After watching the film, respond to at least one of the sets of questions below.Post your initial replies no later than the middle of this lesson period; post your responses to your classmates’ posts no later than the end of this lesson period, see the course schedule for specific dates. Please review the course expectations for Individual Participation.
Note: I have worded these questions vaguely enough to not include any “spoilers” for the movie. Once you have watched the movie, please address these issues. Do NOT start reading people’s responses on the threads until AFTER you have watched the movie! Also, please note that even if you have seen this movie in the past, you need to re-watch it for this course in order to be able to apply the concepts properly; memory will not be sufficient.
- The film focused on various issues faced by the new coach in town, Coach Dale (Gene Hackman). Drawing on specific terms and principles from this week’s lesson and readings, how would you diagnose the cultural differences between the coach and the town/team? How do you think the new coach saw the situation? What about the basketball team members? The townspeople? How are cross-cultural dynamics illustrated here?
- What did Coach Dale do well in coaching the team and what could he have done better? What specific principles from the course (not just this lesson) did you see Coach Dale implementing?
- Although the movie focused on a basketball team, the principles are very transferable to student teams and workplace teams. Have you had experiences of dramatic turnarounds like this, either as a team leader (‘coach’) or as a team member (‘player’)? If so, what did you do and to what effect? How else can you translate leadership and group dynamics from the movie to your student and workplace teams?
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