BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

B E S T S E L L E R S
JIM MAGUIRE
A LIFE ON WALL STREET
ALTERNATE ROUTE THE INHERITANCE

ALTERNATE ROUTE

This documentary profiles the young owners of businesses, from fish to fashion, as they deal with the ups and downs of running their companies and their lives. Despite negative messages about the failure rate of small businesses, these young men and women explain that they are not afraid to take risks and are forging ahead to carve out a place for themselves in society.


APPROACHES TO ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION

OBM expert Edward Feeney shows how to identify, analyze and change problem behavior patterns, such as chronic lateness and absenteeism, that can affect productivity.


BUILDING MORE EFFECTIVE TEAMS

This film examines the important contributions that can be made by an Organizational Development consultant in terms of analyzing areas of conflict and making specific recommendations for change.


BUILDING THE GHERKIN

Can a single building impact the career of an architect, the image of a global company and the future of a major city? Building the Gherkin chronicles the design, planning and construction of the controversial Swiss Re building, dubbed 'the erotic gherkin' by the British press.


CALCUTTA CALLING

Business Process Outsourcing is the fastest growing industry in the world. In India, over 350,000 people are currently working in call centers. Vikeeh Uppal, or "Ethan Reed," is one of them. You may have already spoken with him.


CHANGING ORGANIZATIONS

Professor Jay Lorsch of the Harvard Business School discusses his contingency theory-the task/organization/people-fit model-which offers effective methods of insuring productivity as well as employee satisfaction.


COPING WITH TECHNOLOGY

This thirteen-part film series examines issues in the behavioral sciences with an emphasis on management techniques. It features leading authorities in the management, behavioral and social sciences who present new theoretical concepts and practical models on how to develop stronger organizations, more effective management, more satisfied individuals and greater productivity.


DOING BUSINESS

A behind-the-scenes look at the pleasures and difficulties of operating a small, self-managed business, profiling three small businesses and the people who manage them.


FROM A SIDEWALK STAND: NATHANIEL H. BRONNER, SR.

Recounts how this enterprising black businessman, founder of Bronner Brothers Cosmetics, overcame having very little start-up money to build one of the most successful business enterprises in America.


FROM DUST: The Untold Story of Life after the Tsunami

TWhat happens in the aftermath of a natural disaster? How are the billions of dollars in aid spent by local governments? How does the desire for economic development influence the rebuilding process? Filmed in Sri Lanka, From Dust examines one government's controversial response to the Asian Tsunami.


HUMAN RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR (Series)

This thirteen-part film series examines issues in the behavioral sciences with an emphasis on management techniques. It features leading authorities in the management, behavioral and social sciences who present new theoretical concepts and practical models on how to develop stronger organizations, more effective management, more satisfied individuals and greater productivity.


IN AND OUT OF FOCUS

This video is about women in the film business and how they balance children, love lives and career—or how they don’t. When a female filmmaker discovers she is unexpectedly pregnant, her life is turned upside down, as she struggles to balance family and career.


THE INHERITANCE

Selected by Time Magazine as one of the ten top films of 2004, Per Fly’s The Inheritance is a powerful and timely drama about a man torn between family and business.


THE JAMESTOWN STORY

This film shows how the Mayor of Jamestown, NY, an economic disaster area, organized a labor-management committee, brought in behavioral scientists for consultation, and, using a 'quality of work' program, effected a unique economic turn-around.


JIM MAGUIRE: A LIFE ON WALL STREET

This video chronicles the history of Wall Street, America’s financial center since 1949, exploring the last half-century of economic history through the life of Jim Maguire.


LADIES OF THE LAND

As small farms continue to disappear at an alarming rate, a growing number of women are venturing into this tradition-bound, male-dominated industry - and revitalizing it from within. Ladies of the Land explores the recent emergence of the woman farmer and her connection to the boom in organic farming.


LIFELINES: A CAREER PROFILE STUDY

This film features Dr. Edgar Schein of the Sloan School of Management at M.I.T. who discusses the insights of his research into career formation.


MOTIVATION

Outlining the theories of Abraham Maslow and Douglas McGregor, and through interviews with workers, managers and behavioral scientists, this film explores what makes a person satisfied and productive at work.


NEW LEADERSHIP STYLES

Featuring Dr. Michael Maccoby of Harvard University, this film uses Maccoby's 'gamemanship' concept to analyze the leadership styles of two successful executives who have humanized their companies' work environments.


POWER AND CONFLICT IN THE ORGANIZATION

Featuring Dr. Barry Oshry, this film examines the power struggles that exist in all organizations and at all levels and discusses the skills necessary for managing them. An actual training lab session shows participants developing an understanding of the dynamics of conflict and its resolution.


TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS

Featuring Dr. Gilbert Levin, Asst. Professor of Pscyhiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, this film shows how to lessen interpersonal conflicts that frequently inhibit effective management.


UNDERSTANDING BEHAVIOR IN ORGANIZATIONS

Dr. Harry Levinson of the Harvard Medical School explains significant concepts in psychoanalytic theory in terms of their applicability to corporate settings.


WOMEN IN THE CORPORATION

This film shows how a firm with 60% women employees, most of whom felt stuck in clerical jobs with no chance for advancement, instituted an affirmative action program, dealt with attitude change, self-awareness and management training.


A YEN FOR HARMONY

Examining some of the reasons for the phenomenal success of Japanese business, this film shows how the Japanese management approach includes such factors as employee dedication and loyalty, consensus decision making, and participatory management.