Hr Management in Office Space
Human Resource Management in Office Space
There are many challenges that a firm’s Human Resources department must deal with effectively over the lifetime of a company. Office Space, as an example, directed by Mike Judge, presents many of the challenges of everyday life that a Human Resource (HR) department must cope with. The HR department must create a feeling of job satisfaction for employees or possibly face dire consequences like in the film, Office Space. The movie is a great example of what happens in businesses where employees feel like prisoners and when bosses feel like they must act like guards. A company’s Human Resource department is vital and has an important position in an organization’s wellbeing. Office Space is a great example of irrational management and bizarre human behavior. The staring character is Peter Gibbon. He is a computer programmer who is trying to find meaning to his life. He is completely dissatisfied with his job and wishes a greater meaning to his life. He almost always arrives late to work and is very annoyed by his co-workers. He has two friends in the office: Zamir and Michael. Zamir an Islamic immigrant takes great pride in his work and is very proud to about the opportunities that the United States has given him. Michael is extremely skeptical, cynical, and lacking pride in his work and in himself. Everyone in the office struggles to find job satisfaction in their air-conditioned cubicles (Judge). Eventually, Peter sees a hypnotherapist and his personality radically transforms. He completely stops showing up for work on Saturdays and Sundays. He is so bluntly honest about how he feels, around the office, that his co-workers take the situation and what he says as sarcasm. Thus, his situation is exceptionally humorous to everyone in the office. However, the reality is they are all trapped in the same dreadful, dead end job going nowhere in their professional careers (Judge).
Peter’s new attitude gives him a new popularity
There are many challenges that a firm’s Human Resources department must deal with effectively over the lifetime of a company. Office Space, as an example, directed by Mike Judge, presents many of the challenges of everyday life that a Human Resource (HR) department must cope with. The HR department must create a feeling of job satisfaction for employees or possibly face dire consequences like in the film, Office Space. The movie is a great example of what happens in businesses where employees feel like prisoners and when bosses feel like they must act like guards. A company’s Human Resource department is vital and has an important position in an organization’s wellbeing. Office Space is a great example of irrational management and bizarre human behavior. The staring character is Peter Gibbon. He is a computer programmer who is trying to find meaning to his life. He is completely dissatisfied with his job and wishes a greater meaning to his life. He almost always arrives late to work and is very annoyed by his co-workers. He has two friends in the office: Zamir and Michael. Zamir an Islamic immigrant takes great pride in his work and is very proud to about the opportunities that the United States has given him. Michael is extremely skeptical, cynical, and lacking pride in his work and in himself. Everyone in the office struggles to find job satisfaction in their air-conditioned cubicles (Judge). Eventually, Peter sees a hypnotherapist and his personality radically transforms. He completely stops showing up for work on Saturdays and Sundays. He is so bluntly honest about how he feels, around the office, that his co-workers take the situation and what he says as sarcasm. Thus, his situation is exceptionally humorous to everyone in the office. However, the reality is they are all trapped in the same dreadful, dead end job going nowhere in their professional careers (Judge).
Peter’s new attitude gives him a new popularity
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