Research Guides: Business in the Movies: Articles on Teaching Business Topics Using Movies

Articles

An Executive’s Favorite Films About Management
Nell Minow, co-founder of The Corporate Library, makes a list of the best movies she has seen about leadership and management and explain why she likes them.
Journal of Management Education (Vol. 29, Iss. 6, December 2001)
Whole issue devoted to using non-traditional stories to teach management topics.
Using Motion Pictures to Teach Management: Refocusing the Camera Lens Through the Infusion Approach to Diversity
Minnette A Bumpus. Journal of Management Education. Thousand Oaks: Dec 2005. Vol. 29, Iss. 6; p. 792
Using Music and Song Clips as a Teaching Tool: Perspectives for Teaching Management & Organizational Behavior
Michael Albert. The Business Review, Cambridge. Hollywood: Summer 2009. Vol. 12, Iss. 1; p. 46
Not just a Mickey Mouse exercise: Using Disney's The Lion King to teach leadership
Debra R Comer. Journal of Management Education. Thousand Oaks: Aug 2001. Vol. 25, Iss. 4; p. 430
Drama: A tool for teaching business ethics
Eugene Garaventa. Business Ethics Quarterly. Chicago: Jul 1998. Vol. 8, Iss. 3; p. 535
Management Goes to the Movies
Film as a lens for teaching culture: Balancing concepts, ambiguity, and paradox
Mark Mallinger, Gerard Rossy. Journal of Management Education. Thousand Oaks: Oct 2003. Vol. 27, Iss. 5; p. 608
Exploring Films About Ethical Leadership: Can Lessons Be Learned?
Richard J Stillman II. Public Administration and Management. Middletown: 2006. Vol. 11, Iss. 3; p. 103
Watch This Clip: Using Film as an Augmentation to Lecture and Class Discussion
Richard D Parker. Academy of Educational Leadership Journal. Cullowhee: 2009. Vol. 13, Iss. 4; p. 129

Additional Articles

Teaching Entrepreneurial Mindset: Lessons from Dead Poets Society;Heidi M Neck, Virginia W Gerde, Christopher P Neck. International Journal of Entrepreneurship Education. 2007. Vol. 5; p. 175

Entrepreneurship in the Cinema: Feature Films as Case Material in Entrepreneurship Education
Marco van Gelderen, Karen Verduyn. International Journal of Entrepreneurship Education. 2003. Vol. 1, Iss. 4; p. 585

Ripley, Burke, German and Friends: Using the film Aliens to teach leadership and power
K. V. Harrington. Organizational Behavior Teaching Review. 1990. Vol. 14, Iss. 3; 79-86

Bronson, Brenner, and McQueen: Do they have something to teach us about influencing others?
L. K. Michaelsen. Organizational Behavior Teaching Review. 1987. Vol. 12, Iss. 4; 144-154

Using film to examine the place of ethics in business
V. W. Gerde. The Journal of Legal Studies Education. 1996. Vol. 14, Iss. 2; 199-214

Carpe diem: Lessons about organization and management from Dead Poets Society
T. T. Serey. Journal of Management Education. 1992. Vol. 16, Iss. 3; 374-381

The use of films in accounting instruction
W. J. Fleig. Accounting Review. 1950. Vol. 25, Iss. 1; 94-96

Theses & Dissertations

Conferences

The use of movies in management education since "life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get,"
C. Baccarani. 2002. In Selected papers from the 13th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning , p. 7-26