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Final Paper – Movie/TV Show Critique (100pts)
Paper Length: minimum 6 pages (not including title & reference pages)
What is included in the paper?
Title Page in APA format
• Introduction
• At LEAST 5 Main Topics For each topic:
• Define the topic and explain what I/O psychology tells us about the topic (e.g., how it should be performed, causes or effects, etc.).
• Provide at least one example from the movie/tv show (i.e., describe scenes and/or provide dialogue) that exemplify this topic.
• Explain whether the movie/tv show demonstrated the topic being utilized correctly or incorrectly and why.
• If done incorrectly, explain how the characters in the movie/tv show or the movie/tv show writers could have shown the topic more accurately.
• If done correctly (e.g., the movie/tv show demonstrates job stress resulting in employee dissatisfaction), explain how the characters in the movie/tv show could apply I/O principles relevant to the topic to improve employee performance, satisfaction and/or well-being.
• Summary and Conclusion
*If you use information from any sources, you need to cite them appropriately and include a reference page. See Blackboard information about citations and references in APA style.
Sample Topics for Paper (Anything we covered in class or in the book is acceptable)
Performance
Research Methods in I/O Psychology Job Analysis
Performance Appraisal Selection
Placement Employee Training
Employee Motivation Goal Setting Organizational Justice Job Satisfaction
Organizational Commitment Emotions at Work
OCB CWB
Organizational Norms Safety
Occupational Stress Burnout
Turnover
Work-Family Conflict Work Groups and teams Social loafing
Group-think
Leadership – Sources of Power Abuse of Power Organizational Development Organizational Change
Theory X/Theory Y Organizational Culture
Acceptable Movies
Office Space (1999) R
• Peter Gibbons is computer programmer who at the ripe old age of 28 is having a mid-life crisis. Unable to endure another moment of the mind-numbing routine and petty annoyances that assault him day after day, Peter and some equally frustrated colleagues hatch a plot which could lead to a very lucrative and early retirement.
Gung Ho (1986) PG-13
• To save jobs in a small Pennsylvania town, cocky Hunt Stevenson (Michael Keaton) goes to Japan and asks the owners to re-open the auto plant where he used to work. Hunt gets what he asks for, but gets a curve ball thrown at him when the Japanese bosses agree to his proposition only if the the plant will be run by the Japanese–who have a far more strict work ethic and expect undying loyalty from the workers. The concept of seven day work weeks and mandatory free overtime doesn’t go over big with the American employees, leading to a constant clash between the workers and the management.
Antz (1998) PG
• Central Park ant drone Z longs to be an individual of accomplishment, but Z’s colony is a society that puts the value of the colony over personal achievement. Young Z sets his sites on the colony’s Queen daughterBala- who is uninterested until Z successfully mounts a revolution within the colony for the advancement of individuality.
Twelve Angry Men (1957) Not rated
• In the definitive version of Reginald Rose’s timeless script, an all-white jury decides the fate of a youth accused of murder. This tightly constructed searing exposé of prejudice in the American legal system stars Henry Fonda and a pantheon of great character actors.
Acceptable TV Shows
* For TV shows, please name a describe the episode that relates to the topic you have chosen.
Veep (2012)
• A political satire starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep follows Meyer and her staff as they attempt to make their mark” in the political arena (HBO, 2012).
The Office (1995)
• A series that depicts the everyday work relations in a fictional organization, Dunder Mifflin. Typical workdays at Dunder Mifflin are wrought with tedium, cultural clashes, and questionable workplace behavior.
Parks and Recreation (2009)
• A small-town bureaucrat in the Parks Department, Leslie Knope handles everyday workplace issues while leading her staff and improving the likes of Pawnee, Indiana.