TEST Day 2

GROUP PLANNING - Step By Step

You Can Become a Leader Here

 by.......?

 

1.    It will be held on a model which will be marked on ground or placed on a table. GTO will explain the model like this "The blue colour indicates sea water and white colour is land. Here is a ship, one KM inside the sea which will sink after 2 hours. It has 1000 passengers which have to be rescued. At a distance of 1 km you have 2 boats. Each has a capacity of 150 passengers. They take 30 minutes to reach the ship. 10 minutes are required for passenger boarding. There are 2 more boats having a capacity of 100 each. There turn round time is 2 hours and 30 minutes. There is another boat whose turn around distance is 3 hours and it can take 200 passengers. You have good communication with boats, how will you organize the rescue work (clarify any point from GTO if not clear.)

ABOVE SITUATION IS JUST AN EXAMPLE. THERE WILL BE SO MANY OTHER SITUATIONS

2.    GTO will place the pointer stick and walk away telling you all (leaderless crowd) to solve the problem.

3.    Now note how you should act and react.

·        The moment GTO places the pointer stick, pick it up.

·        Ensure that what so ever GTO said it is in your mind even the smallest details.

·        Tell the group, nobody to speak in next 2 minutes, (You are becoming a leader).

·        Once the GTO was clarifying doubts of others, you must think of a solution.

·        After 2 minutes just announce you have done it (even if you have solved 50 to 70%).

·        Start telling others your solution.

·        Candidates will start speaking. Keep an invisible eye on GTO once he is coming, you start speaking about your solution.

·        Once GTO comes, he will remain nearby, keep quite and stand aside with pointer in your hand.

·        GTO will ask who will give the solution. Just raise hand. He will ask "is it the solution of complete group?"

·        Tell him ‘partially sir’ because we never had enough time to get everybody on board.

·        If GTO says not you, be quick to name another chest number whom you feel is better.

·        Explain to GTO in a clear voice and mind, even still if you know 70%. Rest assure, things will make their own way.

·        If some other boy is explaining, still be eager to take over but do not interrupt him. If he is stuck, ask for GTO’s permission to take over.

YOU SHOULD REMAIN IN EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT GIVING THE SOLUTION. YOU MAY BE ASKED ANY TIME TO TAKE OVER

4.    Sometimes a paper may be given and each individual may be asked to write his solution. In this case write it point wise and be brief.

5.    How to solve the problem?

Start thinking from one side. In the case of ship and boats:

·        Remember you have 120 minutes. 2 boats can go to ship in 30 minutes, 10 minutes for passenger boarding and 30 minutes to return. In 70 min 300 passengers saved. These boats reach ship again 70+30 = 100 min. board the passengers in 10 minutes (110 min) and get away. Do not bother when they reach the coast, 600 passengers saved by these 2 boats.

·        Two boats with turn around time of 2 hours 30 min will take 1 hour 15 min to reach the ship and each boat saves 100 passengers. Total 200 passengers saved and total becomes 800 saved.

·        Single boat with turn around time of 3 hours will reach the ship in one hour 30 minutes and save 200 passengers and all 1000 passengers will be saved.

Note: 10 minutes before the sinking time, all passengers have left the ship.

See a model of Group Planning which a successful candidate faced at ISSB and he has made it for us. We are getting other details

 


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