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Summary: Popular Problem Solving Techniques

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4 Popular Problem Solving Techniques, in Management

How many times have you encountered a self driven, smooth running machine which can perform well, endlessly? Well, let us spare you the agony of mulling over that question. The answer is never. The idea of perpetual motion may sound good for sci-fi plots but in actuality it is quite untenable. No equipment, no tool, no team and no project can be assured to have endless success, and momentum, sans any form of hiccup. Problems are an unavoidable part of any work place and are those that make our jobs challenging. However, solving, or even attempting to solve, those problems, can make you a much more capable worker than the one who cruises through easy tasks, avoiding problems at all costs. …show more content…

As a part of that very job description, and the accompanying hefty salary, they are required to assist their teams out of the occasional puddle of setbacks.

And that is exactly why problem solving requires techniques to make the attempts fruitful. So if your usual technique is to pull your hair out and wail at the top of your voice, you might need to acquaint yourself with some proven, and well established, ways to deal with problems.
Here, in this article, we will talk about the various ways to approach a thorn in your management vision, to lead your team towards success.
The first step, no matter what you do is to define your problem.
What is the problem statement?
Once that is agreed upon, the stage is set to peel away the layers to get to its root cause.

Problem Solving Techniques to help managers solve issues

5 Whys
To imagine how this works, think of a toddler with a curious mind.
Don't put that bag in your mouth
Why?
'Coz it is bad for you
Why?
'Coz it is made of plastic
Why?
'Coz plastic makes it easy to carry things
Why?
'Coz plastic doesn't degrade
Why?
'Coz it is unnatural and oh well, an environmental …show more content…

Also known as Ishikawa diagrams, after Kaoru Ishikawa, a pioneer in quality control management, it lets you define a problem with a straight line and then branch out the possible factors involved in the problem, on either side. The image looks like the carcass of a fish, thus giving it its more popular name, Fishbone diagrams. Having recognized the factors, you can then further branch into the various causes that could influence each individual factor.
It is not always easy to recognize the factors that can influence the birth of a problem. But once you are aware of the actual problem, say a manufacturing issue, you can begin to look at all that can contribute to it. The clients, the people involved in the process, the process itself, or the environmental limitations beyond everyone's control. With all the factors chalked out, you can have a way more structural issue to analyze. Much better than blindly beating about the bush.

Root Cause

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