Leader Philosophies, Themes, and Strategies Employed through “The Last Castle”
(Information from the film will be written in a basic Times New Roman, Font 12; however the information retrieved from Organizational Behavior resources will be italicized, as well as my added comments)
The Last Castle was packed full of leaders; bad, good, and great according to the numerous leadership philosophies, themes, and strategies that I will identify. The movie begins with Lieutenant General (3-Star) Irwin coming off the bus in his dress green uniform, while in handcuffs. He has the entire prison (staff, soldiers, and prisoners) watching him being escorted into the “Castle” prison. While he is escorted, the prisoners are taking bets on how long he
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Furthermore, withholding resources is one of The 12 Elements of Great Managing (I have the materials and equipment I need to do my work right, Ch. 2, The Second Element) Basketball is not considered work; however, it is a part of their daily activities, and withholding items causes friction on the court, which does not allow for everyone to participate. While chaos / a fight arose, other prisoners, the guards, and the Colonel observed, until the Colonel finally gave the order to put a stop to it. Although bean bags were shot rather than “live” ammunition, apparently the Colonel had given orders to aim at the head periodically (calling it an accident), especially when prisoners (or animals, as the Colonel called them often) were killed. This type of leadership is in line with Machiavelli’s, pg. 4, assumed view of human nature in the prison, that human beings are essentially evil… as the prisoners/animals were evil. Also, I compared this accidental killing of prisoners in “The Castle” like the beginning of Sun Tzu. Sun Tzu killed the King’s two favorite concubines because they failed to follow orders. Just like the Colonel gave orders a second time before commanding the marksman to shoot, Sun Tzu gave the orders a second time before he killed the concubines. “When the orders have been made clear, and are not carried out in accordance with military law, it is a
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John Molson School of Business Department of Management Comm 222: Organizational Behaviour and Theory Winter 2013 General Information Comm 222 Section E Class times: Monday & Wednesday 8:45 – 10:00 Class location: MB 3.430 Credits: 3 Instructor:
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I/O PSYCHOLOGY IN THE MOVIE OFFICE SPACE Introduction Most movies are a reflection of society and the type of interpersonal interactions that shape human lives, although they are typically revamped to fit a certain genre. In the movie Office Space, the satirical twist is on the human experience of the work environment. It is a comical depiction of how coworkers interact with each other and how they endure stressful job-related situations that we can all relate to. There are psychological concepts represented in this movie from various fields of psychology.
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The next big era of leadership theories was the Rational Management era. When the previous era failed to determine exact traits that could consistently be identified in great leaders, a shift occurred to begin looking at how these leaders behaved, and what made them into great leaders, rather than who they were in a specific sense. This was a major shift from thinking that people were born leaders, to now considering that perhaps leaders could be made, or trained to become leaders. The first of these theories, beginning in the early 1950’s, were the behavior theories. The focus of these theories was to study what these leaders do, and
In Appendix A, “A Brief Historical Perspective,” the textbook examines the history and references the contributions made to the study of organizational behavior, beginning in the late 1800s until the 2000s. Several contributions made by many organizational and behavioral pioneers over the decades were influenced by the many teachings of psychology, sociology, engineering, anthropology, management, and medicine. Of those contributions, the studies conducted at the Hawthorne Works facility are the most memorable studies conducted in its history. The research there found an understanding for people’s social and psychological behavior within the workplace. Consequently, the progression of research studied throughout the centuries has proven how
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Module Leaders: Miss. Noor Unit No: 3 Title of Module: Organization & Behaviour Word Limit: 2000-2500 Assessment Method: Word Document Report Academic Year: July 2012/ Jan 2013 Assessment Period: Semester 2/1 Assessment No: 1 Submission Date: 19-03-2013
Over the course of this semester, Organizational Behavior has highlighted numerous topics, which concentrated on
Organizational behavior is the behavior of individuals, either one or a group. It is not the behavior of an organization, but rather the behavior of the people in an organization. This can be anywhere from a family at home to a church to a work group within a company. Some of the challenges that make behaviors challenging in today’s workplace are high performance, ethical behavior, productivity improvement, technology utilization, quality, diversity, work-life balance, and the global economy, (Schermerhorn, 2003, P. 1).