Myrtle Flower Company, sends its management trainees to an assessment center. There, the employees are assigned to small groups
and given a problem to solve within an allotted time frame. The team members have to work together in tackling problems that they might face in a management position, without a source to whom they can refer any questions. What is the correct term for this type of development exercise?
Based on the scenario being described it can be said that the type of term for this type of development exercise is a leaderless group discussion or LGD for short. This exercise focuses on placing individuals in a group in order to work together on solving specific problems without help from a trained professional or expert in the matters that they are dealing with.
