‘The Office’ as Management Training Tool

NPR’s Frank Langfitt discusses what we can learn about workplace management from the folks at Dunder Mifflin, illustrated by clips from The Office Seasons 1 and 2.

My favorite phrases from the story: “the absurdism of cubicle culture” and “brazen saboteur.”

Listen to ‘The Office’ as Management Training Tool.

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6 comments

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   1. GMMR  Thu. Oct. 26, 2006 | 10:43am

   OMG, I didn’t think it was possible to make The Office unfunny…way to go NPR

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   2. tanster  Thu. Oct. 26, 2006 | 10:58am

   GMMR, you just made me spew out my coffee. Bad girl.

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   3. Annie  Thu. Oct. 26, 2006 | 12:46pm

   This is not uncommon…

   I used episodes from the first and second seasons do demonstrate topics in a paper for my managing diversity class. This show is very useful for business/marketing majors!!

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   4. OfficeChick  Thu. Oct. 26, 2006 | 2:28pm

   I thought the NPR piece was really interesting. I like to hear an analysis of the characters.

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   5. tanster  Thu. Oct. 26, 2006 | 3:26pm

   John, I think you might need to download it, and then play it with RealPlayer. (That’s what I had to do through my Mac.)

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   6. Andrew  Fri. Oct. 27, 2006 | 6:47am

   At the camp I worked at this summer, we used scenes from Conflict Resolution when we started talking about what to do if we had a problem with another staff member.

   Win, win, win.

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