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GD Topics, Latest Group Discussion (GD) Topics
2019 MBA Rendezvous

• MBA Entrance Exam , CAT, CMAT, NMAT, IIFT, XAT,
  MAT SNAP

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What is Group Discussion?

• GD is a platform where you are expected to
  discuss on an assigned topic and put forward your
  point of view at your turn so that a meaningful
  discussion takes place and group can come up with
  logical take away message as conclusion. 
• MBA entrance examinations test you only for
  qualitative skills hence, the other skills which
  are needed for the selection of a good candidate
  is soft skills.
• During jobs in organizations, communication plays
  a vital role to nurture Brand and thereby satisfy
  customers hence, GD is conducted to assess you on
  above parameters because MBA institutes look in
  you as future successful managers.
• Because of the above reasons GD is conducted as a
  group to test your verbal communication skills,
  attitude, interpersonal skills, body language and
  top of all how do you conduct yourself in a group
  and besides these qualities you are also tested
  for your entrepreneurial traits.

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Latest Group Discussion

• Most of the MBA Institutes are conducting GD and
  post entrance examinations if you are getting in
  cut off list of an institute, you will be
  undergoing GD Process and in this regard students
  face herculean task to crack GD.
• On the face of it GD looks very easy but you
  would be positively tested for your soft skills
  in area of verbal communication, gestured, body
  language, interpersonal skills and your domain
  knowledge.
• GD is very crucial as the weightage in GD matters
  a lot and it has been observed that it is your
  performance in GD which creates a platform for
  your final step of PI in MBA Selection Process.
• Candidates are advised to read editorials of
  leading newspapers along with one Business paper
  and listen to news analysis review on All India
  Radio at 9 PM every day. This will gain you
  immense confidence and positive body language to
  take part in GD.
• Team MBA Rendezvous has provided you numerous GD
  topics for your practice. Read them as follows
  and develop your point of Discussion.

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GD Topic is very general in nature

• Most of the time GD Topic is very general in
  nature and it can be from the domain of sports,
  socioeconomic issues and for that matter the
  candidate who is well versed with the current
  affairs and who is also observant for the
  happenings around him/her both in India and
  globally, will be able to take up GD Topic in a
  most positive manner.
• It is the conclusion part in GD which can really
  get you the required weightage and for that
  matter, it is very essential for the candidate to
  remain focused on the assigned GD Topic and
  interact with the co GD participants so that
  others can discuss your point of view. If that
  happens that establishes your Leadership
  qualities. This is what is required and expected
  from a candidate like you in GD.

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Skills required
for Group Discussion

• The skills that are usually assessed in a Group
  Discussion are
• Communication Skills
• Interpersonal Skills
• Leadership Skills
• Motivational Skills
• Team Building Skills
• Tolerance
• Clarity over Ambiguity
• Divergent Thinking
• Listening skills
• Presentation Skills
• Analytical / Logical skills
• So, it's important to assess your current
  strengths in all these areas and accordingly put
  efforts to strengthen your weaknesses.

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GDs are used to assess group skills

• GDs are used to assess certain group skills that
  cannot be evaluated in an interview. These
  include reasoning ability, leadership ability,
  Inspiring ability, flexibility,
  creativity/out-of-the-box thinking, social
  skills, listening and articulation skills,
  situational handling ability, interpersonal
  ability to function as a team player, body
  language and attitude. These are the skills which
  are very much required to become a successful
  professional which in turn works as an asset for
  the institutes at time of campus placements.
• Another important reason for institutes to keep
  GD as an elimination round is because of the
  crowd factor. At the peak time of admissions, an
  institute has to deal with 1000s of aspiring
  students. In a GD, they can analyze upto 15
  aspirants in 10 minutes.

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Group Discussion has become so very important

• Most of the institutes use Group Discussions as
  the next step in the selection process after
  written examination. That is the reason why Group
  Discussion has become so very important criteria
  for selection and rejection of candidates in
  institutes as well as during campus placements.
  GD is basically a methodology used by an
  institution to gauge whether a candidate has
  certain personality traits and/or skills that it
  desires in its students. Normally, the group of
  candidates is given a topic or a situation, given
  a few minutes to think about the same, and then
  asked to discuss it among themselves for some
  time. Topics can be from a wide range of issues.
  It could be a topic on current events, business
  news, sports or anything very general. The wider
  your reading interests, the better prepared you
  will be to face the group discussion. A Group
  discussion tests how you function as a part of a
  team.

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Tips and Tricks for
Group Discussion

• Here are some tips for effective participation in
  a GD
• Understand - Understand the topic before
  attempting to contribute.
• Speak - Try and get a chance to speak. If you
  can't get a chance to speak make your chance.
• Initiate - Take the initiative to begin the
  discussion, if possible.
• Structure - Structure arguments logically -
  justify your stand.
• Summaries- Summaries the discussion effectively
• Involve- Take active part throughout the GD.
• Assert- Be assertive.
• Articulate- Work continuously towards
  articulating your ideas into meaningful sentences
  to make the best impact. Be clear in your speech.
• Emphasize. - Use non-verbal communication to
  emphasize points.
• Listen- Be an attentive listener.
• Quality, not quantity matters- it's not 'how
  much' you say, but 'what' you say that's
  important.

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Role of the Evaluator in Group Discussion

• Admission selection panel evaluates GD which is
  usually a group of 8 - 10 MBA aspirants who vie
  with each other to impress upon selection panel.
  Most of the time the prime objective of the
  evaluator is having following parameters
• How the candidate communicates?
• The inter personal skills of the candidates
• How a candidate menu overs of the subject of the
  GD and how he concludes?
• The leadership quality is judged
• How the candidate adapts with cross questions
  during GD?

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Purpose of Group Discussion

• Post cut off list each institute conducts GD to
  evaluate MBA aspirants for the soft skills with
  following objectives
• To know the communication skills of MBA aspirants
• To judge body language of the candidates
• To understand top of mind personality of the
  candidates
• To understand attitudinal attributes of the
  candidates
• To understand attributes of positivity of the
  candidates
• To understand the Entrepreneurial traits of the
  candidates
• To understand the institute fit quotient of the
  candidate

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Traits required for Group Discussion

• Traits institutes are looking for in an MBA
  aspirant
• Knowledge
• Knowledge about the subject can never be replaced
  in a GD. No matter how good you might be
  communicating, but if your sentences don't
  reflect that you are knowledge bank then it's
  probably not going to work out. You are required
  to talk in a GD but inputs that don't contain any
  substantial value will not help in any way. One
  has to keep himself updated by knowing what all
  is happening around the globe.
• Alertness and presence of mind
• In a GD you are required to carefully listen to
  the other person's thoughts and keep an argument,
  example or a supportive statement, fact, example
  ready to participate in the discussion. This
  shows how alert you are, how much importance you
  give to when someone is putting his or her point
  forward. This also shows how good listener you
  are, at time, things turn up to be a mess when
  you feel that what is being said is not making
  sense. Don't get irritated. Remember that you
  need to be calm and composed. Many times, after a
  mess happening in a GD, candidates who are calm
  are selected.
• Out of the box thinking
• Yes! This the something that can help you get
  further selected because this reflects that you
  have a different way of looking at things. You
  need to be creative and have to put points that
  might amaze the panel. Remember, while working
  there are times when we need to find out
  solutions to the problem in a better way,
  thinking out of the box helps you finding smart
  and good solutions at times