'Lord of the Flies'

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This paper reviews and discusses the film, 'Lord of the Flies'. According to the paper, the movie about children in a dire situation can be related to the managerial wisdom reflected in Smith and Berg's work 'Paradoxes of Group Life'.

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"Smith and Berg suggest that an organization is at its most functional, when it can acknowledge individual difference and the special contribution individuals can make to that organization, rather than attempts to subsume such difference within the confines of a greater philosophy. For example, rather than force Piggy to engage in the most laborious physical tasks, Jack used Piggy as an advisor. Rather than have all of the children constantly tend the flame, tending the flame was left to certain group members. The age and different physical abilities of the children were respected. However, the desire of other boys to exert leadership, and to make their influence felt in a less democratic fashion was difficult to manage. Furthermore, the homogeneity of the common goals of the group was not enough to keep the group together--the differences, even the negative differences of some of the boys should have been better managed by Jack and his friends."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Smith, K. & Berg, D. (1987). Paradoxes of Group Life. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, p. 62-83.

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