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Group Discussions

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Importance

  Efective tool in

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Problem solving• Decision making

• Personality assessment

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Characteristics

• Agreement on group goals

• Goal Oriented Interaction

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Agreement on Procedures• Co-operative and Friendly

atmosphere

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Use of Eective Communicationtechni!ues

• E!uita"le Distri"ution of

Participation•

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Areas o selection throughGDs

• Subject Knowlege

• !ral Communication skills

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"eaershi# Skills•  $eam %anagement

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Group Discussion#trategies

• Getting the GD Starte

• Contributing systematically

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Creating a rienly Coo#erativeatmos#here

• %oving the iscussion along

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Promoting !#timal Partici#ation• &anling Con'ict

• Efecting Closure

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 $echni(ues or iniviual

Contribution

•  $o#ic Analysis

• Discussing o#inions

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Discussing #roblems• Discussing case stuies

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Grou# )nteraction Strategies

• E*changing !#inions

• Asking or o#inions

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Giving o#inions• Su##orting your o#inions

• +alancing #oints o ,iew

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Agreeing an isagreeing

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E*changing Suggestions an

Pro#osals

• -e(uesting suggestions

• %aking suggestions

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Acce#ting an rejecting #ro#osals

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Positives

• Initiator . starts iscussion/suggests new ieas an solutions

• Information%opinion see&er . asksor inormation rom other membersan tries to elicit their o#inion

• Information%opinion giver .givesacts an inormation an shares hisown o#tion with others

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Positives continue

• Clari'ers0E*#ans on ieas oothers by giving e*am#les ane*#lanations

• Coordinators 0&el#s in integratingan summari1ing the ieas omembers

• Direction givers0 Suggests theirection or urther iscussions ane2nes the goals 3 objectives o the

iscussion

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(egatives

• )loc&er0 Always raises objections anbrings u# the same to#ic ater the rest othe grou# have is#ose o it

•Aggressor . Critici1es others/ e*#resseshostility an jealousy

• *ecognition #ee&ers0+oasts an tries toalways seek the attention o others

• Dominator0Attem#ts to ominate byorering others/ interru#ting an im#osinghis own #oint o view

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