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Group planning exercise [GPE] or Military Planning Exercise [MPE] is done to check the reaction of candidates when put under a series of stressful situation, in which decision making ability and quick reactions of a candidate is checked.
Given below is what happens in the GPE/MPE.
- GTO explains the candidates a model on wooden plank, at the end of explanation candidates are permitted to ask any question.
- Now GTO reads a story from the card, pay attention while he reads this.
- Now after reading the story GTO allows each candidate to read story for five minutes from story cards placed on their chairs & co-relate it with the model. Make mental picture of everything because after five minutes these story cards are taken away from you.
- Now candidates are asked to write their own solution to various problems on a sheet of paper. Time allowed is ten minutes.
- After ten minutes the writing sheet is taken away and the group is expected to discuss and arrive at a common plan for the problem and then nominate a person to say the group plan to the GTO.
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Points to be kept in mind
- Identify the problems and list them in priority you would like to solve them.
- Divide the groups logically, i.e. send more people in more serious problem and you should always go in the most serious problem which you have ranked first.
- In solutions you should also make rough calculations of the distance and time it’ll take to reach there.
- After solving problems also write that you’ll all gather at some point and proceed for the work you were actually doing.
- In discussion be prepared for a heated discussion but do not lose your temper.
- Try to initiate the discussion if not possible then at least enter the discussion early.
- Cooperate with others and give fair chance to everybody to express their solution.
- Do not generalize by saying that all problems are equally important.
- If others oppose your view do not get discouraged, however if you find someone giving a better solution do not hesitate to agree.
- Do not use your arms too much, keep a smile on your face, do not get excited, do not get up from your chair.
- Do not look at the GTO.
Structure of GPE problems
Generally there are four problems given in GPE. One is of a serious nature which involves immediate reaction or is costing more life; such problem must be assigned first priority. Second kind of problem is also of serious nature and has some time left to solve it, assign them second priority; third problem is comparatively less serious. Also there will be one silly problem, assign it least priority.
Sample GPE with Solution
Details:
You are a group of students (as many as in the group) of Shyamgarh college returning from Dinapur after winning the Dinapur District Volley Ball Championship. The victory celebrations in your college are to start at 7.30 PM. As you mini -bus stopped at the petrol pump – cum – garage to get the headlights of the minibus repaired, you saw the attendant lying in a pool of blood. He told you that some anti – social elements had beaten him up and left him dead before looting all the cash and cutting off the telephone wires. He had managed to overhear their conversation. They planned to exchange large consignment of drugs in return for Arms from a foreigner near the Rock at 6.45 PM. They had also removed the fish plates of both railway tracks on the bridge. You know that an express train crosses the bridge at 6.30 PM. Also two of their men were hiding near the ferry to kill Tota Ram of Badli Village who was a police informer. The ferry has a motor boat with a speed of 20 Kmph which the two men have planned to use for their escape later. After telling this the pump attendant falls unconscious. Just then one of your friends comes running from the mini- bus and tells you that he has to take the mini – bus back to the office of Dinapur College where your Silver Trophy and the medals have been left behind. The time now is 5.30 PM. What will you do?
You are a group of students (as many as in the group) of Shyamgarh college returning from Dinapur after winning the Dinapur District Volley Ball Championship. The victory celebrations in your college are to start at 7.30 PM. As you mini -bus stopped at the petrol pump – cum – garage to get the headlights of the minibus repaired, you saw the attendant lying in a pool of blood. He told you that some anti – social elements had beaten him up and left him dead before looting all the cash and cutting off the telephone wires. He had managed to overhear their conversation. They planned to exchange large consignment of drugs in return for Arms from a foreigner near the Rock at 6.45 PM. They had also removed the fish plates of both railway tracks on the bridge. You know that an express train crosses the bridge at 6.30 PM. Also two of their men were hiding near the ferry to kill Tota Ram of Badli Village who was a police informer. The ferry has a motor boat with a speed of 20 Kmph which the two men have planned to use for their escape later. After telling this the pump attendant falls unconscious. Just then one of your friends comes running from the mini- bus and tells you that he has to take the mini – bus back to the office of Dinapur College where your Silver Trophy and the medals have been left behind. The time now is 5.30 PM. What will you do?
Map for Group Planning Exercise
Sample Solution for Group Planning Exercise
Take that you are a group of 9 people.
- I will first give first-aid to the injured attendant (Since we are coming from a game tournament we are likely to have first aid to stop bleeding). Then I’ll send the injured along with my two group mates to Shyamgarh District in the minibus. They will admit him to the hospital and then one of them will inform police about the whole incidence. They will take about 20 minutes to reach there.
- Next I along with my two other friends will go to the railway fish plate site, by taking any motor vehicle from petrol pump, where one of us will go to the railway authority at Dinapur railway station and inform them about the fish plate removal (Can go again by taking lift from somebody or by any motor vehicle), will reach there in about 35 minutes. Other two will stay at the fish plate site with red cloth to avoid any danger.
- I’ll send three people to the coast guard, they will take a motor vehicle and go there and help the coast guards to go to the rock and stop the act which they are going to do, can reach to the coast guards in about 40 minutes and help them in further investigation.
- I’ll send the remaining one person to the Badli village, he will inform Tota Ram about the danger to his life and then he will go along with Tota Ram to inform police. Time allowing we will go to Dinapur and collect the medals otherwise we will do it some other time. In this way we all will assemble again at the petrol pump at around 7:00 pm and then proceed for celebrations in our college in our mini bus. In this way I’ll solve all the problems.
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