Office Space

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…………………………………………………………………………

Film Assignment #1 – Office Space Director: Mike Judge Question #1: Throughout the movie Office Space, the workers had plenty of different coping mechanisms and resistance strategies inside and outside of the workplace to help them handle that “work sucks”. One of the main coping mechanisms and resistance strategies used throughout the film, as mentioned by John Kane, is escapism. Within the first hour of being at work, Peter was confronted by multiple managers that he did not complete his

Office Space is a comedy film directed by Mike Judge. This movie characterizes an unhappy employee that works for a software company named Initech. This movie is a great example of many people's work in everyday life, who are unfortunately unhappy and discouraged from their jobs and they are not treated the way they should. This movie shows an amazing change which happens to occur overnight to a guy named Peter Gibbons after a hypnosis session peter becomes incapable to worry about anything in his

Introduction The movie Office Space follows the main character Peter Gibbons and his co-workers Michael Bolton and Samir Nagheenanajar who work for the software company Intech in the late 1990s. Peter hates his job, saying that every day is the worst day, and visits a hypnotherapist at the suggestion of his girlfriend at the time to help alleviate workplace stress. He is left in a carefree, hypnotic state following the sudden death of the hypnotherapist and as a result, he is feels empowered to skip

Office space is a comedy film directed by Mike Judge. This movie characterizes an unhappy employee that works for a software company named Initech. Office Space shows the reality of many people's work, unhappy and discouraged persons that are not treated the way they should. This movie shows an amazing change which happens to occurs overnight to a guy named Peter Gibbons after a hypnosis session peter becomes incapable to worry about anything in his life. He starts to become completely free, and

Ruchika Verma Movie Analysis 3: Office Space Office Space is a comedy film directed by Mike Judge. This movie characterizes an unhappy employee that works for a software company named Initech. This movie is a great example of many people's work in everyday life, who are unfortunately unhappy and discouraged from their jobs and they are not treated the way they should. This movie shows an amazing change which happens to occur overnight to a guy named Peter Gibbons after a hypnosis session peter

Case Background In organizations, the main goal of the management, which they extend onto their employees is to complete as many tasks as possible, in the shortest amount of time. The tasks are usually given by the heads of the organization, which they pass on to the management, which they then give to the employees. The employees are tasked with completing these jobs to please their managers, who want the tasks completed in order to please the bosses of the organization. It is a recurring cycle

In the film, Office Space, director Mike Judge brings the viewer inside the mind of Peter Gibbons. Peter is not happy at his job as a computer programmer at Initech Corporation. Unable to endure another moment of the tedious, soul-sucking routine and trivial annoyances at Initech; Peter’s soon to be ex-girlfriend talks him into seeing a hypnotherapist. Following one session Peter decides that life is too short to continue the corporate grind. This paper will look at how the film represented some

The movie Office Space, directed by Mike Judge in 1999, evaluates different organizational practices in our society. In Office Space, the main character, Peter, works at company called Initech. Intitech is a software programming company. Peter’s job consists of working in a small cubicle reviewing numbers and reports all day. Office Space goes through the course of Peter’s meltdown of hating his job. Office Space portrays the side of the unsatisfactory view of the working people in an endeavor to

In 1999, Hollywood writer and director, Mike Judge, wrote and directed a movie entitled Office Space. Office Space is a satirical look at the human experience in the workplace environment. Although the scenarios presented in this comedy are far-fetched, they do shine a light on several industrial and organizational psychological principles. Some themes that are touched on in the movie are leadership, communication, motivation, job analysis, groupthink, and counterproductive workplace behaviors