Exercise 5.2 Leaderless Group Discussion As discussed in your text, assessment centers are often a useful method for predicting employee success on the job. One of the most common exercises in an assessment center is the leaderless group discussion. With a leaderless group discussion, several applicants are given a problem to discuss. As the group is discussing the problem, a group of assessors listens to the conversation and rates the quality of participation by each applicant. Instructions Below you will find a problem to use in a leaderless group discussion. Your professor will assign six students to take part in the discussion, while the other students use the rating form on the following pages to evaluate the participation of each group member. Each observer should rate the behavior of two group members. Class Discussion Problem IBM has noticed that their younger employees seem not to be as dedicated to their jobs as are older employees. The young employees tend to miss more work and often refuse to work overtime. Do you think this observation is valid, and if so, what can be done to change the attitudes and behavior of the younger workers? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________