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Office Space depicts an exaggerated view of a big corporation’s organizational behaviors. At Initech, such behaviors are misused, ineffective, and unhealthy practices which ultimately lead to the collapse of the organization. The ideal organization would allow employees to obtain job satisfaction through the use of employee input and autonomy, feedback, well-defined organizational roles, clear goals, and effective group structures in the workplace.

Initech displayed a number of organizational issues. The management issue at hand relates to leadership ability and the frequent duplication of effort, resulting in poor productivity. In the film it is apparent that the company fosters “Hierarchy Culture”. The current managers focused much of their time and energy on relatively minor issues, such as the brand of stapler that is used in the office along with making sure that every employee uses the new cover sheet design on reports. The bottom line takes priority as illustrated by an office printer that is always malfunctioning but is never repaired or replaced. Initech was not interested in defining overall corporate goals, or engaging in new strategies such as group work that could potentially improve satisfaction and productivity. The staff is dissatisfied and they often exhibit low self-esteem and a lack of motivation. Administrators focus more on internal control as well as the formalized structured work environment rather than to stress office efficiency. As defined by Competing Values Framework theory, “Hierarchy culture is a culture that has an internal focus and values stability and control over flexibility (Kinick and Kreitner 2013).”

Initech hired an outside consulting firm whose sole concern seemed to be to weed out the e...

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...pace” depicts the organizational behaviors at a corporation, Initech. The elimination of employees was conducted without examining the roles of all of the employees at the company. The company should have defined employee roles and objectives in order to create achievement and responsibility. Bill Lumbergh does not allow his employees to use diversity of ideas and therefore they were dissatisfied with their tasks and goals because they lacked autonomy in their jobs. During the plan, Peter would provide feedback towards his friends, and promoted the right motivation to get them on the same page. The importance of roles, structure, and group norms are an essential part when managing an organization. The ideal organization should promote effective organizational behaviors to have a positive impact on its employees as opposed to the downfall of the entire organization.