Management - INTRODUCTION TO ORG BEHAVIOR Assignment

12 ANGRY MEN

Instructions: Read the SET UP and listen carefully to the professor’s discussion of a few key concepts before the movie starts. Then look over the questions and prepare to write answers to the quiz questions.

SET UP

The case: Jury trial of 18 yr old male accused of murdering his father by stabbing him in the chest with a knife; his alibi was that he was not at the scene, but at a movie theater.

Evidence: 1. KNIFE: murder weapon found in the street near scene of the crime

2. OLD MAN'S testimony: heard son say "I'm gonna kill you" and then

a THUD from apartment above his own - ran to staircase and saw the son running out of the apartment building

3. WOMAN'S testimony: she was lying in bed and saw son stab father

through the windows of a passing "L" train

Here are some key terms before the movie’s start that are relevant and helpful:

Deindividuation: the loss or denial of one’s unique personal identity.

Informational and Normative social influence

Coalition

Conformity

Cohesion

Group development

Social loafing

Dissent

Sources of power

Group member roles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwrDBcSNP_A

Internet Link to Full-length Movie:

Here is a different links for the movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzPll63y2b0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwrDBcSNP_A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfAbTyAcgpE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwrDBcSNP_A

The 12 Angry Men QUIZ

INSTRUCTIONS: This is an in-class/take-home quiz that is due the next class period. You may use any reference sources at your disposal to prepare your answers (the text is one good source). Your answers must be typed and numbered and appear in business memo format. Your answers should not be long, but they must be specific with reference to incidents that occurred in the film when appropriate.

1. What is juror #7 preoccupied with?

2. What kind of group is a jury (be specific)?

3. Describe an instance of deindividuation and explain how it occurs (be specific).

4. Is there ever a specific instance where social loafing takes place (be specific)?

5. Describe an incident of informational and one of normative social influence (be specific).

6. Applying what you know about group processes and group formation, why should juror #8 be justified in feeling confident that discord would ultimately undermine the "guilty" coalition's cohesiveness?

7. Why was juror #9's vote of not guilty of such significance to the outcome of the jury's deliberation? (Note: it is not the fact that juror #8 said if all 11 voted guilty that he would go along with the group verdict).

8. Describe a specific incident that illustrated the use of expert power by a juror.

9. Compose two lists. The first list should include three factors discussed in class that contributed to group cohesion. The second list should include three factors that undermined cohesion. Briefly describe how these factors influenced cohesion.

10. Pick a character from the film and describe examples of fulfilling or failing to fulfill task, relationship, and self-oriented roles. Which role was the character most resolute in trying to fulfill?

Juror #1

Foreman

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Juror #2

Bank Clerk

Juror #12

Advertising

Man

Juror #3

Message Service

Juror #11

Watch-

maker

Juror #4

Securities

Broker

Juror #10

Garage Owner

Juror #5

Man from Slums

Juror #9

Retiree

Juror #6

House Painter

Juror #8

Architect

Juror #7

Salesman