‘Role Play Activities’ conducted at a college level involve students taking on different roles and interacting in diverse learning settings. These activities provide valuable opportunities for students to practice skills they will need after graduation. Department of Commerce organized a team-building ‘Role Play’ activity for the students of all three years of B. Com program on 9th of September, 2023 in the seminar hall.
The event started with a welcome speech by Mr. Vaibhav Shrivastava, Head of the Department of Commerce. He elaborated the objective of the activity and underlined on how they can help evaluate students' abilities to work under pressure with others, as well as assess their decision-making and communication skills. He also stressed the importance of role play which lies in its potential to offer authentic and reflective learning experiences.
Six different groups of students participated in the activity consisting of three members each. The orator of the event, Mrs. Tripti Pashine, Assistant Professor, has given different situations to each of the groups in which every member has a ‘Role’ to play. These random situations are based on the fundamental organizational working scenarios viz., (i) Acting as a Bank Manager, Customer and Colleague under specific circumstances (ii) Sales Manager, two employees in a scenario of selling of a product (iii) HR Manager, female and male employees’ working hours (iv) Interviewer and two aspirants (v) Three volunteers for a charity cause (iv) Service manager and two customers for switching between the products.
The participants tried to demonstrate their abilities to act as different roles, time management for taking quick decisions and most importantly on building a team as well as working as an active member of the same. Mr. Singamala Vamsee and Dr. Preeti Saini Agrawal were two judges of the event. The group of first position (i) Kanjali Kohade (ii) Muskan verma (iii) Farheen Bano and the students bagged the second position were (i) Shraddha Gupta (ii) Ayush Tiwari (iii) Priya Agarwal. The winning criteria of the ‘Role Play’ include (a) Communication Skills (b) Collaboration and Team work (c) Role Portraying skills. Winners of the first and second positions were given the certificates of appreciation. Many students participated and performed well in the ‘Role Play’. The faculty members of the Department of Commerce Mr. Krishna Kant Choubey, Mrs. Neetu Gupta, Mr. Akash Goenka successfully executed the activity. The event was concluded with a note of ‘Vote of Thanks’ by Mrs. Tripti Pashine.