Overview of Group Discussion

                                 GROUP DISCUSSION                                     

Group Discussion is an  important part of the shortlisting process for admission to B-schools and other professional institutes of repute or professional working world.

So,today session we will cover the information on the following topics :

• Types of GD.
• Why do we have GD?
• GD Etiquettes.

                                                 

TYPES OF GD

Basically,GD can be categorized into the following sections:

                                             

                               

           

TOPIC-BASED GD:

Further can be of three types:

1. Factual Topics.
2. Controversial Topics.
3. Abstract Topics.

    Factual Topics:

• Factual Topic are about practical thing,about which a ordinary person is aware in his day-to-day life.
• About socio-economic topics.
• Can be related to the latest news or can be unbound by time.
• This topic provide you a platform to show that you are aware and sensitive to your environment.

Controversial Topics:

• Controversial Topics are the ones that art argumentative in nature.
• They are meant to generate controversy.
• These topics are given for to see how much maturity the candidate is displaying by keeping his temper in check,by rationally and logically arguing his point of view without getting personnel and emotional.

Abstract Topics:

• Abstract topics are about intangible things.
• Rarely given this topic for discussion,but possibility cannot be ruled out.
• These topics test your lateral thinking and creativity.
• e.g.A is an alphabet,the number 10,twinkle-twinkle little star..........

CASE-BASED GD:

• A GD can include case instead of topic.
• The case-study try to simulate a real-life situation.
• Information about the situation will be given to you and you would be asked as a group to resolve the situation.
• This kind of GD has no incorrect answers or perfect solutions.
• The main objective behind Case-Based GD is to make you think from different angles.

TASK-ORIENTED GD's:

• In task -oriented discussion ,the group is faced with a problem to be solved ,a task to be achieved ,an issue to be faced or a subject to be learned.
  
• It is usually directive or non-directive.
• In directive,the leader takes a very strong role in moving  the group toward a goal,overcoming obstacles and disagreements,keeping to a schedule,coming to a  "right decisions".

                                             

Fig: In directive GD the person who give direction is leader.

• Learning the subject of holocaust is also Task-Oriented,but with a strong group-oriented element,depending upon the approach taken.
• The task is to examine the issue.For example, politics problem or Kashmir problem,etc.