Gordon Gekko's High-Performance Work Practices In The Film Wall Street

During the Movie “Wall Street” Gordon Gekko is constantly stating that greed is good. Bud Fox, who idolizes this man, is fascinated at Gordon Gekko’s high-performance work practices. Bud notices that Gordon is regularly closing deals and wants to become just like him. While closing deals are the sole point of working on Wall Street there, there are laws that all stock brokers must abide by. In watching this film I looked for the long term goals and what I found interesting was that everything seemed to be random. The market fluctuates at such a fast pace that the only way to deal with setting up any long term goals was to make a plan for only a short period of time. Gordon Gekko was a shark in his field, and as he took on Bud as an apprentice he showed him all of the wrong ways to make a quick sale. Any type of long-term

Gordon and Bud should have had a Strategic plan in motion so that they both knew how to close any deal without having to break the law. I also feel that Gekko and Fox could have used directional plans to close their deals because the way the stock market fluctuates. I feel, it is really important for a stock broker or trader to be flexible, so they can adapt to the fast paced lifestyle of Wall Street. However, I also think that when Fox decides to be Gekko’s apprentice he should have stuck to his morals and beliefs. Bud had his individual goals that he wanted to achieve and although they seemed to be fairly difficult, he still knew that obtaining them was a reality. As Bud began to be more close to Gekko he also became more ruthless and unethical every sale he made. I think that individual goals should be difficult, but not to the point of breaking the law to achieve