Directions
Portraying Work-Life in T.V. and Film.
Watch media portrayals of work-life either in films (e.g. Clerks; Glengarry Glen Ross; Gung HO; The man in the Gray Flannel Suit; Disclosure; Baby Boom; 9 to 5; Working Girl; Mr. Mom) or on TV shows (e.g. Suits, Billions, Boardwalk Empire, Animal Kingdom, Mad Men; Scandal; House of Lies; Friends, Spin City, Sex in the City, How to get away with Murder, House; The Practice, etc.
Please do not use any of the following movies: Office Space The Devil Wears Prada and Greys Anatomy the office TV series I have read far too many reports about these shows
Some new TV shows that would be fun to consider The Morning Show, HANNA Suits GOT The Last Kingdom really most any show or series will have some kind of an organization depicted. be inventive with this and have fun learning to recognize the concepts and principles that underly organizational life.
If you choose to examine the organizational culture of a television show, you should choose a show you are familiar with and plan to watch at least 3 episodes before writing your paper.
Examine the organizational culture as it is represented on screen. Be sure to look for all the clues to the culture represented in these shows.
Begin your 3-5 page report (about 1400 words)with a brief definition of which aspects of the culture you will discuss and a brief introduction to the show/movie. (really keep the backstory short here)
Be sure to identify which aspects of organizational culture (e.g. leadership, relationships, power, etc.) y
ou are going to focus upon. Use those terms for your headings in your APA style 7th edition paper. Be sure not to spend too much time describing or summarizing. The point of this assignment is to Discuss and ANALYZE at least three aspects of corporate culture shown by the text (the show or movie) and explain how an organizations culture is created and reinforced.
In your report include:
An introduction where you introduce your media show/movie and preview the topics (your thesis statement) you will be presenting in your report
the main body providing the details regarding the three main organizational communication concepts you are considering in the report. Indicating, for example, problems encountered in the show, and what happened after various communication events. An analysis of how they explained communication as a process, people, messages, meaning, or purpose, or some combination. The 3 concepts you discuss from Richmond et al. (2013) should be cited with in-text citations. You may use other references also.
be sure to include the proper APA 7th edition style citation for the TV show or movie you are considering. note there is a specific way to cite a specific episode of a TV series.
A conclusion where you review the main points you presented along with a summary statement that indicates anything you learned from the experience.
Use APA 7th edition format for the terms and concepts you reference in the 3-5 citations you include. Remember you need to cite the movie or TV show as a source in APA 7th edition style and include a cover page for your report.