The TV show I have chosen to review is “The Office.” There are nine seasons of The Office. The Office is based off of UK version of The Office. It’s series is a mockumentary sitcom. The TV show documents the activities regarding the paper company, Dunder Mifflin. The series broadcasted on March 24, 2005 on NBC and ended on May 2013. The Office won the Golden Globes in 2006 and was nominated for the Golden Globes in 2007-2011. Moreover, they won the Primetime Emmy Awards in 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2013. According to critics on IMDb, The Office is rated 8.8/10. Therefore, this demonstrates that The Office is a recommended TV show by many. Some noteworthy aspects that reviewers like is Steve Carell’s character, and the plot. However, others said …show more content…
A category for job satisfaction is the motivators/satisfiers. Factors such as recognition, responsibility meaningful and interesting work, opportunities for advancement, and personal growth are desirable traits that employees look for. Whereas, hygiene factors are the causes for job dissatisfaction. They are based off of working conditions, relationships between co-workers, policies, supervisor behaviour, job security, wages and benefits.
The Office exemplifies both the positives and negatives of Herzberg’s two-factor theory. To begin, a motivator factor is demonstrated. At the beginning of season two episode five of The Office, Michael Scott walks into the office and greets his co-workers by saying “Happy Halloween, everyone” along with a warm smile. His co-workers are instantly recognized which ensures that they are well-respected by their manager. On the other hand, shortly after the introduction, Michael Scott informs the audience that he is in charge of firing an employee by the end of the month. Therefore, this exemplifies a hygiene factor because of low job security in the
The typical episode of the critically acclaimed, indie-darling, sitcom 30 Rock focuses on the lives of the writers, producers, executives and love interests of those involved in the production of a fictional sketch comedy television show called TGS with Tracy Jordan. 30 Rock is widely known as a show that deals with race, gender and class issues from multiple, humorous perspectives. Yet watching Season Five, Episode Twenty, a viewer could grow uncomfortable at the racial generalizations. The episode is entitled “Queen of Jordan” and is intended to parody the Real Housewives franchise of reality television. The episode was shot and aired as if it were a Bravo network reality show, entirely separate from 30 Rock, although it features the antics of the usual cast of 30 Rock. Although the critically acclaimed television show 30 Rock parodies the characterization of personhood on reality television, characters such as Angie Jordan (Sherri Shepherd) and her crew are still derivatives of these three classical African American stereotypes. 30 Rock’s uses these stereotypes to parody reality television and the humor stems from laughing at the racists rather than the race of the characters.
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Most working adults can agree that they have seen their fair share of dysfunctional relationships in the workplace. Often, we can find some humor in the actions and events that cause these relationships to become dysfunctional. In the sitcom The Office, the focus was to exaggerate the actions of dysfunctional relationships in the workplace. The show makes light of the employees who are stuck in dead-end jobs, with mundane lives and their office mishaps. Daniel Orozco’s short story “Orientation” is about a current employee providing a new employee with too much personal information about other employees and the office environment during a new hire orientation. The “Orientation” by Daniel Orozco and the NBC sitcom “The Office” give a humorous and exaggerated glimpse of dysfunctional relationships within office environments.
The television series that I had just finished binge watching on Netflix was, The Office that premiered in the United States on NBC on March 24, 2005, the show concluded on April 26, 2005. This program oddly enough is based on a spinoff of a British mockumentary sitcom created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant in the United Kingdom. However, it was almost cancelled after the debut due to poor ratings but blossomed into one of the most successful British comedy exports. This inspired Greg Daniels to adapt this show for American audiences and became an even bigger success (IMDb). The Office is a comedy sitcom about a mockumentary of the daily work life at the office of a paper supply company Dunder Mifflin in the small town of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
We've come to a point where television has become so loaded with “vampire-this” and “werewolf-that,” that each show has begun to look like the reruns of another. Luckily, this definitely isn't the case for creator Vince Gilligan's, Breaking Bad. Breaking Bad follows the life of Walter White (played by Bryan Cranston), an ordinary high school chemistry teacher. With a loving wife and teenage son at home, over time, Walter has formed an exceedingly mundane routine for his life. After soon discovering that he had been diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer, Walter decided to take extreme measures in order to secure his family financially. Eventually, he would descend into a world so dark and utterly twisted, that it would eventually consume him. Walter White became Heisenberg; the greatest drug lord the streets had ever seen. As he ascended in status within the drug cartel, the love and trust he had from his family and friends quickly descended. There are thousands of reasons that explain why millions of people tune into Breaking Bad. This series offers a much needed relief from the Dracula descendents, which frankly, are slowly diminishing any scope of variety existing on television. Because of the outstanding acting, seemingly distorted reality, and uniquely relatable storyline and characters, this hit show tops the charts as the best modern-day television series that cable has to offer.
The Office is based off a BBC Two series of the same name that ran for only two seasons but, much like Pop Idol established several
William H. Macy, who plays Frank Gallagher, has won best leading actor in many different award ceremonies including Primetime Emmy Awards, Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild Award, Critics Choice Television Awards, GLAAD Media Awards, Online Film & Television Association Awards, Prism Awards, and Satellite Awards. Many others share the opinion of the show being underrated. It doesn’t get enough credit from its originality and ability to address real life situations in an comical aspect. The tv show is an american version of the hit show Shameless based in the UK. Many viewers from the UK like theirs better but I think it's low quality and inability to get a better plot acrossed, ruins their show. I believe the different cultures determine the construction of how the shows were made. The UK version has more of a raunchy approach than the american version. While as the american version has a strong plot about what a life is like when you come from a dysfunctional and under privileged
Based off of the gratification an individual contains towards their work, job satisfaction is a key. The productivity could either be positive or negative, while the relationship between the productivity and satisfaction may not be consistent. There are multiple internal and external factors in job satisfaction that can impact the behavior of an employee and engagement over time. The way the worker’s attitude concerning their field affects the performance they perform on a daily basis. One who is satisfied with the job they do, succeeds at what they do.
-formed by Frederick Herzberg in 1959 states that there are 2 factors that motivate a person to work. This is also known as Motivation-Hygiene theory. Herzberg’s 2 factor theory states there are factors in the workplace that causes job satisfaction, and a separate factor that causes dissatisfaction.(MacRae & Furnham, 2017). Hygiene factors are factors that are basic for the motivation to exist in an organization these includes salary, company policies, working environment and interpersonal relationships (Management Study Guide, 2013). In short, these are factors that conciliates workers,for them not to be dissatisfied (Management Study Guide, 2013). On the other hand, Motivation factors are factors that pleases or gratifies
The American version of The Office debuted in 2005 with the start of its six-episode first season. After the airing of the “Pilot” episode, a reviewer from the Deseret Morning News commented, “Maybe […] after The Office dies a quick death on NBC, the network will decide that trying to Americanize British TV comedies isn’t such a great idea” (quoted in Pilot (The Office)). Despite its original negative reception, The Office went on to run nine successful seasons and has become a television favorite of individuals across America. The show focuses on the misadventures of the lost souls employed at Dunder-Mifflin Scranton, a branch of a paper-selling company located in Pennsylvania. Under the management of clueless Michael Scott, characters such as Dwight Schrute, Jim Halpert, and Pam Beesly must hold their jobs in the corporate world while facing company failures, romantic encounters, and lost dreams. Despite their seemingly superficial appearance, the characters of The Office reflect complex ideas about morals, existence, and free will through their comical fallacies. The popular television show The Office demonstrates existential ideas such as Sartre’s “bad faith,” Kierkegaard’s stages of life, and the theater of the absurd.
Of the numerous speculations of work motivation, Herzberg's (1998) motivator hygiene theory has been a standout amongst the most persuasive in late decades. Essentially, the hypothesis isolates propelling variables into two classifications: Motivator factors, which have a remark with the work itself, and Hygiene factors, which have a remark with the encompassing
The problem of job dissatisfaction is a global workplace issue. Although Americans are happier in their jobs, satisfaction in the United States is declining due to downsizing and overburdening. (Robbins & Judge, 2009). Before outlining job dissatisfaction a definition of job satisfaction is needed. Job satisfaction is “[an] individuals’
Job satisfaction is a person’s emotional reaction to aspects of works such as pay, supervision, colleagues, working condition, job security, company policies and support, benefits, promotion and advancement or to the work itself (French, 1990). In other words, job satisfaction is an individual’s emotional reaction to a specific job. Falkenburg and Schyns (2007) indicate that job satisfaction can be studied from different approaches. Job satisfaction can be seen as a result of different behaviours or as a cause of behaviour. Moreover, it can be seen as an overall feeling or involving of some aspects of the job and the work situation together contribute to the feeling of satisfaction or dissatisfaction with work (Johansson, 2010).
In conclusion, the of motivation factors have a strong influence on job satisfaction resulting in any positive feelings that accompany human, who is trying to keep this state as long as possible, which leads to further efforts.