ORGMNGT FILM VIEWING

ORGMNGT FILM VIEWING – OCTOBER 30, 2008

Watch the first half of the film “The Replacements” and read the synopsis below and answer the following questions.

The Replacements (2000)

Synopsis: Shane "Footsteps" Falco is a disillusioned football player who believes his dreams have all but dissipated. Once a red-hot All American prospect, Shane now regrets ever believing that the NFL would draft him. However, fate takes a strange twist for Shane when during the 1997 NFL season, a player's strike leaves the fields (and stadiums) empty, leaving team owners scrambling to fill uniforms as fast as possible. When the Washington Sentinels bring back the contentious and self-retired head coach Jimmy McGinty to seek out players who will play with their hearts rather than their wallets, he picks Shane to lead his mismatched crew of outsiders through the strike. To everyone's surprise, the ragtag team goes on an unprecedented winning streak as they discover in themselves the ability to hope for more than they ever thought possible...maybe even the playoffs, which has been denied to the Sentinels for seven years.

Source: http://www.hollywood.com/movies/detail/movie/185597

QUESTIONS:

1. How would you characterize Jimmy McGinty as a coach? (Describe his distinct qualities as a leader) How did he select the members of the team who will serve as replacements to the striking players? Would you consider him as a transformational, transactional or charismatic leader? (8pts.)
2. Cite examples of power exercised as (10pts.):
a. Legitimate power
b. Coercive power
c. Referent power
d. Expert power
e. Rewards power

3. Empowerment is defined as the process through which managers enable and help others to gain power and achieve influence within the organization. Do you think Shane Falco is able to empower his team? If yes, in what way? If no, why? (3pts.)
4. Following Hershey-Blanchard situational leadership model, what was Coach McGinty’s approach towards Falco? Explain your answer. (4pts.)
5. If you are Shane Falco and following the Blake and Mouton’s leadership grid, what kind of leadership management do you think will be most effective to the Replacements’ team? (4pts.)
6. What is an effective team? Would you characterize the Replacements’ team as effective based on the definition (why or why not)? (3pts.)
7. What are the stages in team development? Give an example of each stage that you have seen in the movie. (10pts.)
8. Do you think that at some point the Replacements’ team reach a “groupthink” stage or phenomenon? Why or why not? (3pts)

Submit your GROUP answers on Nov. 4, class time, on a bond paper. Please write the names of the members of the group & your respective sections. LATE PAPERS ON THIS ASSIGNMENT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.