‘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

  1. 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!!

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

  3. 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.)

  4. 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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