Leadership In The Film '12 Angry Men'

Sharquaveia A. Smith

Allyson Wells

12 Angry Men

5 December 2017 In this movie, a boy’s life is in the balance – if found guilty, he will be executed. So Fonda’s character (called Davis) wants to talk things through, not to rush to a snap, potentially prejudiced decision.Davis sees the importance of influencing others. He builds alliances – often by the force of his arguments, sometimes by listening to the others.For me, one of the key leadership aspects that is displayed is the way that Davis repeatedly acknowledges his own uncertainty. He can’t be sure if the boy is guilty or not, he frequently concedes that he could be; but the evidence is patchy, they are dealing with incomplete information sets, with evidence that hasn’t been adequately

In the movie, the only time that any characters’ names are revealed is right at the end of the movie. The background and jobs held by each of the twelve men is only revealed slowly as the plot progresses. The jury foreman exercises little leadership – others assume different leadership roles as the drama unfolds. The task is initiator, contributor, information giver, information seeker, opinion giver, opinion seeker, coordinator, energizer, and evaluate. There was 3 conflicts involved in the film substantive conflict, effective conflict, and procedural conflict. Substantive conflict occurs when members disagree about issues, or goals. Affect conflict-is the result of interpersonal disagreements, beliefs. Procedural conflict is disagreement amount group members about the method or process the group uses to complete a goal. The group was described as high interaction levels, friendly supportive communication climate, desire to

Passivity is reluctant to express their opinions may do what they're told, but probably disagrees and dislikes the order. Assertive comes from his opinions, acknowledges and respects other opinions, and very cooperative. Aggressive opinions are often insensitive and negative, confrontational and combative, and refuses to acknowledge other opinions. The group norms keep the group going, or stop progress, seating arrangement, ballot voting, and take turns talking. Empathy and neutrality focus on how group members demonstrate concern or indifference toward one another supportive. Empathy identifies with the group members and attempts to understand their feelings, needs, and interests defensive. Neutrality indicates an indifference towards the other group members and their feelings, needs, and interest. Equality and superiority deal with how group members minimize or maximize their individual differences. The supportive deals with equality treats all group members the same and believes the contributions of all group members are equal. Superiority treats all group members differently because members are not considered as equal. Provisional ism and certainty center on group members degree of inflexibility or rigidity when communicating with each