Freshers - MBA Group Discussion

Some GD Topics

Social Topics:

1. Bride burning and dowry may look bad, but are an integral part of India.
2. Our Culture is Decaying
3. We are not serious about saving Wildlife/Environment
4. Are Big Dams Necessary?
5. Films are corrupting the Indian Youth
6. A Gandhian State selling liquor is an anomaly
7. Impact of Televsion on Childrens?
8. Do Elections have any meaning?
9. Why do we need democracy?
10. The education system needs serious reforms.
11. The impact of MTV on our psyche
12. Showing Violence and Crimes should not be allowed in films and on television. Let us legalise gambling

Hot Topics:

1. How to deal with international terrorism.
2. Should we pursue our policy of dialogue with Pakistan?
3. Is peace and non-violence outdated concepts?

Management Topics:

1. Is management an art or a science?
2. The Rush for MBA is really a rush for big money
3. Ethics in Business are just a passing fashion
4. Family owned business vs professionally run businesses
5. Smaller businesses and start-ups have more scope for professional growth.
6. Dot com or doubt com?
7. The objective of Management is to maximise profits
8. Do professional managers have a chance in our family run businesses?
9. The Internet is an exercise in hype
10. Is an MBA necessary to succeed in life?

Nature Topics:

1. Why do we care for Nature?
2. Impact of Smoking on Global Warming?
3. Can we live without Fuel?
4. Do we need to protect Endangeruod species?

Polictic Topics:

1. Reserving seats for women in Panchayat has not only been a farce but has distracted from developing a more genuine voice of women.
2. Have the nuclear tests of 1998 benefited or harmed India?
3. Voters, not, political parties are responsible for the criminalisation of politics.
4. The voters are required to be well informed and educated about their candidates so that they can elect the right aspirant by their own assessment.
5. India should go for the presidential form of democracy.

Economic Topics:

1. In our economic matters, there is an excessive tendency towards the thinking rather than doing.
2. Every cloud has a silver lining
3. Can the economy achieve an 8 percent growth rate?.
4. Is disinvestment really that good for India or is a rethink in order ?
5. Are co-operatives relevant in today's globalised environment?.
6. Foreign aid is a dangerous drug that can stimulate in small doses but become fatally addictive in larger doses.
7. Modern day sport in industrialised society is an industry, as anything else.
8. Government should clean its own hands before pointing finger at the private sector for corruption.
9. Is the NPA ordinance too harsh?
10. Reforms have to grow up.
11. The future lies with glocalisation .
12. Developing countries need trade, not aid.
13. Why do we lag behind China?
14. Capitalism is a very flawed system but the others are so much worse.
15. Flexibility of labour laws is the key to attracting more Foreign Direct Investment.
16. Is the business of business only business?
17. Is the consumer really the king in India?.
18. Globalisation versus nationalism
19. Conditional access system for cable TV watchers: boon or bane?
20. If India is poorly governed, the reason is that we have designed our system of governance for protecting, if not encouraging, corruption?
21. Commercialisation of health care : Good or Bad ?
22. For globalisation to succeed in India people must be able to see what is in it for them
23. Is the US economy headed the Japanese economy way?
24. Economic freedom not old fashioned theories of development will lead to growth and prosperity
25. Markets left to themselves encourage greed.
26. For globalisation to succeed in India people must be able to see what is in it for them
27. Should businessmen run the finance ministry
28. Should important services like transport be left to market forces?.
29. Is there any point in having a business strategy when the world changes from month to month?
30. Is the patents bill good for India? .
31. Is the business of business only business?.
32. Globalisation is good for developing countries
33. Public sector being a guarantor of job security is a myth.
34. Is industryless growth here to stay ?
35. Capitalism is a very flawed system but the others are so much worse ?
36. How can business get rid of the bad name that it has earned?
37. Government pumping money into the economy is not the solution for our economic problems
38. Business ethics are no longer a luxury for corporates but a necessity?
39. How should privatisation proceeds be utilised ?
40. Is the budgeting exercise of any use?
41. Should agricultural subsidies be stopped ?
42. Will Mumbai's film industry ever evolve into a truly modern corporatised one?
43. Will market reforms enrich rich states further, while poorer ones lag further?.
44. Why do we lag behind China ?
45. Who says MNCs are superior to Indian companies ?.
46. Why not use a brand index to measure national prosperity?.
47. What we need to reduce scams is better regulatory bodies.
48. War rhetoric is misplaced in a country like India which is trying to globalise its economy.
49. Trade can help the poor ?
50. The power ministry should cut off supplies to all the defaulting SEBs.
51. Steal a few lakhs and you're a criminal. Steal a few hundred crores and you become an industrialist.
52. Should PSUs be divested through strategic sale or public offer?
53. The state is above the law?

Management Education Topics

1. Managerial skills learnt in the classroom can never match those learnt from experience
2. Democracy is hampering India progress
3. MBA in India is highly overrated.>