"12 Angry Men" - Group/Team Dynamics
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7 pages in length. The premise of 12 Angry Men shows how human (mis)perception, ego, prejudice and close-mindedness holds a wide variance of potential harm. Brought together to deliberate the fate of an accused murderer, the jury learns a lot about their own shortcomings - and eventual enlightenment - throughout the process of reaching a verdict. The 1957 film was instrumental in demonstrating how a group of opinionated, angry men who refuse to believe there is any other viewpoint but their own can be damaging to a just outcome; only when they are guided by the collective components of group dynamics do they finally realize the danger of assuming everything is as it seems at face value and why analyzing situations beyond the obvious facts carries a tremendous weight in reaching the right conclusion. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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"Leading With the Heart": A Review of the Book by Mike Krzyzewski
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Six-time heralded as National Coach of the Year, Duke University's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski is one of the most successful coaches in history. Kyzyzewski is more than a coach, however, his talents with sports figures have been successfully turned to many other arenas of life as well one of which is "Leading With the Heart: Coach K's Successful Strategies for Basketball, Business, and Life". This book is an insight into the many philosophies which Coach K has gained over the years regarding the importance of leadership, overcoming life's adversities, individual instinct, and individual and organizational responsibility. Critical to this process is are five fundamental qualities: communication, trust, collective responsibility, caring, and pride; qualities which "Leading With the Heart" illuminates as do few other motivational books. No additional sources are listed.
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"Making the Fit" -- Employee Recruitment at Nike
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This 10 page report discusses Nike, Inc. and the considerations that must be made in terms of forming a recruitment strategy. Nike, the goddess of victory, is also the goddess of athletic shoes. That has resulted in a certain attitude at Nike in terms of its corporate functions ranging from research and development to marketing to retail operations and much more. Clearly, all of that also hinges on the company's recruitment and human resource strategies that do everything to assure that "our kind of people" go to work at Nike. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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"Men and Women of the Corporation"
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A 5 page overview of the problems confronting women in the workplace. Emphasizing the work presented by Rosabeth Moss Kanter in her book "Men and Women of the Corporation", the author of this paper examines the hierarchical relationship of the workplace and details how this relationship is determined to a large degree by gender. No other sources are listed.
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"Norma Rae": Significance to Contemporary Worker Welfare
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A 5 page discussion of the events depicted in this 1979 movie to real-life worker welfare. Describes the deplorable conditions faced by factory workers during this period and introduces the topic of unionization. Notes that unionization gave the masses a single, powerful voice which could not be ignored by factory owners and managers. No additional sources are listed.
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"Reframing Organizations"
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A 6 page review of three chapters from Lee G. Bolman and Terrance E. Deal's book. This paper reviews Chapters 15, 16, and 17, summarizing the main points and applying them to real life situations presented by the authors. No additional sources are listed.
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"Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line": A Review of the Book by Ben Hamper
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A 3 page overview of the life of a fourth generation production line worker in Flint Michigan in the 1970s and 1980s. The author outlines the impact the United Autoworkers Union (UAW) had on Hamper and his fellow workers. No additional sources are listed.
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"Staffing the World" -- Kelly Services Inc.
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This 3 page report discusses the temporary employment agency – Kelly Services. The company headquartered in Troy, Michigan, offers: "…human resources solutions that include temporary services, staff leasing, outsourcing, vendor on-site and full-time placement." This report looks at the company's history, what industries it serves, how many workers it utilizes, and how such an organization deals with booms and busts in the larger economy. . Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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"The Five Dysfunctions Of A Team" By Patrick Lencioni
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4 pages in length. Patrick Lencioni's The Five Dysfunctions of a Team illustrate the means by which organizations are floundering in what should otherwise be a smooth flow of collaboration. It is because of these five dysfunctions - absence of trust, fear of conflict, lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability and inattention to results – that companies struggle to maintain a healthy team atmosphere and, ultimately, have even greater difficulty effectively managing themselves. No additional sources cited.
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