for SOPAL R A P I D
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The guidelines… R A P I D
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MBA interns exchanging their R A P I D
Questions INNOVATION


The Written Work – R A P I D
Answers/Solutions INNOVATION


Assessment for accuracy & fairness R A P I D
of peer assessment by Facilitators for
Design Interns INNOVATION


Assessment for accuracy & fairness R A P I D
of Peer Assessment by Facilitators for
MBA interns INNOVATION


Tweeting in progress… R A P I D
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#ddinternit (Designers) & #ddintern R A P I D
(MBA interns) INNOVATION


#ddinternit & #ddintern R A P I D
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Tweets of one challenger… (example) R A P I D
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Tweets of one challenger…. (example) R A P I D
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Example of interactions.. R A P I D
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Example of interactions on Twitter.. R A P I D
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Responses to Twitter interactions… R A P I D
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Clarifying points thru pics on Twitter R A P I D
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Clarifying the design basis through R A P I D
Twitter… INNOVATION


Outcome… R A P I D
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1. Finally, 4 MBA interns
were selected out of
40 challengers
2. And 14 Design
interns were selected
out of 85 challengers


R A P I D
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Thank You


SOPAL

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