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Saturday, January 17, 2009

Group Discussion

What is a group discussion?

A set of persons brought together to express their opinion and the subsequent exchange of views on the allocated subject is called a group discussion. Group discussions are held as a part of recruitment process, as a part of eliciting opinions /ideas on any subject or plan of action, as part of decision making, problem solving, as part of reaching a consensus.

Skills assessed in a GD:

1. Communication skills
2. Presentation skills
3. Soft skills
4. Interpersonal skills
5. Team working skills
6. Leadership
7. Team working skills
8. Negotiation skills
9. Observation skills

TIPS:


• Knowledge of the subject and ability to put across this knowledge in a logical and convincing manner with good delivery.

• Be assertive and forceful in your arguments

• Keep a watch on the time and just before the end time try to sum up the proceedings.

• Interruption in the middle of candidates’ arguments in not viewed kindly but if the trend of discussion is drifting away from the subject do not miss the opportunity of bringing it back on the rails by interruption.

• Do not fumble or vacillate. Keep shifting your gaze while speaking in order to rivet other’s attention towards you.

• In case your knowledge on the subject is limited –listen to few speakers and develop fresh ideas on their points or refute them.

• Knowledge and power of expression are two most important requirements in a group discussion. Hence you must study and gather knowledge on contemporary topics.

• Remember, communication skill and confidences have overriding influence and not so much whether you are in favour or against the topic.

Hints:

Introduction

• Friends, I do not think we can have a more interesting topic than this.

• The subject given to us is very interesting…

• In my opinion this is a very controversial and challenging topic.

• The subject we have before us is of tremendous importance.

• I wish you a very good morning. I hope we shall have a very insightful deliberation among ourselves on such a significant topic.

Interrupting

• Well friends, excuse me for interfering at this point..

• I love the point Mr.XYZ made but what I would like to say is…

Concluding remarks:

• I suggest a few measures in this regard…

• Gentleman we have had some excellent suggestions and our friend gave us some original ideas.

• I think we have discussed fairly in detail…

• Thanks friends, I am both surprised and pleased to hear such interesting points from the speakers .I don’t think I have anything to add.

• Dear friends, thank you all for your nice observations. Being the last speaker I have strong points, both in favour of and against the topic.

• I hope you will appreciate my idea that…

Agreement

• It is absolutely true that…

• I agree with…

• I (do) appreciate the feelings expressed by…but the

• Gentleman I must congratulate our friend no.8 who gave us the other view of the topic.

• I endorse and support the views of…

Opinion

Friends, I am really surprised and also happy to observe that all of you are so widely aware of the…and that you have put forward cogent and valid arguments on the…

Disagreement

• I think we are slightly off the actual point..

• The emphasis in this regard should be…

• We should be analytical and inquisitive to find out the truth…

• I think our friend is deviating from the main point…let us not waste our time on…side issues…

• Gentlemen, no.6 has not grasped the problem…so let us first find out how we can avoid it and thereafter discuss other alternatives..

• Please give me a chance to finish my views on the subject. you have enough time to give yours …

• I think we are forgetting one aspect of …

• I strongly oppose what…

• Thank you no.2 but I strongly disagree with no.1

• Your idea seems interesting, but in fact, this is against…


In GD, both the kind of group you are in and the topic you are given play a significant role in how you would approach the discussion and how you would be perceived by the selection panel.

Remain calm and confident. Don’t let anyone to dominate you .This doesn’t mean you try to hog all the air all the airtime; that will work against you.Be alert without being artificial.

Initiation : this usually conveys a positive impression , but make sure you do it only if you have understood the topic properly.If you start the GD despite having only a fuzzy idea of the topic’you risk taking the whole discussion along an incoherent or irrelevant path.In later stages ,when everybody wants to put forth their own points ,you have to fight to be listened to.It generally works well to define the topic first,before starting to interpret it.Usually people tend to place the events only in the current socio-economic milieu. Break out of that mould.

If you don't agree with a statement or idea that has been presented by other another member, address the issue in a polite manner. Instead of attacking their idea directly, why not come up with a better idea instead? It is also important avoid interrupting other members when they are speaking. This is extremely rude. If you feel the need to interrupt someone while they are speaking, try to interject as politely as you can. In some discussion groups, you may be required to raise your hands after someone has finished making a statement.

It is important to avoid putting down the ideas that are presented during the discussion. This is especially important if the group is brainstorming ideas. When you put down ideas that are presented by someone else, you are humiliating them in front of the other members, and you are disrupting the brainstorming process. In addition to this, you can create conflict between you and the person you are ridiculing. Never attack the idea of someone else. It can cause other members to be uneasy about sharing their own ideas, because they may fear being ridiculed.

1 comments:

Anonymous,  March 23, 2009 at 3:33 AM  

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