GROUP - DISCUSSION RULES & TIPS

GROUP--DISCUSSION DO's For a GD 1. SPEAK - very important 2. Be a good listener 3. Address the whole group, not a single person 4. Initiate & Begin - BUT only if u have a good point 5. Utilize the lull - speak when others r quite 6. Be Involved 7. BE Coherent DON'Ts For a GD : 1. Don't be INERT 2. Don't be too AGGRESSIVE either 3. Avoid one to one discussions 4. Don't Rush 5. Avoid Hindi 6. Don't Interrupt Abruptly - to calm down say " you are right..............but I Think ..........." GD - Points Marked on : 1. Audibility : Communication skills , Sell urself 2. Analysis : supported by facts & examples 3. Content : Obtain by good reading 4. Team Work 5.Demeanor : Body Language counts, don't sit cross-legged 6. Leadership : People should listen and agree to u GD Types : 1. Factual : Disinvestment , India's GDP , software scenario 2. Controversial : Foreign Indian-PM 3. Abstract : The Blu Dot , Girl 4. Case study : 1> a situation is given, we have to find a solution to the problem existing 2> order things according to priority and give reasons 5. Group Task : Important for SATYAM Necessity of a GD:1. Clarity of thoughts. 2. Team spirit. 3. Listening skill.

Points to be remembered for a good GD. 1. Body language. 2. Thinking a few minutes before starting of a GD. 3. Dont feel anyone is better than you. 4. Dont mix your personal emotions in GD. 5. continues with your ideas. Dont let it down when any body try to stop in chaos period. 6. Select a different point of view; stronger one that attracts other eyes and idea. 7. Never blame anyone there. Dont talk to one person talk to all of them so that there is a pleasing atmosphere. 8. Lend your ears to every ones point of view and timely attack them considering all. 9. Dont look at conductors. 10. Speak slowly and confidently. 11. Tell a lie confidently but some relevant data so that you could not be caught. 12. Never contradict yourself. 13. Always support the IIMA guy; may be that is you. 14. What ever is the topic dont leave fighting; something about that you always know. 15. Never conclude the topic, until it is asked to do so. Here are some of the most burning topics for discussion: 1. Are we raising a generation of burnt out children? 2. Advertising is all glitter and little truth. 3. Is bureaucracy a hindrance to economic reforms in India? 4. Film-makers are indulging in cinematic Fortitution in the name of folk culture. 5. Under Indian parliamentary democracy it is impossible to ensure balanced regional development. 6. Corruption is the main outcome of democracy in India. 7. In an over-regulated society corruption is inevitable. 8. For the poorer sections of society, a state controlled economy is better than a liberalized economy. 9. The money being put into cricket is harming the development of other sports. (SCMHRD) 10. The formation of European Union has a drastic effect on India's trade. 11. Women's empowerment will lead to social development. 12. Computers result in unemployment (FMS Delhi) 13. With IT replacing middle level management, soft-ware jobs are more lucrative than MBAs (S.P Jain)

14. Do you think accent holds you back? Would you prefer everyone speaking uniformly? (XIM Bhubaneswar) 15. Men resent women power at work place (NMIMS) 16. Youth in India are becoming greedy by the day (MICA) 17. MBAs should be taxed at higher rates in the country (IIMB) 18. India should be reorganized into smaller states. 19. Managerial skills learnt from classroom can never match those learnt from experience. 20. Who is responsible for eve TEASING: Boys or Girl. 21. Banning smoke in public place is a right decision 22. Criticism...is good! 23. Should INDIA Change Its National Game? 24. Should India stop trade and all relations with pak? 25. Freshers are better then laterels! 26. Western culture adopted by India fair or not? 27. Religion is a private matter and should be no concern of the state. 28. Is corrupt but efficient politicians better than honest and in-efficient politicians. 29. Beauty contests do little to improve the stature of women. 30. Only one super power is better then two for world. 31. Women empowerment - A cause for increasing divorce rate in India 32. MNS-cultural bullying / Localization 33. Mobile phone a ban or a boon. 34. Habit and routine have an unbelievable power to waste and destroy. 35. He who knows how to be poor knows everything. 36. Foreign Television Channels Are Destroying Our Culture. 37. Euthanasia: To Do Or Not To Do. 38. Education and Success - Is There A Correlation? 39. Growth and integrity are poles apart. 40. Government should reduce defence expenditure and spend more on social sector. 41. The UN has not served any purpose in the last decade.

42. Religion is a private matter and should be no concern of the state. 43. Is corrupt but efficient politicians better than honest and in-efficient politicians. 44. Beauty contests do little to improve the stature of women. 45. To sustain India's integrity it is necessary to devolve more power to states. 46. Women reservation in parliament is against the tenets of democracy. 47. Computers result in unemployment. 48. The parliamentary form of democracy has failed in India. 49. Consumer satisfaction should be achieved at any cost. 50. Managers do not add value to the society. 51. Democracy is the only way to a sustained economic growth. 52. Should youth indulge in politics? 53. Liberalisation in 1991 was a forced one. 54. Democracy is a luxury in India. 55. Business Ethics. 56. Infrastructure and India. 57. Effectiveness of economic embargo on Iraq. 58. The parliamentary form of democracy has failed in India. 59. Consumer satisfaction should be achieved at any cost. 60. Managers do not add value to the society. 61. Corruption is the main outcome of democracy in India. 62. The formation of European Union has a drastic effect on India's trade. 63. Knowledge is the awareness of one's ignorance. 64. Virtue has its own reward. 65. Is the job of a manager to do the right things or to do things rightly? 66. Coke and Pepsi should be driven out of India. 67. Can religion be kept out of politics? 68. Religious fundamentalism is more dangerous than regionalism. 69. International embargo: the US is going too far. 70. India-Pakistan relation: has it reached a point of no return? 71. 'Tryst with destiny' ' has India redeemed its pledge? 72. Is India ready for e-commerce?

73. Has the time come to eradicate the nuclear weapons? 74. All education should be exclusively provided by the government. 75. Tryst with destiny - Has India redeemed its pledge. 76. Indo-Pak relations ' more rhetoric, less substance. 77. Money is the sixth sense. 78. All Education should be exclusively provided by the government. 79. Indo-Pak relations ' point of no return. 80. Is bureaucracy a hindrance to economic reforms in India? 81. Under Indian parliamentary democracy it is impossible to ensure balanced regional development. 82. For the poorer sections of society, a state controlled economy is better than a liberalized economy. 83. Industrial growth in the next millennium will depend a lot on how we tackle the environmental issues. 84. Food comes first, ethics later. 85. In India democracy is nothing but politicised monarchy. 86. New Delhi should not be the capital of India. 87. Industrial growth and environmental care do not go hand in hand. 88. TV commercials should be banned. 89. To survive in the civilized world one needs to be hypocrite. 90. Money is the sixth sense without which one cannot enjoy the other five. 91. Advanced mathematics has no value in life. 92. Efficiency and corruption go hand in hand. 93. Welcome back socialism. 94. Information Technology. 95. TV Commercials should be banned. 96. Politics and economics go together. 97. Winning is not the important thing, it is the only thing. 98. It is all the fault of the politicians. 99. We need more management schools than primary schools. 100. The medium of teaching in schools should be English