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    The movie Office Space is an example of a film that is meant to be a clear comedy, but also show cases a prime example of the work experience of employees at the company, referred to Initech. This film portrays a clear picture of modern day office life experience. Within the company the main character Peter Gibbins, lacks motivation to do his job, therefore, resulting in him hating his job. As you would see, the movie begins with the reminded by not one, but a couple different supervisors about him

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    well-developed characters. “The Office” is about a modern-day workplace in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The employees work for a small paper company called “Dunder Mifflin Paper Company”. The main characters are Michael Scott, Pam Beesly/Halpert, Jim Halpert, Dwight Schrute; there are also a few other background characters. The tv show focuses on the life of the main characters; it focuses on their work life but also their private life. As the show progresses you see how the

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    Sexism In The Office

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    sociological elements. Sexism Dwight is Dunder Mifflin’s top salesman. He is a beet farmer, and happens to be very odd but also very old fashioned. He grew up on a farm, and in a household where men were the worker and women were the housekeeper and mother. Meredith feels that the men in the office are given more chances than the women are. Dwight’s reference to the WNBA claims that since there are no men in the game it is a joke and that for that exact reason the NBA is

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    Satire In The Office

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    “The Office” is a critically acclaimed comedy television series spanning nine seasons. The show is a “mockumentary” a style of satirical comedy that is crass in nature. But uses its platform to shed light on the hazards of societal norms that reinforce stigmatic ideals. This particular show follows salesmen’s lives around the workplace in a dying work field of a small town. Michael Gary Scott, regional manager of the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. On the surface, he’s

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    The Office Moral

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    After interviewing several possible suspects, Dwight arranges for the entire office to be drug tested. Unfortunately for Dwight, the culprit turns out to be his manager, Michael, whom Dwight is very loyal to. In order to pass the drug test, Michael begs Dwight to donate some of his urine to him, and Dwight complies. When both Dwight and Michael make it safely out of the screening, Michael has no response from his conscience, while Dwight’s

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    Office Space

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    In 1999, Hollywood writer and director, Mike Judge, wrote and directed a movie entitled Office Space. Office Space is a satirical look at the human experience in the workplace environment. Although the scenarios presented in this comedy are far-fetched, they do shine a light on several industrial and organizational psychological principles. Some themes that are touched on in the movie are leadership, communication, motivation, job analysis, groupthink, and counterproductive workplace behaviors

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    Women In The Office

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    The Office is an award winning sitcom about a humorous outtake on modern day office life. (NBC) Each documentary style episode portrays different situations in the workplace. In episode fifteen of season two called “Boys and Girls” focuses on a common problem in the workplace, gender gaps. Gender and different minority’s issues have been a problem in the business industry for many years. Women are treated differently for many reasons such as stereotypes and perceptions. (Modaff, Butler, Dewine, 2012)

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    entertain audiences. The episode “Stress Relief” written by Paul Lieberstein is no exception. This episode was first aired on the 1st of February, 2009 to national audiences. One of the main scenes of the episode was the fire drill where a main character, Dwight Schrute, unhappy with the office’s competence of fire safety decides to take matters in his own hands. He simulates a fire by burning some paper, creating chaos in the office. He blocks all exits and cuts the phone lines only further panicking his

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    The video is an extract from the UK television show called the Office season 1 episode 1 by Gary Stapler. The part of the video was taken from Ricky Gervais ground breaking comedy The Office and it was published on the 12 March 2013. The video is set in a workplace environment and the overall view of the clip demonstrate unsafe space workplace environment by which Gareth is subjected to a hoax, which he did not like and made him feel uncomfortable and angry. Moreover in an attempt to solve the

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    Office Space Facts

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    1. Gather the Facts The premise of the movie Office Space is about a group of workers, Peter, Michael, Samir, Tom, and Milton, work at Initech who are fed up with their jobs. The movie starts with Peter, the protagonist, going through his typical day of work at Initech. Various annoyances have been accumulating and Peter views his days at work as a waste of time and has no motivation to do anything productive. In addition to these brewing issues, Peter’s boss, Bill Lumbergh, is known for being a

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