GD-PI myths busted at workshop organised by HT Horizons and MBAUniverse.com - By: MBA

HT Horizons, the education supplement of Hindustan Times newspaper and MBAUniverse.com, India’s No. 1 MBA Portal, hosted the second GD PI Workshop of the Mission MBA series on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Usha and Lakshmi Mittal Institute of Management, New Delhi.
The workshop saw participation from several GD-PI call getters, as well as MBA aspirants from across Delhi NCR.
The workshop was initiated with the question ‘What do B-schools look for in a candidate and the purpose of holding GD PI by the B-schools.’ This topic was addressed by Dr. Sanghamitra Buddhapriya, Convener Admissions, FORE School of Management, New Delhi.
Dr. Buddhapriya started by saying that http://www.mbauniverse.com/article/id/4296/”>GD PI is a very important aspect for selecting the students as the complete personality of the candidates is reflected through these processes.
She mentioned, “The expectations from the candidates are determined by industry expectations. These include the technical skills, decision making skills, interpersonal skills and conceptual skills.”
She also mentioned that there are several myths associated with a GD. Some of these myths are:
-- Person speaking the most scores the most. “It is not important who speaks the most. What is important is whose points make more sense,” Dr. Buddhapriya told students.
-- Communication skills are very important: “Only communication skill is not enough as your points should have some substance,” she said.
-- Like starting the GD, summarizing the GD is also of great importance. “Summing up does not mean that you will have to repeat what others have said. It is checked how differently you present the points from others while summing up,” she mentioned.
Talking about Personal Interview, Dr. Buddhapriya mentioned that some of the common questions are on introduction about yourself, why you want to pursue MBA, your awareness about the subjects you pursued in graduation and General Awareness.
The next session of the http://www.mbauniverse.com/article/id/4296/”>GD PI Workshop was ‘How to excel in Case Study GD’ taken by Mr. Sidharth Balakrishna. He mentioned that Case Study GDs are gaining importance over the years. Several B-schools like IIM Indore, IMI and many others conduct Case Study round of GD.
“In Case Study GDs, you will be given a certain situation and you have to bring out a solution of that problem or situation,” said Mr. Balakrishna. He shared the approach for dealing with a Case Study GD. The steps are as follows:
Identify the problem – At first you will have to understand what the problem is and exactly which is the area you need to look at. For example, if the case is about a company undergoing a loss, then you will have to review what the reason is. Is it the product or something else?
Sharing the experience of the workshop, Himani, a fourth year student of DCE, who also won the prize said, “This is the first time I am participating in the GD. This session was of immense help for me as I got to know about the GD PI processes in detail. I would also like to participate in the upcoming workshops.”
The next workshops on GD PI by HT Horizons and MBAUniverse.com will be held on March 12, 2011 and March 26, 2011 in New Delhi.
Stay tuned to MBAUniverse.com for more on HT Horizons & MBAUniverse.com Mission MBA GD PI Workshop.

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