Organisational Behavior BU4605 BA (Hons) Business Administration LECTURER SETTING ASSESSMENT: - Mervin Sookun 1. INTRODUCTION This paper is designed to study the behavior of “12 ANGRY MEN” and how they react to their responsibilities as individuals and as a group. The 12 men depicted in this movie are members constituted from different classes of a society‚ from an architect to a broker to a man brought up in the slums. Their one and only goal is to decide unanimously whether or not the
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dozen men on jury‚ who attempt to reach a verdict involving a teenager in a murder case. A guilty verdict was initially predicted‚ but the jury members start questioning and reasoning the testimonies given in court. Was the boy being accused of stabbing his father really guilty? All the information regarding the timing of the train‚ the timing of the murder‚ and the testimonies did not add up. Through much debate‚ a complex voting process‚ and many concepts learned through SCOM‚ the jury managed to
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Twelve Angry men Group observer: Juror #1 serves as the foreman of the jury. He is serious about his authoritative role‚ and wants to be as fair as possible. Juror #2 is easily persuaded by the opinions of others‚ and cannot explain the roots of his opinions. He is the most timid of the group Blocker: Juror #3‚ In many ways‚ he is the antagonist to the constantly calm Juror #8. Juror #3 is immediately vocal about the supposed simplicity of the case‚ and the obvious guilt of the defendant. He
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Another example of situational irony is Eleanor Madeline Abbott inviting twelve well-known and highly esteemed law enforcers to her husband’s murder. This is extremely ironic because there were twelve men invited to the home; twelve people serve on a jury. In turn‚ the group of men acted
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12 Angry Men is a story of twelve jurors responsible for deliberating and deciding the fate of a teenage boy accused of murdering his father. Although it seems to the jurors that the boy is unquestionably guilty‚ one juror (Juror 8) speaks out against the comfortable groupthink of the other jurors. Juror 8‚ Henry Fonda‚ approaches the issue from a teamwork point of view‚ and over and over again gains acceptance his views as he calmly and realistically discusses what he believed are inconsistencies
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Twelve Angry Men is a 1957 American movie that is a good demonstration of many aspects of organizational behavior. In the movie‚ a jury of twelve men with different personalities and backgrounds must arrive at a unanimous verdict which will decide the future of a young boy who is accused of murdering his father. All evidence presented in the court is against the young boy. And a guilty verdict means a mandatory death sentence. Throughout the decision making process‚ we can clearly see the five stages
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development: The 12 Angry Men provides good examples to demonstrate 4 stages of group dynamics. First stage of Group Dynamics is forming. In this stage‚ members don’t have clear idea and are not sure about their role and responsibilities. When 12 members of jury entered the room to vote‚ they were not clear about their roles. Some of them wanted to vote guilty‚ one person wanted to discuss while some were really not bothered and wanted to leave as soon as possible. Team members did not know each other’s opinions
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The faults of society seem to go hand-in-hand; pride and prejudice. With a young man’s life in the hands of a tough jury‚ one juror had the courage to ask‚ “What if…” (12 Angry Men). A question that seems so easy to ask in a person’s own life‚ but hardly ever asked about the lives around us. Such a simple question‚ but it carries such power. In the 1957 MGM film entitled 12 Angry Men‚ Mr. Davis relies primarily on his beliefs of patience‚ kindness‚ and the belief that every life has value to show
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suitable illustrations from the film. Ans. 2) A team can be divided as a group of people having a common vision‚ carrying out a specific task by following specific rules and protocols to achieve a common goal/mission/objective. In this movie 12 jury members are appointed by the court to discuss the case and reach to a consensus about the final decision of the case. Systems theorists have long believed that when individuals "merge into a group" something new is created. This called the GESTALT
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Hailey is then arrested and put on trial for the murders of the two men. His lawyer‚ Jake Brigance did not think that Mr. Hailey had a chance of being acquitted of the charges because he was African American and would be tried in front of an all-white jury in the South. Also‚ because Mr. Hailey killed the two men‚ one of the men’s brother decided that he needed to seek revenge and join the KKK. Throughout the movie we see the presence of the KKK and the crimes that they have committed that make them
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