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  • 1.  Video/ movie clips for demonstrating influence without authority

    Posted 04-20-2010 00:42
    Dear Colleagues,

    I need a video / movie clip for demonstrating influencing without authority. If the clip is related to subordinate influencing boss it is will be useful. I am taking a session which is titled 'Creating an open work environment: the Subordinate's Role', I need this video for the same.  

    Promise to collate the responses and send to all those who will be interested to get the same.

    Regards,

    Tripti Singh


  • 2.  Video/ movie clips for demonstrating influence without authority

    Posted 04-20-2010 08:31

    Hi Tripti

     

    For a couple of movie ideas that are rich in the kinds of possibilities in which you are interested, see:

     

    Buchanan, D.A. and Huczynski, A. (2004) 'Images of influence: Twelve Angry Men and Thirteen Days', Journal of Management Inquiry, 13(4): 312-23.

     

    Best wishes

     

    David

     

     

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    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Tripti Singh
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    Subject: [OB-LIST] Video/ movie clips for demonstrating influence without authority

     

    Dear Colleagues,

    I need a video / movie clip for demonstrating influencing without authority. If the clip is related to subordinate influencing boss it is will be useful. I am taking a session which is titled 'Creating an open work environment: the Subordinate's Role', I need this video for the same.  

    Promise to collate the responses and send to all those who will be interested to get the same.

    Regards,

    Tripti Singh



  • 3.  Video/ movie clips for demonstrating influence without authority

    Posted 04-20-2010 08:36

    In Mike Leigh's Topsy Turvy (1999) there is a fascinating sequence after the halfway point where the members of the D'Oyly Carte opera company band together to convince WS Gilbert (Jim Broadbent) not to fire, as he plans to, the popular but less-talented Richard Temple (Timothy Spall).  A lovely exposition of gentle collective action and of the reaction of a wise manager who puts group cohesiveness ahead of maximum individual results.

     

    Chris Coleridge   

    London School of Economics

     

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    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Tripti Singh
    Sent: 20 April 2010 05:42
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: [OB-LIST] Video/ movie clips for demonstrating influence without authority

     

    Dear Colleagues,

    I need a video / movie clip for demonstrating influencing without authority. If the clip is related to subordinate influencing boss it is will be useful. I am taking a session which is titled 'Creating an open work environment: the Subordinate's Role', I need this video for the same.  

    Promise to collate the responses and send to all those who will be interested to get the same.

    Regards,

    Tripti Singh


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  • 4.  Video/ movie clips for demonstrating influence without authority

    Posted 04-20-2010 08:52
    If a non-corporate were useful, Scent of a Woman has an interesting scene in which Al Pacino without even the authority of being a father of the accused defends him against the onslaught of the school director.

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    On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 1:42 AM, Tripti Singh <tstsxl@rediffmail.com> wrote:
    Dear Colleagues,

    I need a video / movie clip for demonstrating influencing without authority. If the clip is related to subordinate influencing boss it is will be useful. I am taking a session which is titled 'Creating an open work environment: the Subordinate's Role', I need this video for the same.  

    Promise to collate the responses and send to all those who will be interested to get the same.

    Regards,

    Tripti Singh



  • 5.  Video/ movie clips for demonstrating influence without authority

    Posted 04-20-2010 08:59
    Tripti,
     
    If you are looking for a clip, you might want to consider a passage from the animated movie Shrek 2, described in:
    Post & Cardon. 2007. “'Power & Influence: From Shrek to You.” Proceedings, Eastern Academy of Management, 44 (New Brunswick, NJ)
     
    Best,
    Corinne Post, Ph.D.
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  • 6.  Video/ movie clips for demonstrating influence without authority

    Posted 04-20-2010 09:38
    Hi ...

    There are several scenes on the The Challenger Movie ( http://www.amazon.com/Challenger-Karen-Allen/dp/B0002V23CU/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1271770602&sr=1-3 ) that could work.

    Dave


    At 12:42 AM 4/20/2010, Tripti Singh wrote:
    Dear Colleagues,

    I need a video / movie clip for demonstrating influencing without authority. If the clip is related to subordinate influencing boss it is will be useful. I am taking a session which is titled 'Creating an open work environment: the Subordinate's Role', I need this video for the same. 

    Promise to collate the responses and send to all those who will be interested to get the same.

    Regards,

    Tripti Singh
     
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  • 7.  Video/ movie clips for demonstrating influence without authority

    Posted 04-20-2010 10:45
    The movie "The Pajama Game" with Doris Day is quite interesting from a more historical point of view - it is inspired by Kurt Lewin's and his followers collaboration with Harwood Pajama factory. Doris Day plays the role of head of the union's grievance committee. The movie may certainly bring up discussions about gender issues as well. But I must add that I found it a bit "too much" and decided not to use it in my class on bachelor level. It may be more amusing than a source of learning. But the whole Harwood organization development and some of the articles from the early 1950s that describe this development are surely linked to the title of your session "Creating a more open work environment". The movie may make a good introduction to a historical overview of the OD school and as such be more suited for an advanced level with plenty of time to discuss the historical contextual changes and the changes of what is political correct today compared to the 1950s.

    Toby

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    On 2010-04-20 14.35, "Chris Coleridge" <c.j.coleridge@LSE.AC.UK> wrote:

    In Mike Leigh's Topsy Turvy (1999) there is a fascinating sequence after the halfway point where the members of the D'Oyly Carte opera company band together to convince WS Gilbert (Jim Broadbent) not to fire, as he plans to, the popular but less-talented Richard Temple (Timothy Spall). A lovely exposition of gentle collective action and of the reaction of a wise manager who puts group cohesiveness ahead of maximum individual results.

    Chris Coleridge
    [cid:3354626706_1078555]
    London School of Economics

    chris_coleridge (Twitter)
    http://uk.linkedin.com/in/chriscoleridge <http://uk.linkedin.com/in/chriscoleridge>
    07910 659856


    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Tripti Singh
    Sent: 20 April 2010 05:42
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: [OB-LIST] Video/ movie clips for demonstrating influence without authority

    Dear Colleagues,

    I need a video / movie clip for demonstrating influencing without authority. If the clip is related to subordinate influencing boss it is will be useful. I am taking a session which is titled 'Creating an open work environment: the Subordinate's Role', I need this video for the same.

    Promise to collate the responses and send to all those who will be interested to get the same.

    Regards,

    Tripti Singh
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  • 8.  Video/ movie clips for demonstrating influence without authority

    Posted 04-22-2010 11:14
    Dear Colleagues,

    Thank you all for replying to my request. I received several suggestions. It had been a great help.

    As promised, I have enclosed the collated reponse to those for those who are interested.

    Regards,

    Tripti