ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
12 ANGRY MEN: MOVIE ANALYSIS
TABLE OF CONTENT
NO | SUBJECT | PAGE | 1 | Synopsis | 1 | 2 | Characters | 2 | 3 | Factor affecting decision making process: * Attitudes * Personality and values * Emotions and moods | 3-44-89-11 | 4 | Other barriers affecting decision making | 11-12 | 5 | Conclusion | 13 | 6 | References | 14 |
1.0 SYNOPSIS/SUMMARY: 12 ANGRY MEN
The story is basically about 12 men (jurors) urged by the judge to come to an agreement as a to whether the defendant is guilty or not. The judge explains the obligations of the jurors, and after given the instruction, the jurors shall discuss thoroughly among themselves. They must return with a vote either guilty or not. And of course they should have proper evidence or theory to back their opinion.
At the beginning, all except the 8th juror voted guilty. Everyone is shocked and there was a request for all the 11 juror to speak their opinion in order to change the vote of the 8th jury. Since the court hearing are not shown, viewers have no options but to focus on each of the jurors opinions and points.
This story is about how each of the jurors perceive the murder case and solve it. There are several factors that affects an individual decision making process and each factor plays a different role in influencing people, and how these factors build individual’s perception. The factors are personality, values, attitudes, emotion and moods. Throughout this movie, we can see how the 12 juror are affected by these factors in coming to an agreement as a whole.
2.0 CHARACTERS Juror | Actor | Characteristic | 1/Foreman | Courtney B. Vance | * Football coach * Organized person | 2 | Ossie Davis | * Bank clerk * Logical person | 3 | George C. Scott | * Small business owner * Grudge, excited, hot-tempered | 4 | Armin Mueller-Stahl | * Stock broker * Wise, not bias, focus on evidence, logical | 5 | Dorian Harewood | * Work in Harlem