The core theme is the application of the "GOBA" (Good points, Bad points) technique in a group discussion (GD) for an investment bank interview, specifically debating the merits of a four-day versus a five-day work week. The technique emphasizes maintaining an open-minded and flexible approach by presenting balanced arguments for both sides.
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a recent GD Topic in an investment Bank
interview was is a four day working
system better than a five-day working
system now when you are given these kind
of light-hearted topics which of course
do not have many political or
controversial connotations you need to
follow something which is called the
goba technique so the Gober technique
simply says keep an open-minded and
remain flexible in your approach
you don't want to be very heavily
critical of one method at the same time
being very heavily appreciative of the
other because both have pluses and
minuses so today let me give a small
demonstration of the go Bar Method when
it comes to a GDA topic which is
contemporary and consultative in nature
now go means speak about two three good
points and by means speak about two
three bad points on that particular
topic so let's give a demo if you are an initiator
initiator
you want to welcome the participants and say
say
my worthy group participants I welcome
you all to this group discussion of ABC
Investment Bank and we have been
allotted 15 minutes to give our
recommendations on whether a four day
working system is better or a five-day
working system now as time is limited
may I propose that we can quickly
discuss the plus and minus points of
both and then come up with our
recommendations as to how and in what
Manner should either of them be
implemented if at all so as time is
limited may I request the views of some
of my worthy colleagues this is how an
initiative could briefly do
prevent and then someone who wants to
strongly support
this supporter who is going to speak in
favor of four day system four day a week
system needs to use the time of
preparation to write good points of four
day and also bad points now I want you
all to think what are the possible good
points of 4D system first of course is a
greater focus on personal life so
balance which means you are balancing
personal and professional life the
second is if people are supposed to work
in shorter burst they could have greater concentration
concentration
third very interesting benefit is saving
of logistic cost operational cost
because companies don't have to work
seven days or six days to that extent
the travel cost travel time is being
saved and therefore finally the
productivity of employee whereby on a
shorter concentrated burst the employee
could work with greater productivity
so you want to quickly jot these points
in your mind and then as your first
possible intervention you could say
thank you so much my colleague now
please allow me to speak further on this
I believe that four day working system
has some tremendous working points which
are very positive and three of them are
as follows number one with shorter work
durations it's possible that people have
better balance when it comes to their
personal and professional life and
therefore their health their overall
well-being can be improved the second
plus point is going to be greater
productivity because when people have to
work for shorter span of time it is
possible that they may be able to work
with higher level of concentration and
finally even for organizations it's very
good because instead of working six days
where their electricity consumables
Logistics are consumed to that extent if
it's only four days a week they could
save a huge amount of cost when it comes
to Logistics travel food consumption and
various the things so all in all I
believe it's a very wonderful move which
I very much welcome
and there is another person there who
wants to oppose this now think about the
negative points of four days well the
biggest is going to be breakage of
concentration with long holidays the
crash of service level because of the
long break and of course the very
obvious reason that organizations need
greater devotion and concentration to
succeed so a Critic could say my friend
I really appreciate point however I have
to submit that I do not fully agree with
all your points while I respect the
factor of health and a balance in
personal and professional life I have to
tell you that corporate productivity
demands three very important things
number one stretches of longer duration
if you are going to work for four days
at a stretch a person can at Max work
eight to nine to ten hours therefore our
overall deliverable will reduce
as the legendary Elon Musk says if we
want to do something significant we have
to forget about 40 hours a week we
should be thinking about 70 80 hours so
four day goes contrary to that
the second important thing is that when
employees will have long periods of
break they are going to be in a holiday
mode and when they come back there is a
huge amount of transition time both
mentally and physically which could
therefore be very delicious to their
performance at the organization also and
thirdly organizations have to deliver
their clients they have to provide
service so if they are not able to do
that in a certain level of consistent
manner it could affect their business so
all in all I believe four day system is
a very extreme step which could be very
disruptive now here I want you all
students to remember to insert proper
nouns and cases you could talk about the
case of Dubai there was an ERA in Dubai
where they started experimenting with
four days or four and a half days so you
could quit with a line and say as an
illustration under the previous regime
Dubai had shifted to four days or even
four and a half days but eventually they
found that while companies may be able
to ban it the clients suffer and now
most of the Dubai is back to five days
of working so add proper nouns I just
gave you an example of Elon Musk also so
this is the case of somebody who's
speaking for or against four days now
about five days well when you are going
to support five days you would need to
again do a good point analysis so what
are the good points here number one well
it's a very Optimum compromise compared
to the Past regime of six days a week
number two it gives you a balanced
working of about eight to nine hours and
therefore by giving that kind of a time
you give about 50 odd hours in a week
number three it still gives you good
time to relax during the weekend and
then work from Monday to Friday and
therefore add some amount of discipline
so by building an argument around this
you could say your point so my dear
friends I would like to support the
five-day system for three reasons number
one organizations do need time and five
day ensure that we are able to give
about 45 to 50 hours at least and
therefore that much is needed to
maintain the quality and consistency
the second thing is it gives us a better
lifestyle because it's very clear that
Saturday Sundays as weekends are the
time to rest while others are the times
where we really need to work hard and
focus and finally it gives a semblance
of consistency because we are working
for five days so then we are able to
give that level of quality and service
to our clients so I'm sincerely in favor
of the thought that five days is better
and finally come someone who wants to
criticize five-day system and well this
is tough because you are going to
challenge an existing system so the
person could hear talk about with the
changing Society improving quality
standards and general
influence of the society human beings
are also facing lot of mental stress the
Millennials may not be able to give long
period of time and therefore it's
important to curtail the time which you
are giving to work so this person could
go my dear friends I think your point of
five days are quite pertinent however I
beg to disagree by saying two things we
need to plan for the future and the
Millennials will be the workforce very
soon have limited concentration so if we
drag them to work for five days or six
days it may have really harmful and
deteriorating effect on their
concentration on the other hand if we
give them a clear mindset that work for
four days and then enjoy for three days
they may do best in both the
circumstances and focus for four days
and enjoy for three days I also feel
that as Society has been evolving we
used to have a six day work culture from
which we moved to five I think time is
almost ripe for us to take the next leap
and give greater value to human life and
balance in our life
so use the gobar technique to always
give balanced opinions and the last but
the most crucial thing role of
summarizer as I always say a summarizer
is supposed to give a balanced summary
not your view but what was discussed in
the group so a summarizer could go
my dear colleagues please allow me to
summarize this GD we had a very
vivacious and enchanting GD and although
the group was divided and the consensus
could not be achieved however most of
the participants felt that time has come
that we need to review the possibility
of Shifting to afford a system because
as Society is evolving and the
Millennials will be the future of
Workforce it's important to give them
zones of rest versus zones of work it is
also important to recognize that not all
Industries are similar some process
Industries where customer service is
very important well we may have to
continue with five or six days however
when it comes to certain education
institutions where there is burst then
Beach Schools or colleges we could work
four days and give them rest for three
days so all in all I think the group
largely agreed that industry-wise sector
wise we can evaluate and decide where we
should go ahead with four days and where
we can continue with five days
so with those words we like to end our
group discussion so this is how a
initiator a strong supporter a strong
opposer and a harmonizer or a summarizer good
good
do a very effective performance in the
group discussion
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