the ppt is about group discussion.

1. Contributor personality development
(1990001)
Branch: : INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY
TOPIC: :GROUPDISCUSSTION
Presented by: Acharya Mansi(150450116001)
Guided by: Shirin Madam

2. What you will gain after the presentation?
 What is Group Discussion
 Group discussion methodology
 Personality traits that are assessed in a GD
 How to acquire those personality traits

3. Group Discussion
 A formal discussion involving 10-12 participants in a group.
 A methodology used by an organization to gauge whether the
candidate as certain personality traits and/or skills it desires it in
members.

4. GD Methodology
A-I Candidates
Time to think about the Topic Time to discuss the topic
5-10 min 15-20 min
Topic
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5. Personality Traits that are assessed in an GD
Leadership
Assertiveness
Awareness Initiative

6. Teamplayer
 One of the very important skill required in an professional
How to be an effective team player:
 Respect other person’s opinion
 Learn to appreciate
 Give other a chance to speak
 Set an example

7. Leadership
A leader in a GD exhibit the following qualities:
 S/he shows direction to the group whenever group moves away from
the topic.
 S/he coordinates the effort of the different team members in GD.
 S/he contributes to the GD at regular intervals with valuable insights.
 S/he also inspires and motivates team members to express their views
Caution: Contribute to the GD with your ideas and opinions, but also and
steer the conversation towards a goal.

8. Flexibility Other Participant’s ideas
Must be open TO
Evaluation of your ideas
NEVEREVERSTARTYOURGDWITHA STANDORA CONCLUSON
Initiative
Initiating a GD High Risk High Return Strategy
“Initiate a GD only if you well versed with the topic”
Remember: you never ever get a second chance to create a first impression.

9. Assertiveness
 Put fourth your point to the group very
Always Display positive Body Language
Awareness
 Must be well versed with the topic of GD
 Awareness about your GD topic helps a lot in your GD content
Empathetically
Positively
Confidently
Carries the maximum
weightage

10. Reasoning Ability
 Plays an important role while expressing your ideas or opinions at a GD
 Answers during the GD should be based on reason and not
 learnt to listen to other participant's ideas and opinion
Try and strike a proper balance between
Expressing your Imbibing
ideas ideas
assumptions
Listening

11. Creativity
Creativity in a GD is Out of the box thinking
An ideas or perspective which open new horizons for discussion on the GD topic is always highly
appreciated.
Try to put across your new idea convincingly.
Inspiring Ability
Providing others an opportunity to speak / express their ideas is seen as an positive trait
Caution: if a participant is not willing to speak ,you need not necessarily go out of the way to ask him ton
express his views .This may insult him and hamper the flow of the GD.