Introduction: Discuss the what, when and where of the topic. Discuss the scope and relevance of the topic.

Body: Discuss the causes and effects of the topic. Give relevant examples.

Solutions: As a manager you are expected to give solutions. While giving solutions, again bring out relevant examples. Further, if possible do a cost benefit analysis for the solutions.

Summary: Summarize what the group discusses. Organize topics. One way to do it is by discussing what the topic was, what were the causes and effects and some solutions suggested. Avoid adding an opinion

STRUCTURED APPROACH

• Make a list of all that comes to your mind when you think about the topic.
• Organize these points and write down examples.
• Ensure you have both the pros and cons.
• Prioritize points based on what you will say in the introduction, body and solution stage.

• Greet the group
• Introduce the topic
• Analyse the topic and participate in the group discussion
• Suggest solutions
• Summarize the group discussion 

• Always enter with pen and paper
• Progress by your own merit (use your strengths for the session, don’t get yourself too worried about what the others say)
• Do not speak too much or too little.
• Address the group and not an individual or evaluator (eye contact)
• Listen to others
• Look interested in what others say (even if you consider the talk not relevant)
• Encourage group members who want to speak or show initiative (quality of concern and team spirit)
• Interrupt using positive words only (Eg. Not “but….” but “and also…” or “how about looking at it this way”)
• Respect contrary view point
• Keep your cool and don’t get restless if you have not been able to speak
• Display appropriate body language (based on company profile / job profile)
• Use your management knowledge to approach the topic given
• Display and contribute original ideas
• Be innovative
• Do not just find the remedy or give solutions but analyze them effectively
• Display democratic leadership style
• Utilize your time efficiently, try to summarize points during the session and provide direction to the group.
• In case of case study, remember to do cost benefit analysis (this will fetch you your scores)

• Don’t be rude to other members.
• Never take a strong stand in the beginning.
• Don’t criticize group member’s opinions or points discussed.
• Avoid correcting unless done politely
• Don’t point fingers while talking
• Don’t write while the group is discussing.
• Don’t giggle or laugh at someone else’s opinion, accent, communication style.
• Don’t look at the panelist.

1. 33% reservation in Indian parliament.
2. A ship is always safe at harbour, but that’s not what it is meant for.
3. Active judiciary is threat to democracy.
4. Advanced mathematics has no value.
5. Advertising and ethics.
6. All education should be exclusively provided by government.
7. All’s well that ends well.
8. America’s war on Iraq was a disaster.
9. Are self financing institutes bringing down the quality of professional education.
10. Beauty contents: Is it justifiable?
11. Benefits of professional Integrity.
12. Bilateralism vs multilateralism.
13. B-School education is only affordable to rich people.
14. Bureaucracy is root cause of India’s social and economic problems.
15. Can Ethics and Business go hand in hand?
16. Can IT sustain India’s economic development.
17. Can religion be kept out of Politics
18. Ceasefire in Kashmir will bring peace
19. China Versus India
20. Cine-stars are best applicants for politics.
21. Coke and Pepsi should be driven out.
22. Competition and not cooperation is important in life.
23. Conscription should be made compulsory.
24. Consumer satisfaction should be achieved at any cost.
25. Consumerism is a cause of corruption.
26. Cooperatives are essential in today’s Globalizing environment
27. Corruption is a neccessary evil for success in any sphere of life.
28. Cyberspace-Different personalities & how it affects us.?
29. Democracy is a luxury in India.
30. Democracy is not right or needed for good governance.
31. Divorce is a necessary evil.
32. Do B-Schools make business leaders or mere managers.
33. Do computers dehumanize society?
34. Do we need graduate engineers at all?
35. Do we need to regularise B schools.
36. Ecology and Tourism.
37. Economic reforms make rich people richer and poor people poorer.
38. Economics liberation has helped only rich people to become more rich.
39. Education opens the window of opportunity
40. Education opens up the opportunities
41. Education or empowerment leads to quicker progress.
42. Educational institutions should be completely privatized.
43. Efficiency and corruption go hand in hand.
44. Engineers joining management is a national waste.
45. Ethics in advertising .
46. Ethics in business and economic slowdown-how it affects and what has to be done!
47. Everything in this world is maya.
48. External auditors do what they are told to do by management?
49. Extravagence in marriages is socially bad behaviour.
50. Food comes first, ethics later.
51. Globalization versus Nationalization
52. Government control in higher education is interfering and not required.
53. Government monopoly is better than unfettered competition
54. Government should reduce defense expenditure and spend more on social sector.
55. Greed is essential human quality.
56. Growth and integrity are poles apart.
57. Growth of mba salary in India is not sustainable in the long run
58. Home is the first school of a child.
59. Honesty as a value is lost – how can it be regained?
60. How can India achieve true democracy
61. How to make people listen.
62. Human cloning should be banned.
63. Hype regarding boom in IT industry.
64. Impact of globalization on environment.
65. Impact of internet on Indian society.
66. In democracy, autonomy is a myth.
67. In India, students graduating from college should serve two years in army.
68. In next 15 years India will be mightiest country in Asia.
69. India – a nuclear state – pros and cons
70. India cannot compromise on Industrial Development for saving environment.
71. India needs to build manufacturing competencies not malls.
72. India should be reorganized into smaller states.
73. India should not aspire to be a nuclear super power.
74. India still lives in its Villages.
75. India will never become a superpower.
76. India’s growth rate is bridging gap between rich and poor.
77. India’s population problem is not really a problem, but an opportunity.
78. Interlinking of rivers : A threat to the economy and ecological balance.
79. Internet is good for young generation.
80. Iran-Afghanistan Pipeline is against India’s strategic interest.
81. Is globalization a threat to Indian culture.
82. Is India truly shining?
83. Is socialism an answer to solve economic crisis?
84. Is the Indian IT industry truly world class.
85. Is US a threat to global economy or a good political power?
86. Is war with Pakistan inevitable?
87. IT boom in India.
88. IT in rural development is more of a hype than reality.
89. IT revolution has done more harm than good to India.
90. IT: What does the future hold? Recommendation?
91. Large Dams are a must for India’s development.
92. Leaders should be followers first.
93. Liberalization in 1991 was a forced one.
94. Managers do not add value to the society.
95. Manufacturing base is necessary for sound economy
96. Market is a Bad Master but a good Servant.
97. Marxism is still relevant in the globalised economy.
98. MBA in India is highly over rated.
99. Means are more important than ends.
100. Medical research on animal is immoral and should be banned.
101. Mergers and acquisitions are the panacea for the corporate growth.
102. Mobiles have revolutionized our lives.
103. Modern cinema is a boon to Indian society.
104. Modern management education doesn’t prepare entrepreneurs and creative individuals.
105. Modernity has lead to nuclear families?
106. Money is the sixth sense without which one cannot enjoy the other five.
107. Morals and values among Indians is degenerating.
108. Newspapers are becoming redundant now!
109. Over commercialization of cricket is destroying other sports in India.
110. Plagiarism is rampant to our country
111. Political crisis and Indian economy.
112. POTA
113. Profit is the only business of business.
114. Prohibition does not serve its purpose.
115. Regional parties barrier for national interest.
116. Religion is a private matter and should be no concern of the state.
117. Reservation is necessary for social transformation.
118. Respect has to be earned not demanded.
119. Role of ethics in business.
120. Should business schools be regulated?
121. Should FDI of 51% be allowed in retail in India?
122. Should GD/PI be a part of selection process in management schools.
123. Should India host Olympics?
124. Should India stop participating in Olympics if there is no hope of winning the medal.
125. Should media have freedom of expression.
126. Should the Government ban India from playing cricket match in sharjah? Justify.
127. Should youth indulge in politics.
128. State is above the law
129. Sting journalism is good for India.
130. Subsidies for higher studies should go.
131. Suggestions to Information and Broadcasting Ministry to improve it’s services.
132. Suggestions to reduce oil pool deficit
133. Television in India is turning people watchers than doers.
134. Tenets of effective communication.
135. The government should stop funding IIT’s and IIM’s and, instead divert the funds to  primary education.
136. The IT boom and the growing pressure on Indian cities because of it.
137. The money being put into cricket is harming the development of other sports.
138. The most wonderful thing in life is its termination.
139. The rise of regional political parties is a threat to the unity of India.
140. The threat of violence is necessary for peace and harmony.
141. The UN has not served any purpose in the last decade.
142. Thieves are more intelligent than cops.
143. To prevent India from disintegrating, more autonomy should be given to states.
144. TV commercials should be banned
145. TV, the idiot box has been replaced by the Internet.
146. Unethical advertising: where should the line should be drawn?
147. US $ is no longer a stable currency.
148. Value based politics is the need of th hour.
149. Welcome back Socialism.
150. What Ails India more – corruption or Over population.
151. What should India do to preserve its IT command over the World.
152. Why are the best B-Schools located in US?
153. Why is patriotism lacking in India?
154. Why more girls choose Human Relations Management.
155. Will India ever overtake China?
156. Winning is not everything, it is the only thing.
157. Women are the torch bearers of India in 21st century.
158. Women empowerment is the basis for social development.
159. Women make better bosses than men.
160. WTO – Effects on consumer
161. Yes, we can!

1. Advertisements are glitter but bitter truth. 
2. Are mobiles a boon or bane?
3. Are Sports Univs reqd to nurture sporting talent?
4. Are we doing enough to overcome global warming? If not what are the steps to be taken.
5. Bigger dams, bigger problems.
6. Can Artificial intelligence replace human intelligence? 
7. Can corruption be removed without the lokpal bill?
8. Computer/TV/ Facebook reducing reading habits.
9. Corporatization of hospitals in India (Boon or Bane)
10. crime and terrorism are the products of poverty.
11. Democracy is halting India’s progress
12. Divorce rates increasing due to mordernisation 
13. Dropouts: providing safety at schools and something i domt remember are measure to prevent it
14. Education and success-is there a correlation??.
15. Education without exams upto class 10th, good or bad?
16. Electronic media does more harm than good for society.
17. Emerging communication technologies
18. ethics in advertising
19. Family Business – Can it survive?
20. FDI in Indian retail, who will suffer?
21. FDI in retails good or bad.
22. Foreign Universities should be allowed in India
23. Globalisation helping development of nations
24. Green house effect & global warming threat to mankind.
25. Growth and integrity are poles apart .
26. Hard work or smart work – which pays off ?
27. Has share marker become gambling?
28. impact of MNCs and big companies on small and medium business.. something like that..
29. Increased number of Divorces are due to adoption of Western Culture
30. INDIANS performance better as Individual’s than in group/team.
31. INTERNET CONTENT SHOULD BE CENSORED OR NOT
32. IPL has become more of an entertainment event that sporting event. :
33. Is Anna Hazare today’s gandhi.
34. Is China a threat to india
35. Is Education and Success Correlative?
36. Is gd/pi necessary for selection in B-schools
37. Is IPL changing cricket.
38. Is reservation in politics really going to help women
39. Is the current budget affordable for poor
40. madness called media
41. Management Education compulsory in Rural India
42. Management students these days are more interested in package than curriculum.
43. Managerial skills learnt from Experience can never match those taught in class.
44. Managers are for the right things or to do the things right.
45. Media Censorship:: Is it the end of freedom of speech..
46. Mobile phones – A boon or a bane.
47. NGOs – work for people or simply exert pressure….
48. Nuclear power Plants
49. power cuts in india
50. Present format of MBA Admission – is it appropriate ?
51. Primary education & not higher education shud be subsidized.
52. Public Roads in India. Is government responsible or the people?
53. Road accidents : crime and violence scenes should not be shown on TV and films?
54. Road accidents : is it the responsibility of the driver or the government??
55. Rollback of Railway budget. Is it a sign of weak Govt ?
56. RTI(Right to Information)……………………..
57. SEZ- Boon or Bane?
58. Should be National Banks be privatised
59. should construction of luxury flats be banned in order to promote housing societies?
60. should india be divided in more regions/states
61. Should internet be censored?
62. should naxalites treated as terrorist (something like this)
63. Should NGO be pressurized to work to make no Profits..
64. Should Sachin be given Bharat Ratna?
65. Should social networking sites be subject to censorship?
66. Should there be a retirement age for politicians ?
67. Should there be a University for sports in India to nurture the huge talent
68. single entrance test for professional courses blessing for students
69. Social networking sites boon or bane?
70. Student’s whose performance is not upto the mark. What can be the steps taken for them, and how far the responsibility for the non-performance lies with the school / authorities.
71. unemployment leads to Brain drain.
72. water should be provided or pepsi coke to the rural india?
73. We are losing peace of mind in pursuit of material needs
74. We don’t create new history, we create it
75. Will Privatisation lead to less Corruption
76. Women empowerment leads to social development
77. Work experience a prerequisite for management education.
78. 2 yrs of military assignment should be made compulsory for every young man between the age of 20 and 25
79. 20 years from now newspapers will not survive
80. 99% perspiration n 1% inspiration
81. A peaceful place is a happy place
82. A true leader is a follower.
83. Action springs not from thought but from readiness in responsibility
84. Administration leads to corruption
85. Advantages of co education.
86. Advantages of co-education
87. Advertising and Pricing
88. Advertising is a waste of a resource
89. Age alone as criteria for right to vote is not correct. Education also should be a criterion
90. Age of information
91. Agroeconomy in India : a bane or boon
92. All entrepreneurs are MBA, all MBA’s are not entrepreneurs.
93. All Reservations Should Be Ended Forthwith
94. Anger is like fire. It can burn everything.
95. Animals should not be used for testing drugs and medicines
96. Are Beauty Pageants necessary?
97. Are cooperatives relevant in today’s globalized world?
98. Are Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals relevant today?
99. Are mobile phones bane or a boon?
100. Are nuclear crops better than normal crops?
101. Are our Degrees Job oriented
102. Are slums a city’s Eye-store?
103. Are success and education co-related?
104. Arranged marriage v/s. love marriage
105. Arranged Marriages are better than Love Marriages
106. Artificial Intelligence
107. As in Industry, cricketers’ remuneration should be entirely performance based.
108. Attitude is key to success
109. Attitude leads to Altitude
110. AUDIT policy (global or local)
111. Balance between Professional business and Family business
112. Banning girls from going to pubs, celebrating New Year & Valentine’s Day saving our culture??
113. Beauty contests degrade womanhood
114. Best and the worst advertisements of India
115. Boundary less World – Dream or Reality?
116. BPOs in India
117. Bribery in business is unavoidable
118. Bullet for Bullet: Is it the right policy?
119. Business should be like religion and science. It should know neither love nor hate.
120. Can India achieve a growth rate of 10%
121. Can India be the Superpower by 2020
122. Can India compete with China in Manufacturing Sector?
123. Can professional become a good politician.
124. Can professional managers be successful in family run businesses?
125. Can stimulus packages bailout economy
126. Capitalism as a system is flawed but the others are worse?
127. Caste less India – a pipe dream
128. Casteism and Regionalism
129. Casteism the biggest hurdle for nation building
130. Celebrity endorsements in Advertisements
131. Challenges of following ethics for a manager
132. Child labor should be banned
133. China: A threat to the Indian Economy
134. China’s occupation of Tibet is a security threat to India.
135. Coaching Classes should be banned or Not
136. Coalition government
137. Co-Education in school
138. Commercialization of Health care sector Good or Bad
139. Commercialization of sports
140. Common sense is more important than being an Indian
141. Common sense is more important than genius in a business
142. Conditional Access System for TV viewers: Bane or Boon?
143. Contract Farming: an opportunity or a threat
144. Convenience must not be given preference over conviction
145. Convent or Co-ed education?
146. Conventionalism and Modernity : Ever going debate
147. Co-operatives v/s Corporates
148. Corporal punishment is a must to discipline children.
149. Corporate managers are puppets in the hands of politicians
150. Corporatization of health-care is a boon for a few and a bane for a multitude.
151. Corruption is a hindrance to country’s growth in all sectors.
152. Corruption is an economic lubricant, and may not be all that bad.
153. Corruption is not getting minimized so why not legalize it.
154. Corruption is the price paid for democracy
155. Credit Card leads to unnecessary spending.
156. Cricketers must be banned from doing brand endorsements.
157. Dams in India and their contribution.
158. Death of Socialism
159. Decisions determine destiny!
160. Democracy – who is the winner: Public or Politics?
161. Democracy is hampering India’s growth / progress
162. Disaster Management in India is disaster in itself
163. Discuss your contribution to profession and family
164. Distinction between the middleclass and the lower class is now a myth in India.
165. Do Celebrities have a right to Privacy?
166. Do NGO’s serve the interests of people or are they pressure groups?
167. Do you think MBAs are useful in a manufacturing/production department?
168. Does India need a dictator?
169. Does peace and non-violence prevail in India?
170. Donations in school admissions
171. Dot com or doubt com?
172. Drinking and driving is harmful to self and others.
173. Drop outs – Individual attention, safe schools and smaller classes. Is that the way to stop students to drop out?
174. Dynasty in politics should be done away with
175. Economic freedom and not old fashioned theories of development make a country grow and prosper
176. Economic reforms have the impact that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer
177. Education & Success Goes Hand In Hand
178. Education and success correlation
179. Education in India and abroad.
180. Education system is fast deteriorating. The teachers teach what they know and what the students want
181. Education system needs serious reforms.
182. Effect of Cinema on Youth
183. Effects of liberalization on poverty
184. Efficiency from skill; Success from Will
185. Energy and persistence alter all things
186. Environment conservation is a luxury for India
187. Environmentalists dampen the past development of developing countries
188. Environment-Whose responsibility?
189. Eve Teasing should be severely punished.
190. Failing organization are usually over managed and under lead
191. Farmer’s suicide: Problems and Solutions
192. Female president
193. Food Inflation – where did India go wrong?
194. Foreign trade necessary for country survival
195. Generation X: drivers of our future or are they our lost souls.
196. Globalization is responsible for Recession.
197. Good Managers are made or born?
198. Government has the right to intercept and censor private mail
199. Government should clean their hands first than pointing fingers at private sector for corruption
200. Government should follow balanced budget norms
201. Government spends money on space research or on basic needs?
202. Government will never sincerely carry out the poverty eradication programmes because poverty is a blessing in disguise for politicians.
203. Great leaders are true followers.
204. Has India benefited from nuclear test 1998?
205. Has man created God or God created man?
206. Has reservation divided the society
207. He who does business with an idea is rewarded
208. He, who graduated yesterday, stopped learning today and was uneducated tomorrow.
209. Higher Education is essential for Growth.
210. Hindi: Should it be a national language for national integration?
211. Hollywood vs. Bollywood
212. How can entrepreneurship help India?
213. How much land does a man need?
214. How safe is it for girls to work at night in call centres?
215. How to control population and increase employment
216. How to deal with international terrorism
217. I have never in my life learnt anything from anyone who agreed with me
218. If Patel would have been the First Prime Minister after Independence
219. Ignorance is a voluntary misfortune.
220. Ignorance is Darkness, wisdom is light
221. IIT’s, IIM’s encourage brain drain.
222. In a country like India public sector is vital for national development
223. Inclusive growth is a must for India.
224. Increasing exposure of Female anatomy in films
225. India is a rich country of poor people
226. India is losing huge capital and time due to cricket, so cricket should be banned.
227. India needs good social leaders who can influence antisocial government decisions.
228. India needs managers not leaders
229. India needs to create more entrepreneurs
230. India or the West – Which of these is the land of opportunities?
231. India Shining
232. India should become self sufficient in food production even if there is a population explosion and should be able to export the excess and this is possible by mechanised farming and large land holding.
233. India should have presidential form of democracy rather than parliamentary form
234. India should sign the CTBT
235. Indian Bureaucracy
236. Indian cultural heritage is being destroyed. Let us use the educational system to revive it.
237. Indian economy is in shambles.
238. Indian industry has successfully come out of recession
239. Indian Railways should be privatized
240. Indian Villages Strengths, Weaknesses
241. Indians perform better in professions when they live abroad
242. Indians work better as individuals rather than team players
243. Individual Freedom and Civil Society
244. Indo-US nuclear deal.
245. Industrialization leads to both economic growth & growth of slums.
246. Inflation: Can it be controlled in the current world scenario?
247. Inflation: causes & solutions
248. Integrity without knowledge can be dangerous, knowledge without integrity is useless.
249. Internet and cable TV are making class-room education redundant
250. IPL should matches have been played in INDIA?
251. Is a Coalition Government better than a single party government?
252. Is borderless world a reality?
253. Is brain drain harmful for country like India?
254. Is business of business the only business?
255. Is China really a threat to India?
256. Is customer really the king?
257. Is Dependence on computers good or bad?
258. Is E-Commerce the best thing for India
259. Is globalization really necessary?
260. Is higher Education necessary to achieve growth?
261. Is India a soft target?
262. Is India a superpower or China?
263. Is Indian culture decaying?
264. Is inflation rate inevitable for a developing country?
265. Is it right to ban child labour?
266. Is Management an Art or a Science?
267. Is management education required for doing good business?
268. Is MBA required in the field of manufacturing/production?
269. Is media a mixed blessing?
270. Is peace and non-violence an outdated concept?
271. Is punch line necessary for advertising?
272. Is Science a Boon or a Bane
273. Is Snapping Terrorists for Hostages an encouragement for plain hijackers
274. Is stock exchange indicator of India’s success?
275. Is the NPA ordinance too harsh?
276. Is the sun of Australian cricket shedding?
277. It all starts with an idea, then planning, then execution…..!
278. It is easy to do bigger things in life coz dey have little competition.
279. It is not knowledge but the opportunity to apply it that matters
280. It’s always easy to find faults in what others do but difficult to do it yourself.
281. Knowledge is of 2 kinds: one is you know the subject yourself and the other is you know where to find info about it.
282. Knowledge leads to name and fame
283. Knowledge revolution creates vibrancy in the country.
284. Knowledge without truth is not wisdom
285. Labour Reform laws are responsible for FDI’s
286. Laughter is the best medicine.
287. Leaders are followers.
288. Learning from the competitors is the only way to be competitively sustainable.
289. Legal enactments can bring about social changes
290. Liberalisation
291. Live in relationship is better than marriage.
292. Love marriage or arrange marriage which is better?
293. Management is about doing things right and Leadership is about doing the right things
294. Managerial skills taught in a classroom are better than those learnt through.
295. Market Enrichment makes rich state richer and poor state poorer
296. Media is mixed blessing
297. Mind is like a parachute, it functions when it is opened.
298. MNC- Are they devils in disguise?
299. Mobile phones are a bane or a boon?
300. Money and not knowledge gives you name and fame in life
301. Money has value, Honesty has worth
302. Money is better than honey.
303. Mutual funds: are they reliable or not?
304. Nationalization of rivers.
305. Never hesitate to steal a good idea
306. Nexus between Politicians and the Underworld
307. No one can prove you inferior without your permission.
308. One billion and one bronze
309. One Country is better than Many Nations
310. One does not need an MBA to pursue successful career in management.
311. One should never judge a person by External appearance
312. Passive smoking and its effects
313. Patent Bill
314. People find it easy to fight for principles than to live up to it.
315. People not only differ in ability but also in willpower
316. Permit system for jobs trade and other activities and identity card can solve problem of influx in Mumbai
317. Piracy in Bollywood CD’s and gaming
318. Playing to win requires Commitment
319. Politicians are not interested in the future of the country.
320. Politicians should be reminded that the well of seats at the parliament, is not a boxing ring
321. Politics in India
322. Politics, teacher, students should be kept apart.
323. Pollution control is a luxury for India.
324. Position of women in India compared to other nations
325. Practice of compulsory marriage should be abolished
326. Previously wars were fought for supremacy. Future wars will be fought for market share.
327. Private sector or Public sector: What is good for a fast growing economy?
328. Private universities are good for India.
329. Private Universities are required or not?
330. Privatization would lead to less corruption
331. Professional Manager also do have a role in family business
332. Prosperity belongs to those who learn the new things fastest
333. Prosperity is what business creates for politicians to take credit for.
334. Public sector is not very healthy for socialism
335. Public sector job security is myth
336. Quality is a myth in India
337. Quarreling on yesterday and today’s event effects future events.
338. Recession
339. Recession and its impact on Indian economy
340. Reduction in the interest rate level of Indian banks is required as per the low interest rates of international banks
341. Reforms in education system
342. Religion and Politics should not be mixed
343. Religion is the heart of nation but science and technology is the brain and body
344. Reservation has divided the society
345. Reservations in parliament for women
346. Retail Boom Spells Doom For Local Grocer
347. Retail sector is a threat to common bhajiwalas
348. Retail shops leads to displacement of mom and pop stores
349. Retailing is killing Kirana Shops.
350. Retirement Age
351. Right to Information Act
352. Rise in inflation reason and solution.
353. Role of higher education in Achieving growth
354. Role of NGO in economics and politics
355. Role of women in developing credible citizens
356. Role of women in development
357. Rules and regulations breed corruption.
358. Rural India is left behind by the Indian economy
359. Rush for MBA is rush for money
360. School violence- its real causes n bullying in schools.
361. Secularism
362. Self disciplined is progress
363. Service sector gives benefit to revenue of our country
364. Shortage of skilled workers in India
365. Should 20 to 25 year youth be given compulsory military service?
366. Should agricultural subsidies be stopped?
367. Should all students during MBA course be required to stay in a village & do a project on rural management before being given the degree?
368. Should board exams be banned at SSC level?
369. Should board exams be scraped?
370. Should coaching classes be banned?
371. Should cricket be banned because of non-productivity in people
372. Should dance bar be banned?
373. Should Dictatorship be imposed in India?
374. Should Doctors be tried in consumer courts
375. Should doctors serve in villages for 5 years after completion of degree?
376. Should Foreign Universities be allowed in India?
377. Should GD’s be compulsory for College Placements…
378. Should government invest in building more IIT/IIM’s or primary education?
379. Should higher education be given a status of an industry?
380. Should human cloning be permitted?
381. Should India and Pakistan continue peace talks?
382. Should India be ruled by a dictator?
383. Should India export its mythology and culture
384. Should India follow presidential system like USA?
385. Should India give Kashmir to Pakistan?
386. Should India go for a cut in Defense Budget?
387. Should larger states be broken into smaller ones?
388. Should learning and teaching of English language be encouraged in India?
389. Should management education be subsidized
390. Should MBA graduates be made to do developmental work in villages, before they are handed their graduation certificates.
391. Should opportunities be predicted before they become obvious
392. Should Private Limited companies be converted into Public Limited companies?
393. Should reservation be removed from our education system
394. Should rich countries help poor countries?
395. Should Sex Education Be Compulsory?
396. Should smoking be banned completely?
397. Should students enter politics?
398. Should tainted ministers be allowed to fight elections?
399. Should the elections in India be replaced by presidential elections to reduce Criminal activities in Politics?
400. Should the government continue to subsidize petroleum and fertilizers?
401. Should the government provide unemployment allowance to the unemployed?
402. Should the government spend more on creating IIT/IIM’s or should it spend more on primary/secondary education
403. Should there be a right to die?
404. Should trade Unionism in India be banned?
405. Should water resources be nationalized
406. Should we have more IIMs and IITs?
407. Should we pursue our policy dialogue with Pakistan?
408. Slumless Mumbai is a distant dream.
409. Social environment in INDIA is responsible for slow progress
410. Social environment in INDIA is responsible for slow progress.
411. Software professionals have no social life
412. Space research
413. Steal of few lakh rupees and you become a criminal and steal few crore rupees and you become an industrialist.
414. Stronger the wind; Stronger the trees
415. Study skills
416. Success depends of human relation
417. Task is a challenge and an opportunity
418. Terrorism In India
419. Terrorism in Jammu-Kashmir
420. The 6th pay commission would reduce corruption.
421. The age of information
422. The effects of Liberalisation on Poverty
423. The harder you fail, the more you succeed
424. The main objective of Management is to ‘Maximise Profits’
425. The man who follows the crowd will never be followed by the crowd
426. The most successful businessman is one who holds on to the old just as long as it is good and grabs the new just as soon it is better.
427. The past belongs to US but we do not belong to the past, we belong to the present and we are the makers of the future
428. The rewards in business go to a man who does something with an idea
429. The rupee 1 lac car is a burden on the environment?
430. The whole science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.
431. There is no need of MBA for successful career in management.
432. There is no right way to do wrong thing
433. There is no sea link on effort
434. There is nothing money cant buy
435. There should be a single party rule in India
436. Those who haven’t tasted bitterness, know not the taste of sweetness
437. Those who succeed are people who see possibilities before they become obvious
438. Time is a democratic resource : we should use it properly
439. To develop nation, women empowerment is necessary.
440. Today’s youth select safer job option rather than entrepreneurship risk.
441. Tuitions should be banned
442. Universal disarmament is necessary
443. Universal disarmament is necessary.
444. Unrest among India’s neighboring countries
445. US financial management is responsible for the current economic depression.
446. Use of drugs in sports is acceptable
447. Use of force by banks to recover loans
448. US-Pak Relationship and how it affects India
449. Value based Politics is the need of Hour.
450. Villages: A bane or a boon?
451. Voters not political parties are responsible for criminalization of politics
452. Voting in India shall be made a legal duty rather than a legal right.
453. Voting rights for illiterates are meaningless and are misused by the people
454. Voting should be made compulsory, absentees should be punished severely”
455. Water resources should be nationalized
456. Water resources should be nationalized
457. We cannot afford the extravagance of Olympic Games
458. We criticize the fault rather than the person.
459. We don’t learn from History, we repeat it.
460. We need more managers than leaders.
461. We need more of entrepreneurs than managers
462. We should be serious about environment and family
463. We should stop crying about sex education and try to prevent AIDS
464. What can attract more talented youths to join armed forces?
465. What Corrective Measures we do to control our ever increasing population??
466. What is your opinion about reservation in education?
467. What is your opinion about the reservation of woman in parliament?
468. When work is pleasure, life is joy.
469. When you have a goal in mind, does going easy makes the going tough?
470. When you hire people who are smarter than you are, you prove you are smarter than they are.
471. Why cant we be the world players in Industry as we are in Software
472. Why can’t we be world players in Industry as in Software?
473. Why industrial sector is not flourishing like software sector in India?
474. Will India become a superpower?
475. Will India become an economic superpower in 21st century?
476. Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoy it for a change.
477. Winners don’t do different things they do things differently.
478. With the internet and television system class room will become redundant in our educational system.
479. Women can handle both career and home efficiently.
480. Women cannot successfully handle career and family
481. Women make better bosses
482. Women’s quota good or bad
483. Yesterday is a history, Tomorrow is a mystery and Today is a gift
484. Yesterdays wars were fought for supremacy, while future wars will be fought for market share.
485. You are product of your environment.
486. You Cannot be Anything if u want to do everything
487. You do not need math’s to be bank officers
488. You have come a long way baby.. rise and rise of feminist power!

GENERAL TOPICS

1. Discuss all aspects of the topic. Look at the overall perspective. Talk about political, social, business, economic, cultural, environmental, technological, etc aspects of the topic.
2. Bring about solutions to the problems as management involves a problem solving approach.
3. Give examples. Relate your points to current happenings, current affairs,  corporate events, etc
4. Be energetic.

ABSTRACT

1. Associate concepts to the topic given
2. Listen to ideas and connect your points to the same.
3. Develop the concept discussed rather than always focusing on innovating and giving new points.
4. Give examples.

CASE STUDY

Steps:

1. Don’t jump to solutions right in the beginning.
2. Present the case briefly first.
3. Outline the problems and then discuss solutions.
4. Don’t just give solutions, if possible, discuss the feasibility of the solutions discussed.
5. Give relevant examples wherever possible.

Gist: A brief summary presented before the discussion begins. Not more than three sentences.

Objective: Why the case needs to be discussed.

Cost benefit analysis: This is done to check the feasibility of the solution. Discuss the pros and cons of the solution.

HOW TO PREPARE FOR GD TOPICS

• List down current happenings.
• Read articles related to these issues from various sources like magazines, newspaper, books, internet, etc.
• Prepare a record of these events as suggested in the following page.
• Practice these points at various GDs.
• Flash cards of the same can also be prepared to aid memory.

RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS

• Date
• People involved
• People affected
• Description of the event
• Implications wrt
  • Business
  • Finance / Economics
  • Nation
  • Other nations
  • Social Life
  • Politics
  • Environment
  • Technology
  • Impact in the future.