Every year, thousands of students, MBA aspirants, take various entrance examinations and gear themselves for the next round of selection/ elimination - GD (Group Discussion). Unfortunately, Group Discussions (GD) have taken a completely wrong mode for some unknown reason and has transformed into an utterly useless mode of selection.
GDs are a mirror of what the managers in the real world will have deal with. It aims to create an environment where a manager discusses a particular topic at hand and, if the situation demands, then aim to find a solution. It is a pity that GDs today are not what they are meant to be. GDs have turned into more of a debate competition than anything else. Instead of the participants trying to expand the extent of discussion they are more worried about the ‘points’ that they come up with, if they have been steadfast enough in their perspective etc etc.
Aspirants should think of it. Is this how it works in the real world ? Have you seen managers or a group of them haggling over a viewpoint in the conference rooms or ranting and screaming about how great their idea and others are bogus ? The answer is NO. It hardly is. The purpose of GD is to gauge how well does your presence create an atmosphere conducive to a wider and a more eclectically relevant discussion. If all that you can do is rant/scream/bark/haggle/…. then go join the Parliament.
The day students understand that a GD is simulation of the real world scenario and merely inflicting your perspective is not going to help , the GD process will be carried out in a more truthful fashion , thus lending credibility to the whole process.
GDs are a mirror of what the managers in the real world will have deal with. It aims to create an environment where a manager discusses a particular topic at hand and, if the situation demands, then aim to find a solution. It is a pity that GDs today are not what they are meant to be. GDs have turned into more of a debate competition than anything else. Instead of the participants trying to expand the extent of discussion they are more worried about the ‘points’ that they come up with, if they have been steadfast enough in their perspective etc etc.
Aspirants should think of it. Is this how it works in the real world ? Have you seen managers or a group of them haggling over a viewpoint in the conference rooms or ranting and screaming about how great their idea and others are bogus ? The answer is NO. It hardly is. The purpose of GD is to gauge how well does your presence create an atmosphere conducive to a wider and a more eclectically relevant discussion. If all that you can do is rant/scream/bark/haggle/…. then go join the Parliament.
The day students understand that a GD is simulation of the real world scenario and merely inflicting your perspective is not going to help , the GD process will be carried out in a more truthful fashion , thus lending credibility to the whole process.
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