...In the recent film comedy Horrible Bosses, three truly dreadful managers make their employees’ lives miserable. The fi rst is a cruel executive who dangles a promotion in front of a subordinate as bait, only to snatch it away once his stupid demands have been met. The second is a mean cokehead who inherits the family business from his kindly deceased father. The third is an orthodontist who sexually harasses her assistant, threatening to tell his fi ancée that it’s his fault. The victims in the movie can’t quit. They need the jobs. Instead, they compose elaborate, farcical plots to eliminate the bosses. In real life, horrible bosses are the stuff of tragedy, not comedy. Workplace discontent is no joke. Some surveys show that as many as half of American workers feel low levels of work engagement, stemming in part from poor management. It’s not insults that cause the greatest harm, but rather callousness about people’s time. Horrible bosses want control. They expect subordinates to be on call 24/7 and to hit unrealistic deadlines with limited resources. When the work product is delivered, horrible bosses may ignore it for long intervals, making it clear that the deadline was artifi cial and the stress unnecessary. To minimize the impact of horrible bosses, companies can ensure that performance reviews are based on objective measures, not subjective ones. They can examine tasks and workloads for relevance and fairness. They can off er training...
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...SARAÑA, JULYA KARA B. BSA-5 BA 102 TTH 9:00-10:30 08/04/2015 A Movie Reflection on “Horrible Bosses 2” The movie Horrible Bosses 2 was an entertaining movie in a rated kind of way. Although some parts are too vulgar, I was able to pick up a few good lessons. The story revolves around the life of three gentlemen namely Nick Hendricks, Kurt Buckman, and Dale Arbus. It started when they were able to create a product which is a car wash inspired shower head, the “Shower Buddy”. After capturing the attention of well-known investors who are Bert Hanson, they had a compromise that instead of Mr. Hanson’s company producing their product, Mr. Hanson will provide them a loan to put up a warehouse and the three men in return, will produce 100,000 units of shower buddies for the former. This scenario portrayed the importance of belief in one’s self. Producing something that has not yet been introduced to the public is a talent and skill of being innovative. I admire the three men’s choice of not agreeing to sell their product but to stick with their plan of being the ones to put up their own business. I find this scenario somewhat the same with the previous film being shown in the classroom. On the day Nick, Kurt, and Dale presented their product to Mr. Hanson, he immediately denied them saying that he will be cancelling his order. He only did this so that the three men could not pay the loan thereby resulting to an auction in the “Shower Buddy” products at a lower price. This kind...
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...Become a Critic Law Abiding Citizen was a very action packed mind binding thriller, it kept me on the edge of my seat from the very first scene to the very last scene. The advertising and previews of this movie did not prepare viewers for the action and mind binding events that took place. This movie had the viewer’s loving the victim that becomes the villain. The end of the first scene grabbed viewer’s attention. The action begins very unexpectedly and keeps viewers not wanting to miss a second. Because it begins with what the viewer see as a very possible real life situation. It keeps them feeling that this could happen to them, and if it did, we are left to wonder. Would we do what he did? In the beginning the movie viewers saw who the main character is, and who his family is. This tells viewers why his pain runs so deep. As the movie progresses we are not sure how he is doing but, we are rooting for him to get every bit of revenge. At this point, the movie goes into a little less realistic tone, but you do not care because you are with him one-hundred percent. Along with the action and suspense, this film offers a little twist that makes you say to yourself “that is how he did it”. This is where the viewer’s understand some of the reasons for events that took place, that were not made clear at the time. While I loved the movie because of the plot, the script, wonderful acting, and of course the psychological part of it was the best. I did not like the ending; it left me...
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...contrasted. The boys’ once carefree and innocent selves have been permanently changed by murdering the pig and Golding shows how even children can do bad things. Golding also uses the symbol of glasses as power when Jack’s tribe ambushes Ralph’s and leaves, “dangl[ing] Piggy’s broken glasses.” (168). The conch no longer serves as power when chaos ensues, but instead the glasses become the symbol of power because it is the only way to light a fire. Jack’s tribe fears they will never be rescued so they become desperate and steal the glasses in the middle of the night which proves how fear motivates them instead of logic. This rash decision leads to Jack’s boys making more bad choices which lead to more deaths. This shows how even children can do horrible things to get what they...
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...After many years of serving for corporate bosses of the mill factories the women realized that they way they were being treated was not acceptable. After labor reforms were established and several riots and work strikes later, the women who were once abused and forced to work unfair hours for unfair wages stood up for not only women equality, but race and gender equality as well. The battle they endured with working in the polluted and abusive mill factories taught many women that treating people like that is a horrible thing to do. Dublin, Thomas ("Women and the Early Industrial Revolution i…).This led onto anti-slavery reforms and other social reformations meant to bring people of all different races or genders into one equal civilization. Understanding that equality can be achieved, it was only a matter of experience for all of the women to stand up for themselves and what they believe in. That is the reason that the end result of women who worked in the mill factories was not always that...
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...reform for the social welfare of American society. Perhaps, one of the most significant muckrakers of this time was Upton Sinclair, a member of a Socialist Party, who wrote a book called “The Jungle”. The book depicted the horrible, unhygienic conditions and the struggles in which the laborers of the Chicago meat packing industry had to deal with. In the story, Sinclair talks about the laborers having to work in a damp, dark place, where “tuberculosis might live for two years”, their hands going numb from working so long and even their fingers being eaten away by acid. Sinclair’s intention was to draw attention to the plight of immigrant workers. However, the imagery about how the food was prepared was...
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...Appendix F Outline and Thesis Statement Guide What is your thesis statement? Good and bad bosses pose many differences and similarities in how they conduct themselves in work environment, but other factors such as, an employee’s ethics or educational background can determine on how they perceive a good or bad boss. I. Introduction- Everyone has a boss; however, not every boss is qualified to be a boss. II. First main point - How a good boss conducts themselves in a work environment. a. Supporting details - A good boss is one that mentors their employees’ and empowers them. i. Subdetails – Good bosses want to help you learn and grow so you can be the best that you can be. ii. Subdetails – Good bosses listen and assess their employees needs and tries to meet them b. Supporting details – A good boss is a person with good communication skills, morale, and provides resources for their employees and co-workers.. i. Subdetails- A good employer has excellent communication skill and is someone who keeps in touch with their employees, while demonstrating good morale. ii. Subdetails - A good boss is going to want to provide you with the resources you need to get your job done, even if that means thinking outside the box. III. Second main point- How a bad boss conducts themselves in a work environment. a. Supporting details- A bad boss is one that is self serving or belittles you,...
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...Management VS. Leadership Leadership is one of the key roles as to ensuring a team creates success. Students acting together in a group must have a leader of some sorts to keep the team motivated, on task, and create group cohesion. The leader of a group should act in an influential and encouraging way. The same goes for corporate employees; they must have guidelines in order to complete their work in a timely manner, which stems perhaps from a co-worker stepping up and creating those guidelines and guaranteeing the team is completing them. Students and employees take orders from the people they call professors or managers, but leaders are the people they look up to and find to be effective and inspiring. According to Tony Bush, the concept of leadership deals with three very important characteristics: influence, values, vision (Bush, 2008, p. 276). To be a leader, it is key to influence a team in a positive way and basically give them hope for bigger and better situations. Nobody wants to work for a person who does not show or teach them how to conduct themselves in a good way while working with others. Teams need someone to influence their decisions and really help define their purpose in a more reasonable way. When a person manages, that is more relying on their organizational skills and keeping people in line with the goals. Leaders are who their teams look up to and follow in their footsteps. Without a leader’s values, the team would not necessarily make ethical decisions...
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...The anti-sweatshop movement is an organization that developed after the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911 and is a debatable topic among people. Many people believe that, “Once you start reading the anti-sweatshop “literature,” it’s easy to see why the cause is so fashionable” (Goldberg 2). This quote shows that once people start to figure out the truth behind sweatshops, they realize how horrible sweatshops are and are quick to join the anti-sweatshop movement. However, some people do not think the anti-sweatshop movement will help the workers and think that it will just make the situation worse. For example, a person who does not support the anti-sweatshop movement said, “Sweatshops are not an end in themselves, but the first rung on the ladder of success; rather than hurry nations up that ladder, radicals would keep these nations frozen in amber-living museums of poverty and ignorance” (Goldberg 3). This quote is saying that the movement is not helping sweatshops, but making them worse. In conclusion, the anti-sweatshop movement is helping to bring awareness about social injustices in sweatshops, although some people believe...
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...Good Bosses Versus Bad Bosses Paula Chipman COM/170 July 21, 2014 Dr. Adams Good Bosses Versus Bad Bosses The management style of a boss can definitely shape an individual’s day and/or career depending upon his/her techniques. In the society we live in offers a diverse and wide range of job opportunities, Most people need to work to survive in these hard times. People want to hang on to the jobs they already have. For some people, this means dealing with a bad boss. The perception of whether a boss is considered a good or bad boss depends on the outlook of the employees Bosses come in all flavors and styles. Most bosses have a pleasant mood and are easy to work with. Unfortunately some, bosses are not pleasant. The moods of a bad boss make it where you don’t want to deal with him. Even in a good mood a bad boss can make his/her employees hate their job. A bad boss is one that has no respect, no knowledge, does not like his/her job and takes it out on the employees. The employees become stressful t and tense while at work. The stress due to dealing with a bad boss can cause many health problems. These problems can include stress overload, Heart problems, aggravated asthma, allergies, lack of sleep and depression. It cost business seventy nine billion dollars annual due to loss of productivity and absenteeism due to the stress caused by bad management (U.S surgeon General’s Report...
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...equip their operations for high performance and above all build strong working relationships and foster teamwork. He creates a climate where employees receive ongoing feedback and coaching and they strive to maintain a work-life balance. Flexibility, understanding and the ability to listen to the employees makes up some of the important characteristics of a good boss. On the contrary, a leader who criticizes, belittles and disrespects his employees earns the label of a bad boss. A bad boss fails to give recognition for the little things his employee does. Such leaders not only make life miserable for their employees, but hamper organizational performance. No one starts out their career trying to be a horrible boss. Yet, it is amazing to see that a vast majority of the folk seem to accomplish this feat with absolutely no training. It is possible that a good leader turns into bad under difficult situations. This could be personal or professional. Ergo, the perception of whether a boss is considered good or bad, should be based on factors considering the psychological state of the boss and the outlook of the employees being supervised. It is believed that every person has had a bad boss at one time or another during their career. To explore the characteristics of a truly bad boss, one needs to consider the traits his/her boss exhibits, how these qualities damage performance and...
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...Child labor was a huge part of wage slavery. Little kids, forced to go out and do hard work that paid very little. They are not as strong as the older people and neither is their mind set. Working hard like this for scraps of money may have made the children exhausted and even put them in danger. “That Jurgis did not starve to death was due solely to the pittance the children brought him.” Just because this kept Jurgis alive does not mean it didn’t hurt him on the inside. The man of the house was at the lowest point of his life and needed help from young children. All this is, is children starting at a young age, continuing the loop of wage slavery. 1c. Wage slavery only goes one way: the powerful, and the powerless. It’s simple; the bosses had all the power and took complete advantage of it as well. At times they were even unreasonable and always unsympathetic. It seems as they said...
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...Why Do People Hate Work? “Bad Bosses” Conduct your own research and use your textbook to respond to the following. Some movie ideas are listed on Canvas; however, there are many others. 1. List and describe 3 traits/characteristics/styles of a bad boss. 6 pts. A dictator one who intimidates others to get their way, ‘my way or the highway’ A criticizer one who is looking for things to criticize about to their peers and/or any other person. Abrasive communicator one who belittles and humiliates their peers and/or any other person. 2. What are at least 3 reasons why the boss in your movie is a “bad boss”? (Consider what you listed in question #1). 6 pts. My boss was a bad boss because he had used abrasive communication, from the beginning to end of the clip. His accountant came to work arriving three hours late he had used profanity asking him why he was late. The accountant came into his office his boss had treated him like a dog using commands such as sit, good boy. My boss had criticized what the funds were being spent on, medical bills and environmental waste; it’s costing them too much. Another trait that was displayed was a dictator; he didn’t care if the waste management was being done the right way. He looked at it as it was costing the company too much money. He decided he was going with another company not caring of the disadvantages. It cost him less and it was giving him more money in his pocket. Another use of being a dictator was towards the end...
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...Jurgis came to America from Lithuania as an honest, hardworking man who tried to provide for his family and wished to “rise and become a skilled man”. After some time, his attitude of “I will work harder” started to fade as he realized the bitter truth surrounding the ‘American Dream’ and resorted to leaving his family and a life of crime. This coincided with industry expansion and technology advancement in the early twentieth century and the introduction of mass production and assembly line techniques. Workers were exploited to the fullest and became cogs in the capitalism machine, deskilled and depersonalized through meaningless tasks. Through the metaphor of innocent hogs, Sinclair cleverly described the horrible fate of immigrant workers who “came so very trustingly [...were] human in their protests--and so perfectly within their rights!” Like hogs, workers were treated in this “cold-blooded, impersonal way, without a pretense of apology [or] homage of a tear.”18 The hog or immigrant is presumably innocent and naive, and as a result, became the prey of the capitalist society. This compelling comparison aimed to attack capitalism and values of the Americans and the...
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...conditions, if any, do you think justify the use of punishment?” a. I think that there are very few conditions that justify punishment. Punishment should not be in the workplace. The only conditions that should involve punishment are theft, harassment, violence, and any other illegal behavior. I believe the punishment they should receive is a trip to the police station, loss of job, and any other repercussions that should be given in the situation. 2. “Do you think most managers use punishment? If so, why?” a. I think most managers do use punishment. Every manager I have had used punishment, and it did not get good results. I think managers use the punishment card so they can get immediate results so as to avoid punishment from their bosses. 3. “What’s the downside of using punishment? Of using positive reinforcement?” a. The downside of using punishment that the long term results are not as impressive as the long term results for positive reinforcement. Punishment tends to get immediate yet temporary results. Punishment also paves the road for hiding things from the manager, lack of job satisfaction, higher turnover. b. The downside of positive reinforcement is that results take more time. Immediate results are not expected and will not happen in most situations. Positive reinforcement could also lead to employees gaining rewards for things not necessarily reward worthy. The chapter used a good example of this with the employee who was also thirty minutes late. If he...
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