Subject category:
Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour
Published by:
NeilsonJournals Publishing
Length: 10 pages
Data source: Published sources
Abstract
Many of the concepts that students learn are disconnected from their life experiences. Using cases might be pedagogically helpful, but they are often easily forgotten. To enrich case-based learning for organizational behavior ('OB') instruction, we propose two sample cases that feature popular-culture television to better engage a student generation who grew up watching television regularly. Examples of dialogue from the pilot episode of the American version of 'The Office' are used in the paper as examples of how this television show can be used in OB classes to illustrate and elucidate topics such as organizational culture, job insecurity, and downsizing. This case study has been peer viewed by the editorial board of the Journal of Organizational Behavior Education (JOBE).
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Abstract
Many of the concepts that students learn are disconnected from their life experiences. Using cases might be pedagogically helpful, but they are often easily forgotten. To enrich case-based learning for organizational behavior ('OB') instruction, we propose two sample cases that feature popular-culture television to better engage a student generation who grew up watching television regularly. Examples of dialogue from the pilot episode of the American version of 'The Office' are used in the paper as examples of how this television show can be used in OB classes to illustrate and elucidate topics such as organizational culture, job insecurity, and downsizing. This case study has been peer viewed by the editorial board of the Journal of Organizational Behavior Education (JOBE).