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
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Every single character in the “Office Space” movie depicts various stereotypes you can find in the workplace. These characters are both simplified and exaggerated as we can see in the opening scene with Peter Gibbons‚ a businessman‚ stuck in the morning traffic going to work. He looks unhappy and depressed. He is frustrated as he is barely driving and as this old guy walking on the side walk is even going faster than him. He tries to escape from the traffic as he sees the other lane moving faster
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Brooke Ingram Dr. Saxton English 1101 - 1:25 29 September 2013 Analysis of Office Space movie trailer The trailer for Office Space targets a mature audience of working people who are sick of their monotonous daily routines of going to their terrible jobs. This trailer really relates to men and women who sit in traffic‚ have annoying bosses‚ and go to jobs they hate. The mature audience of the movie would also enjoy the sarcasm used by the narrator in the trailer and comedic adult references
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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
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I choose to analyze the movie Office Space. My analysis focuses on the lack of motivation Peter has for his job as well as analyzing the values he takes into consideration when making decisions. I will be using the scene where Peter is interviewed by the Bobs as a focal point for my analysis. I will be performing this analysis by using one concept and two theories which are the psychological contract‚ Hackman & Oldham Job Characteristics Theory‚ and Kohlberg’s theory. Peter’s perspective on what
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Office space stress! Peter: I’m in the car because there is a heavy traffic so I’m stressed‚ I look at the clock it’s late and it upset me more. Samir: call Peter on the phone... Peter: Hi Samir how are you? Samir: Hello good and you? Peter: so-so the traffic is too heavy I’m about to go there. Samir: ok here is Michael we will wait for you Peter: pass me Michael Samir: Ok Michael: hi what has happening why don’t you get here. Peter: Hi traffic sucks here‚ the boss is already there
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“Bartleby‚ the Scrivener” “Bartleby‚ The Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street” by Herman Melville is the tale of a young scrivener who rather than be remembered by his boss for his impeccable work and outstanding attitude is not forgotten because of his apathy towards life and the mysterious circumstances that made him act that way. In an essay‚ Graham Thompson‚ says that “the predominant themes in discussions of ‘Bartleby’remain changes in the nature of the workplace in antebellum America and transformations
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Bartleby’s Isolation and the Wall Introduction: “Bartleby the Scrivener‚ A Story of Wall Street” is a short story by Herman Melville in which the narrator‚ a lawyer who runs a firm on Wall Street‚ tells the story of a rebellious scrivener who worked for him named Bartleby. One day‚ Bartleby simply states “I would prefer not to” when asked to do his normal copying duties as a scrivener (Melville). Soon Bartleby starts sleeping and eating at the office‚ refusing to leave. Eventually the narrator decides
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In the beginning of this story‚ Bartleby is a person who needed a job for living. He found a job‚ which is a copy legal document by hand. Previously‚ his boss was a very kind person that always paid him on time and gave him good remuneration. However‚ Bartleby’s personality changed. He became a strange person compared with the first day in the company. One of the important characteristics is when his manager or colleagues asked he to do a favor or finished his job. His response was always “I prefer
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------------------------------------------------- Bartleby the Scrivener" Summary The narrator of "Bartleby the Scrivener" is the Lawyer‚ who runs a law practice on Wall Street in New York. The Lawyer begins by noting that he is an "elderly man‚" and that his profession has brought him "into more than ordinary contact with what would seem an interesting and somewhat singular set of men the law-copyists‚ or scriveners." While the Lawyer knows many interesting stories of such scriveners‚ he bypasses
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