The purpose of this paper is to apply the human resources theory to the film Cool Runnings. First, an overview of the human resources theory is provided. Second, a brief description of the movie Cool Runnings and the role that motivation, leadership, management, and the work environment, have on the outcome of the team. Lastly, the human resources theory is applied to the movie Cool Runnings to demonstrate how organizations need people with various talents, values, missions, and ideas in order to achieve their desired aim or result.
The human resources theory focuses on the relationship between individuals and the organizational environment. This theory recognizes the importance of individuality in the decision-making process for the entire …show more content…
For example, there are several scenes in the movie where two of team members are pitted against each other. This causes strife between the entire team. The movie also demonstrates the importance of individuality and uniqueness within a specific organization that is explored in the human resource theory. For example, towards the end of the film there are two important scenes that demonstrate the exceptionality of different organizations and teams. The first example occurs when Irv explaining why he was disqualified from the Olympics for cheating. He explains that when he cheated he had become obsessed with the idea of winning. Some human resource theorist would argue that this was an attempt to exploit the organization because of his own personal goals and needs. Second, when the team has their initial race, Derice tries to mimic the Swiss team which results in the team placing last. The team then acknowledges that they have their own style, ideas, culture, values, energy, and talent that sets them apart from the Swiss team. During the second race, they end up in eighth place during the second race.
In conclusion, this paper has applied the human resource theory to the movie Cool Runnings. The human resource theory is applicable to this film because the theory argues that a variety of factors can determine how and why individuals choose
The human resources theory focuses on the relationship between individuals and the organizational environment. This theory recognizes the importance of individuality in the decision-making process for the entire …show more content…
For example, there are several scenes in the movie where two of team members are pitted against each other. This causes strife between the entire team. The movie also demonstrates the importance of individuality and uniqueness within a specific organization that is explored in the human resource theory. For example, towards the end of the film there are two important scenes that demonstrate the exceptionality of different organizations and teams. The first example occurs when Irv explaining why he was disqualified from the Olympics for cheating. He explains that when he cheated he had become obsessed with the idea of winning. Some human resource theorist would argue that this was an attempt to exploit the organization because of his own personal goals and needs. Second, when the team has their initial race, Derice tries to mimic the Swiss team which results in the team placing last. The team then acknowledges that they have their own style, ideas, culture, values, energy, and talent that sets them apart from the Swiss team. During the second race, they end up in eighth place during the second race.
In conclusion, this paper has applied the human resource theory to the movie Cool Runnings. The human resource theory is applicable to this film because the theory argues that a variety of factors can determine how and why individuals choose