[pagalguy]

GD TOPICS FOR MANAGEMENT INSTITUTES

A Unipolar World spells disaster for underdeveloped countries like India
Is Globalization Really Necessary?
What shall we do about our ever-increasing population?
Corruption is the price we pay for democracy
Foreign television channels are destroying our culture
What India needs is a dictatorship
With media publishing and telecasting trivia, censorship is the need of the hour
Kaun Banega Krorepati is less about knowledge but more about money and personality
Beauty contests degrade womanhood
The rise of regional blocs threatens independent nations like India
Six billion and one bronze!
Is dependence on computers a good thing?
Should the public sector be privatized?
China and India are similar nations with contrasting ways
Is India a Soft Nation?
Value based politics is the need of the hour
Religion should not be mixed with politics
How to deal with high oil prices
Our cricketers are not to blame for match fixing
Why cant we be world players in industry as we are in software?
Multinational corporations: Are they devils in disguise?
Should there be limits on artistic freedom (the controversy on Fire).
Should there be private universities?
Does banning fashion shows and New Year parties save our culture?
Are Big Dams Necessary?
Films are corrupting the Indian Youth
A Gandhian State selling liquor is an anomaly
Bride burning and dowry may look bad, but are an integral part of India
Our Culture is Decaying
We are not serious about saving Wildlife/Environment
The education system needs serious reforms
The impact of MTV on our psyche
Showing Violence and Crimes should not be allowed in films and on television
Let us legalize gambling
Is management an art or a science?
The Rush for MBA is really a rush for big money
Ethics in Business are just a passing fashion
The objective of Management is to maximize profits
Do professional managers have a chance in our family run businesses?
The Internet is an exercise in hype
Is an MBA necessary to succeed in life?
Family owned business vs. professionally run businesses
Smaller businesses and start-ups have more scope for professional growth
Dot com or doubt com?
The Wheel is Turning Round and Round
If I was the Finance Minister/Prime Minister
There is no right way to do a wrong thing
Group Task: How can we have Mount Everest in India?
Do Beauty and Brains Go Together?
When I woke up in the morning I saw…
A ship docked in harbor cannot face the storms
Up the Down Staircase
Just as we have smoke free zones, we should have child free zones
Marriage is a social trap
India needs dictatorship or democracy
Education and success -direct correlation
Indian villages-our strength or weakness
Budget-good or bad
Role of NGOs in today’s world (and India)
International Women's Day
MBA necessary for successful business?
Are beauty pageants justified?
Is coalition politics here to stay?
India needs a dictator?
Is India moving away from a secularist state?
Education in India - or the lack of it
What ails Indian sports?
The Age of Information Is Philosophy just an armchair theory?
Success is all about human relations Borderless worlds - Dream or reality?
Quality is a myth in India.
Education and success - Is there a correlation?
We don't learn from history, we repeat it
Do we need a global policeman?
Indian villages - our strength or our weakness?
Agrarian Economy in India - boon or bane
If there were no armies in the world....
Open book examination system would eliminate all the ills of present system. (Dept. of Fin. Studies, DU, March'99)
Women's empowerment will lead to social development (IIM Kozhikode, March'99)
Computers result in unemployment (FMS Delhi, March'99)
Indians lack a sense of social responsibility (MDI Gurgaon, March'99)
Are we raising a generation of burnt out children? (IIMB, Mar 97)
Advertising is all glitter and little truth. (MICA, Apr '97)
Is bureaucracy a hindrance to economic reforms in India? (IIMC,July '97)
Film-makers are indulging in cinematic Fortitution in the name of folk culture. (IIML, Mar'97)
Under Indian parliamentary democracy it is impossible to ensure balanced regional development. (IIMC, Mar '97 ) Corruption is the main outcome of democracy in India. (IIML, Mar '97) In an over-regulated society corruption is inevitable. (MICA, Apr '97) For the poorer sections of society, a state-controlled economy is better than a liberalized economy. (IIMC-PGDCM, March'97)
With IT replacing middle level management, software jobs are more lucrative than MBAs (S.P Jain, March'99)
Do you think accent holds you back? Would you prefer everyone speaking uniformly? (XIM Bhubaneswar, March'99)
Men resent women power at work place (NMIMS, March'99)
Youth in India are becoming greedy by the day (MICA, March'99)
MBAs should be taxed at higher rates in the country (IIMB April'99)
IT boom in India.
Large Dams are a must for India's development.
Leaders should be followers first.
Should the Government ban India from playing cricket match in sharjah? Justify.
Why more girls choose Human Relations Management.
Advertising and ethics.
IT à What does the future hold? Recommendation?
Conscription should be made compulsory.
Why is patriotism lacking in India?
What Ails India more - corruption or Overpopulation.
What should India do to preserve its IT command over the World.
India makes nuclear bombs, but cannot make quake resistant houses.
Role of money in elections
Fast changes in Information Technology- excitement or agony?
Business Ethics.
Infrastructure and India.
Effectiveness of economic embargo on Iraq.
Human rights kills democracy
Match fixing has deprived cricket of its glory
Privatization needs checks and balances
Democracy vs. dictatorship

[aquarian_gal]

Gr8 job PG!
That list is pretty exhaustive..

[ankita]

WOW!!!!

such a good collection......

[ajeeshnair]

Nice Work, and great effort....

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Ajeesh

[muks]

nice 2 revive the topic at this time.
almost all the topics r okey, but what does these mean:
1. The Wheel is Turning Round and Round
2. Up the Down Staircase

and how 2 debate these:
1. When I woke up in the morning I saw…
2. With IT replacing middle level management, software jobs are more lucrative than MBAs (S.P Jain, March'99)

and ya, i thought that most of topics at iim's gd r quite vague and difficult.these seem avg.why so?

[tavaishnav]

Originally Posted by muks

nice 2 revive the topic at this time.
almost all the topics r okey, but what does these mean:
1. The Wheel is Turning Round and Round
2. Up the Down Staircase

Both these are abstract GD topics. Don't take them very literally. For the first one, you can take it philosophically and talk about the march of time, or you could take it a little bit literally and talk about the revolution that the invention of the wheel wrought. For the second topic, you could talk about 'going against the flow' or going against existing beliefs and traditions.

Originally Posted by muks

and how 2 debate these:
1. When I woke up in the morning I saw…
2. With IT replacing middle level management, software jobs are more lucrative than MBAs (S.P Jain, March'99)

The word 'debate' used above is incorrect. You just have to 'discuss' these topics and not 'debate'. For the first one, use your imagination , and for the second one, if you have observed this kind of trend (or the opposite), you can discuss it either way. This shouldn't be very difficult.

-Ted.

[M A N I S H]

Originally Posted by muks

nice 2 revive the topic at this time.
almost all the topics r okey, but what does these mean:
1. The Wheel is Turning Round and Round

May be we can talk about the way things repeat themselves over a period of time..

Talk about how India was so advanced in Science and now the world seems to reinvent what we had invented 1000 year ago.

Talk about the big bang and the theory that all the universe will again squeeze back to a small point and then again the bigbang.

Talk about the invention of wheel..( Oops how could i forget it..)

Talk about how the same product is relaunched in a new packaging in market and gets good sales...

Talk about birth and rebirth..

Thats it..
More than enough..

[mtmt]

great list pagalguy!! could u pls help those of us who have got calls from sibm by telling us about sibm selection procedure??thanks a lot

[priamrules]

absolutely smashing effort pagalguy!

great posting. got a request to make to anyone having time material. it would be great if someone could upload as many topics as possible from the time gd/pi book. i had a chance to just glance through it, and there was quite an exhaustive list.

thx a lot others and specially pagalguy

[vahgar]

pg rules!!