NAME: Swathesh Shetty
DATE: 12/10/2015
Leadership for Global Citizenship
Questionnaire for the movie “12 Angry Men”
1. In one or two sentences, answer the following:
a) What is the purpose of the 12 person jury?
The purpose of the 12 person jury is to unanimously decide whether the accused is guilty or not guilty of the offence for killing his father based on the data and evidence gathered during the trail in the court.
b) What are some of the tasks that flow from this purpose? Ensure the availability of data and evidence that were gathered during the trail. Extracting perspective of each jury member. Analyze for as much as possibilities arising from data and perspectives. Understanding whether there is a room for reasonable doubt in the …show more content…
Jury 2: He is a shy person who takes time to feel comfortable enough to participate in the discussion. This can be seen because he was not contributive or driver of the discussion but later contributed his opinion. He is bit insecure in his taught.
Jury 3: He is prejudiced about his taught. Not ready to accept change or reality at the first go. He was last one to accept not guilty.
Jury 8: He has courage to go against the 11 jury members to stand in what he believe. He was compassionate and curious standing against all the odds and engaging the group courageously. He created a constructive dissonance that lead to extracting some finer details.
Jury 9: He is an old man and experienced. He observes and interprets in a rational way. He was bold enough to support Jury#8.
• Now step back and focus on the systemic level: What clue does their personal history (occupation, nationality, socio-economic status, family circumstances, or educational background) provide about the societal faction each juror …show more content…
He wished to be young at that moment when people were arrogant to him. He was very keen is observing. He was the first one to change from guilty to not guilty.
5. Describe in what ways the Jury Foreman, Juror #1, fails to exercise his formal authority effectively. What formal authority does Juror #8, played by Henry Fonda, have? What are some of the ways he mobilizes the group to achieve its purpose?
Juror #1 had formal authority. He started by assigning number and creating a system to maintain the order. Even though he was designated as formal authority he could not maintain order and needed intervention, rather he worked as a facilitator.
Eg: There was instance where juror #11 was playing in front of him and he was not informed to contribute.
Juro #8 had the formal authority of questioning the group if he had reasonable doubt. He drew the attention of group by engaging them with compassion. Henry fonda got the authority due to the fact of the need to discuss about the case rather jumping in to the result. He asks everyone to take part in the discussion. He imposes the act of creating the meaningful discussion. He understand the situation and observes the means of communication to the fellow jury
DATE: 12/10/2015
Leadership for Global Citizenship
Questionnaire for the movie “12 Angry Men”
1. In one or two sentences, answer the following:
a) What is the purpose of the 12 person jury?
The purpose of the 12 person jury is to unanimously decide whether the accused is guilty or not guilty of the offence for killing his father based on the data and evidence gathered during the trail in the court.
b) What are some of the tasks that flow from this purpose? Ensure the availability of data and evidence that were gathered during the trail. Extracting perspective of each jury member. Analyze for as much as possibilities arising from data and perspectives. Understanding whether there is a room for reasonable doubt in the …show more content…
Jury 2: He is a shy person who takes time to feel comfortable enough to participate in the discussion. This can be seen because he was not contributive or driver of the discussion but later contributed his opinion. He is bit insecure in his taught.
Jury 3: He is prejudiced about his taught. Not ready to accept change or reality at the first go. He was last one to accept not guilty.
Jury 8: He has courage to go against the 11 jury members to stand in what he believe. He was compassionate and curious standing against all the odds and engaging the group courageously. He created a constructive dissonance that lead to extracting some finer details.
Jury 9: He is an old man and experienced. He observes and interprets in a rational way. He was bold enough to support Jury#8.
• Now step back and focus on the systemic level: What clue does their personal history (occupation, nationality, socio-economic status, family circumstances, or educational background) provide about the societal faction each juror …show more content…
He wished to be young at that moment when people were arrogant to him. He was very keen is observing. He was the first one to change from guilty to not guilty.
5. Describe in what ways the Jury Foreman, Juror #1, fails to exercise his formal authority effectively. What formal authority does Juror #8, played by Henry Fonda, have? What are some of the ways he mobilizes the group to achieve its purpose?
Juror #1 had formal authority. He started by assigning number and creating a system to maintain the order. Even though he was designated as formal authority he could not maintain order and needed intervention, rather he worked as a facilitator.
Eg: There was instance where juror #11 was playing in front of him and he was not informed to contribute.
Juro #8 had the formal authority of questioning the group if he had reasonable doubt. He drew the attention of group by engaging them with compassion. Henry fonda got the authority due to the fact of the need to discuss about the case rather jumping in to the result. He asks everyone to take part in the discussion. He imposes the act of creating the meaningful discussion. He understand the situation and observes the means of communication to the fellow jury