For your SLP, you will be writing about a real-life example of organizational politics from your own work life. For the discussion, we will take a bit more lighthearted approach and look at some examples of how organizational politics is portrayed in movies or TV as well as video games.
Notable TV series that focus on workplace life include The Dropout, Severance, Yellowstone, Industry, Parks and Recreation, We Crashed, Younger, and Superstore. The Office was one of the best workplace TV series so you can use that one even though it is doing just reruns. In terms of movies, Office Space, The Social Network, and Jobs are some examples of popular movies that revolved around corporate life.
For your initial post in the module, try to find a good example of a recent TV series or movie that you watched that you thought was a good example of any of the concepts from this module. Give a short synopsis of the story involved and how it reflected concepts from the background readings. If you can find a YouTube clip from this show or movie, share the link with your classmates. Also, discuss how realistic the TV show or movie was—did it seem similar to what you might find in real life?
Assignment Expectations
Each original 200-word discussion thread should contain at least one citation and reference from the required or optional readings list. The citation and source must be cited and referenced according to APA style.
Please note that URLs are not references.
Your Subsequent Posts:
Read through the responses by your peers and post responses of 100 words to at least two classmates’ posts. Bring in ideas/comments and/or research/readings not mentioned yet.
Remember: To receive full credit in this forum, you need to post a minimum of three quality posts (your own initial post, and responses to two classmates). If you borrow from subject matter experts (authors, speakers, etc.), be sure to give them credit by citing sources. Note that the grading rubric requires a reference to support your discussion or one of the responses you make to a classmate.
Your discussion contributions will be assessed on:
The criteria found in the grading rubric for this assignment:
• Quality of Initial Posting
• Quality of Responses to Classmates
• Reference to Supporting Readings/Information Literacy
• Critical Thinking
• Timeliness
The references found online, in the Trident Online Library, or in the courses may not be in correct APA format. For this reason, you are expected to research how to correctly format references. Do not just copy citations and expect them to be correct.
The basic format of references are:
Author, A. B. (2020, December 25). Title of the article. Title of the Academic Journal, 55(3), 23-28.
• 55 is the volume number for this fictitious example of a perfectly formatted reference of a journal article. Article titles are never typed in italics.
Author, A. B., Bolden, C., & Cheswick, D. E. (2023). The art of leadership. John Wiley and Son.
• This is the reference format for a fictitious book. Book titles never begin every word with a capital letter but they are always typed in italics. Notice the use of an ampersand before the last listed author.
MacMillan, P. (2020). Modern paradigms of leadership [Video]. Alexander Street. Available in the Trident Online Library.
• This is the reference format for a video. The video title is always in italics.
Additional citation and reference style instructions are available at https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/10/ and Trident University’s Introduction to APA Style, 7th edition.
You will find the following useful as you critique sources:
Herring, J. E. (2011). Chapter 3: Evaluating websites, Figure 3.1, p. 38. In Improving students’ web use and information literacy: a guide for teachers and teacher librarians. Facet Publishing. Available in the Trident Online Library, EBSCO eBook Collection.
Lack, C. W., & Rousseau, J. (2016). Chapter 4: What is critical thinking? In Critical thinking, science, and pseudoscience: Why we can’t trust our brains. Springer Publishing Company. Available in the Trident Online Library, EBSCO eBook Collection.
