Lab Session 03

1. Objective
To understand and construct the management and facility planning tools: inter-relationship diagram and
tree diagram on ““Laboratory design in enhancing Outcome Based Learning

Apparatus

 Personal Computers
 Installed Real Time Board software
 Internet Services

2. Theory:
1. Facility Layout and Design

Facility layout and design is an important component of a business's overall operations, both in
terms of maximizing the effectiveness of the production process and meeting the needs of
employees. The basic objective of layout is to ensure a smooth flow of work, material, and
information through a system. The basic meaning of facility is the space in which a business's
activities take place. The layout and design of that space impact greatly how the work is done—
the flow of work, materials, and information through the system. The key to good facility layout
and design is the integration of the needs of people (personnel and customers), materials (raw,
finishes, and in process), and machinery in such a way that they create a single, well-functioning
system.

2. Interrelationship Diagram (ID):

This tool displays all the interrelated cause-and-effect relationships and factors
involved in a complex problem and describes desired outcomes. The process of
creating an interrelationship diagram helps a group analyze the natural links
between different aspects of a complex situation.

3. Tree Diagram:

This tool is used to break down broad categories into finer and finer levels of
detail. It can map levels of details of tasks that are required to accomplish a
goal or solution or task. Developing a tree diagram directs concentration from
generalities to specifics.
3. Procedure:
STEP 1:

To start the work, it is essential to have the good knowledge of how to make the inter-relationship
diagram and the tree diagram.

STEP 2:

Open the Real time board software.

STEP 3:

Log in with your personal account open the previous board made in the lab session 2.

STEP 4:

Construct a new frame on the same board keeping the suitable size.

STEP 5:

Invite your friends, those who were invited in the previous session.

STEP 6:

Do the collaboration with your friends and help them to understand how to construct the inter-
relationship diagram.

STEP 7:

Once all the members of the board are aware with the making of the required diagram, have a detailed
look on the raw ideas made in the previous lab session first.

STEP 8:

After viewing the data, start making the inter-relationship diagram and continue the relationship
between different ideas and steps involved in it. It is constructed with the main headings and the other
sub-headings or other content showing the relationship of them. The content of the data entered for
one heading may be inter-connected to any other category which is basically the purpose of inter-
relationship diagram.

For the example case, the raw ideas generated in lab session 1 regarding the “Objective Based
Education” have been divided into five categories including:
a) Room Layout
b) Environment and Facilities
c) Class Culture
d) Teaching Methodology and Material
e) Management
Specifically for Lab session case, the raw ideas generated in lab session 1 regarding the “Laboratory
Design in enhancing Outcome Based Learning Objectives” have been divided into five categories
including:

1. Laboratory Layout
2. Laboratory environment
3. Laboratory facilities
4. Laboratory list of experiments
5. Laboratory Management

For each of the category, the data has been sub-divided with the arrows representation and if any raw
idea has any connection with the other category, then it has been inter-linked with that category too
which is showing the inter-relationship of the data.

STEP 9:

The inter-relationship diagram is given by:

STEP 10:

The second step is to make the tree diagram of the ideas generated in the lab session 1.

STEP 11:

For this, construct a new frame on the same board or make another board and invite your same friends.

STEP 12:

Begin with the heading of the discussion, in this case “Objective Based Learning”.

STEP 13:

Add the sub-headings of the main objective by branching the heading and subdividing it into 5 parts. In
this case the sub- headings include the categories of the data which were Room Layout, Environment
and Facilities, Class Culture, Teaching Methodology and Material and Management.
STEP 14:

Continue spreading the branches from each category as required.

STEP 15:

Jot down tall the ideas existing in each category as done for making the affinity diagram in lab session 1.

STEP 16:

The tree diagrams for the Environmental, Culture and Management, and Facility factors are given by:
 EXPERIMENT DOMAIN:

Domains Psychomotor (70%) Affective (20%) Cognitive

(10%)
Attributes Realization of Conducting Data Data Discipline Team work Apply
Experiment Experiment Collection Analysis (Respond/
(Receiving) Contribute)
(Awareness) (Act) (Act) (Perform)
Taxonomy P1 P2 P2 P2 A1 A2 C3
Level

LAB SESSION
Student Lab report will consist of following:
 Objective:
 Apparatus:
 Procedure:
 Results
 Discussion
 Comments