Let's go to the movies!!!!

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Another way to learn management concepts is through watching popular movies – who knew!
                Pandey (2012) published a new study promoting popular movies as ways to teach cross-cultural management. Films provide a way to witness good (and bad) leaders that you may not have the opportunity to observe in action in your own career. The visual context is often easier to take away and remember then text.  In addition to the movies listed in his article, here is another list of movies just for this purpose.  

Stringfield (1999) posted a good list of questions to ask, to get the most out of “seeing” the management and leadership “lessons”:
1. Identify the managers/leaders.
2. What leadership traits do they display?
3. What do they use as decision-making guides (what influences their decisions)?
4. What management style is used by the managers/leaders (whether deliberate or not)?
5. Describe the communication pattern used by the managers/leaders.
6. Describe the conflict (if any), experienced.
7. What steps were used to resolve his conflict?

And another – were they successful? Why or why not?


Will that be natural or butter on your popcorn??
~jackie

Pandey, S. (2012). Using popular movies in teaching cross-cultural management . European Journal of Training and Development, 36(2-3), 329-350.
Stringfield, Y. (1999). Teaching nursing management using popular movies. Nurse Educator, 24(4), 30, 36.

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