J. Edgar Sparknotes

Summary of Movie The movie J. Edgar examines the life and career of J. Edgar Hoover who is an FBI director. Early in Hoover’s career, he was obsessed with communists, anarchists, and many other types of revolutionary seeking to take action against the U.S. government. He eventually builds the agency’s reputation and was the ultimate referee to decide who was hired and fired. Hence Clyde Tolson quickly being promoted to Hoover’s right hand man, Assistant Director, and confidant for the rest of Hoover’s life. For almost 50 years, he used the FBI to his advantage to fight crime as one of the most powerful law enforcers in America. Part of this included catching the murderer of Charles Lindbergh Jr, the eldest son of Charles Lindbergh. However,

Because of this, managers must coerce, control, direct, and threaten workers in order to ensure performance (Hackman). In addition to this, Theory X management assumes that most people actually desire strict supervision as a means of insuring security. If workers are told what to do, they can have little doubt that they are performing as to be expected (Hackman). Additionally, this approach emphasizes task supervision with little or no concern for individual needs

Transactional leaders have formal authority and positions of responsibility in the organization. They maintain routine by managing individual performance, facilitating group performance, set criteria for workers according to previously defined requirements (Spahr). They work best with employees who know who to do their jobs and are motivated by the reward-penalty system (Spahr). Transactional leaders also provide rewards based upon effort and recognize good performance