Movie clip that demonstrates principal or concept or Management?
 

Anybody got an idea of a movie clip that demonstartes a concept or principal of management? Need to do a 5 to 8 min presentation in class, and I don't watch many movies. So try to keep it PG or less.

12 o'clock high- WW2 bomber commander mantaining moral with toughlove.
Glengary Glenross- Room full of hungry complaining salesmen with passive manager.
Primer- Two young friends beginning time travel experiment/business but working against each other.

Easy.

Pick any of the dozens of scenes from The Godfather saga.

It's been said that one can learn all they need to about business just by watching it.

"Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"

Concept: Bump the lamp

Lord of the Flies

Animal Farm

Revolution OS - The Cathedral And The Bazaar (3/5) - YouTube

The Cathedral and the Bazaar

Revolution OS is a documentary about Linux and the Open Source movement. The Cathedral and the Bazaar is a paper written by Eric S Raymond regarding the differences between tightly controlled closed source development (the cathedral) vs. the any one can play massive peer review method that works for the Open Source world (the bazaar). He admits that Linux and other large F/OSS projects should be absolute failures according to the "correct" project management rules... but as you know, they are far from failure... Anyway, this clip from Revolution OS is ESR talking about his paper and the development model.

Office Space

I told you so, Sidney! :D

"coffee is for closers"

+1 for 12 O'clock High. Numerous clips in the movie that can be used to demonstrate management techniques and strategies. If you can edit, string several clips together.

I've used that movie for many years teaching organizational leadership to Field Grade officers.

I will throw in another vote for Glengary Glenross. Excellent movie with a superb cast.

Here's your 7 minute clip
 

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The movie in theaters now called Moneyball is full of management. The top manegment where my wife works had a long discussion about the lessons in the movie.

Boiler Room - greed and avarice....

If you're using movie's to illustrate a lesson, cool. Might be good to caution your audience to remember that what they saw was fiction, not reality. I've seen too many times managers take that stuff literally and try to channel the movie characters into their management styles.

Usually doesnt end well.

+1 on the Godfather. Works very well in my line of business.

5 MINUTE MANAGEMENT COURSE




Lesson 1:

A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower, when the doorbell rings. The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs. When she opens the door, there stands Bob, the next-door neighbor.

Before she says a word, Bob says, "I'll give you $800 to drop that towel, "

After thinking for a moment, the woman drops her towel and stands naked in front of Bob After a few seconds, Bob hands her $800 and leaves.

The woman wraps back up in the towel and goes back upstairs. When she gets to the bathroom, her husband asks, "Who was that?"

"It was Bob the next door neighbor," she replies.

"Great," the husband says, "did he say anything about the $800 he owes me?"

Moral of the st ory:
If you share critical information pertaining to credit and risk with your shareholders in time, you may be in a position to prevent avoidable exposure.





Lesson 2:

A sales rep, an administration clerk, and the manager are walking to lunch when they find an antique oil lamp. They rub it and a Genie comes out.

The Genie says, "I'll give each of you just one wish."

"Me first! Me first!" says the admin clerk. "I want to be in the Bahamas , driving a speedboat, without a care in the world."
Puff! She's gone.

"Me next! Me next!" says the sales rep. "I want to be in Hawaii, relaxing on the beach with my personal masseuse, an endless supply of Pina Coladas and the love of my life."
Puff! He's gone.

"OK, you're up," the Genie says to the manager.

The manager says, "I want those two bac k in the office after lunch."

Moral of the story:
Always let your boss have the first say.





Lesson 3

An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing nothing. A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing?"
The eagle answered: " Sure , why not."

So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the eagle and rested.

All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.

Moral of the story:
To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up.




Lesson 4
A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree," sighed the turkey, "but I haven't got the energy."

"Well, why don't you nibble on some of my dro ppings?" replied the bull. "They're packed with nutrients."

The turkey pecked at a lump of dung, and found it actually gave him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree. The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch. Finally after a fourth night, the turkey was proudly perched at the top of the tree.

He was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot him out of the tree.

Moral of the story:
Bull***** might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there.




Lesson 5
A little bird was flying south for the Winter. It was so cold the bird froze and fell to the ground into a large field. While he was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on him.

As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, he began to realize how warm he was. T he dung was actually thawing him out! He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy.

A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate. Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him.

Morals of the story:
(1) Not everyone who *****s on you is your enemy.
(2) Not everyone who gets you out of ***** is your friend.
(3) And when you're in deep *****, it's best to keep your mouth shut!

THIS ENDS THE 5-MINUTE MANAGEMENT COURSE

This. A college buddy reported to me a "Management" class in which the professor used The Godfather as the textbook. The Godfather built his dynasty not on fear but rather, on trust and on swapping favors.......he first. Loyalty is the widest theme in that film. Those who have not read the book.....should.