I/O Psychology in the Movie Office Space

people, including Industrial/Organisation (I/O) psychology students, do not necessarily know what the career field of I/O psychology entails. In an attempt to answer the question of “why should we employ I/O psychologist?” a definition of I/O psychology will be given and an explanation of the roles which it plays in organisations. To assert the argument for the employment of I/O psychologist in organisations and create an understanding of the role of I/O psychology within an organisation, the following…

Office Space: Emotional Competency Analysis In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Course Communication 478-1: Organizational Communication By: Samson Mengesha Date: Nov. 25/ 2011 Office space, a critically acclaimed film, portrays many significant themes one faces in an organization. Although it may seem like this movie was a comically based office story, it tells a deeper story about one, Peter Giffins and his environment in the work place as he goes to work every day…

The organization shown in the movie (INITECH) was clearly a case of multicultural environment comprised several identities, nationalities and different religions. (E.g. Samir is an Arab Muslim) In the light of contractual relationship among employees as well as employees with their organization, we have observed several types of contracts such as psychological contract (peter with himself which after the hypnotism has been changed significantly during the story), the implicit contract between Lumbergh…

The film “Office Space” depicts several employees at a software firm trying and failing at rebelling against the company they work for. The revolutions against the management and their subsequent failures are explained by Karl Marx’s theories on the proletariat and bourgeoisie in The Communist Manifesto. The problem that the workers encountered was a result of not going far enough in their attempts at improving their lives. In proving the failed rebellions of the employees can be explained by The…

Introduction Industrial organizational psychology is very important in the workplace for encouraging productive worker attitudes and behaviors and for the selection of applicants in the most effective manner (Pond III, 1999). In today’s world, there is a great demand for equal employment, equal pay and a satisfying yet productive workplace. These demands present many challenges for the organization and for I/O psychologists. Even more challenging are these same demands in a unionized workforce…

OFFICE SPACE Office Space shows the reality of many peoples work, unhappy and discouraged persons that are not treated the way they should or simply don get pay fairly for their work. In addition, there is a minor phenomenon and is that an employee who is not happy with his work will be inefficient, try not to continue in that work and may even not have good intentions with the company. The film tells the amazing change that occurs overnight in the life of the Peter Gibbons, after a hypnosis session…

Industrial/Organizational Psychology Pamela Groves PSY/435 January 7, 2012 Frank Del Grosso Jr. Industrial/Organizational Psychology The paper will examine the evolution of the field of industrial/organizational psychology, and how industrial/organizational psychology is different from other disciplines in psychology. Industrial/organization psychology can be used in organizations and it focuses on the employees performance and how to make it better. The report will include the role of research…

Cinema Critique The title of the movie I watched is 2001: A Space Odyssey. The direct of the film is Stanley Kubrick. The movie was released in the year 1968. The basic plot of the movie is that for around the first 20 minutes it takes place at the dawn of man, or civilization. It starts with some ape looking creatures going about life until; they come across a black stone or monolith. The monolith apparently does something to the apes and gives them the intelligence to use bones as clubs. It then…

Running head: I/O PSYCHOLOGY 1 Industrial Organization (I/O) Psychology- Casino Security Officer Teresia Green Ashford University Online Psy302: Industrial/Organizational Psychology Instructor: Nancy Devore May 18, 2013 INDUSTRIAL/ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY 2 Industrial Organization (I/O) Psychology- Casino Security Officer Industrial Organizational (I/O) Psychology deals with employee training and development, structure organization and consumer behavior including…

Organizational Behavior: Office Space Stephanie Fasulo MGMT 459 University of La Verne Professor Maria C. Duran September 7, 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction………………………………………………………………………… 3 Work Motivation…...….……………………………………………………………4 Group Dynamics………..……………...................................................................... 5 Organizational Structure and Culture….…………………………............................7 Sail Around………………………………………………………………..………. 5 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………