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An Examination of Office Space The first time I saw the movie Office Space I was about fifteen years old. Instantly I found the characters hilarious. The movie left me with an expectation of what corporate America may look like for a lowly employee. The movie is based on one man’s journey, Peter, of discovering what the meaning of work is all about. At the start of movie it is apparent that Peter and his friends, Michael and Samir, hate their jobs. Every sentence ends with negative thoughts about their positions and their experience in the workplace. One evening Peter is hypnotized to minimize all of his worries and ambitions. This hypnosis begins his transcending downhill fall, as well as his personal discovery. The movie centers on an office environment and the characters that are intertwined in building the corporation. In the movie it is apparent that the company, INITECH, has several strained relationships between employees and managers, flaws in the system, disgruntled employees, flaws in the elements of the social system leading to inconsistency among individuals work ethic. As a member of Dr. Ridley’s consultation course I was able to discover several flaws in the INITECH office environment, as well as improvements that could be made to minimize tension between employees and management. Consultation and INITECH Consultation There is a history behind the term consultation. There are many different definitions that are in literature with many inadequacies. From the lecture series we have established that the definition of consultation involves purposeful interventions designed to assist client organizations in becoming more effective (Ridley, 2013). Constituents and stakeholders of organizations should be the beneficiaries of improved organizational effectiveness. Breaking down this definition one discovers every intervention used should be oriented towards

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