1. 24 Freedom From Economics THE ECONOMIC TIMES | MUMBAI | THURSDAY | 4 AUGUST 2011
For Hollywood, the world of business can be a vehicle for many kinds of stories, from morality tales to conspiracy theories to
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David-and-Goliath fables. With that in mind, Bloomberg Businessweek asked deans at the top 30 US business schools to name their
favourite movies with a business theme or lesson and to explain their choices. For anyone contemplating business school, or currently
enrolled in one, these picks serve as a kind of silver-screen curriculum on leadership, ethics, and the exercise of power. By Kiah Haslett
Must See Movies
for B-School Student
Gung Ho | 1986 1 The Social Network | 2010 15
Starring: Michael Keaton, Gedde
Repo Man | 1984 9 Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake
Watanabe, George Wendt Starring: Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio
Estevez, Tracey Walter Recommended by: Bob Dammon, dean of Carnegie Mellon
Recommended by: Joseph University's Tepper School of Business; Judy Olian,
Thomas, dean of Cornell Recommended by: Thomas W. Gilli-
dean of the UCLA Anderson School of Management; and James
University's Johnson Graduate gan, dean of the University of Texas,
W. Dean Jr., dean of the University of North Carolina's
School of Management Austin's McCombs School of Business —Paul Danos
Kenan-Flager Business School
—Judy Olian Michael Corleone, in
Joseph Thomas —Thomas W. Gilligan
This movie was made when Japan was showing
A must-see primer on how
The Godfather | 1970 16 ordering execution
for a top lieutenant's
Determined professionals relentlessly the millennials think, Starring: Marlon Brando, Al
the world how to make better products. The switching loyalty
pursue legitimate commercial objectives invent, and connect—and Pacino, James Caan
movie is about the clash and eventual says, "Tessio was
in a morally and technologically how bumpy the ride can be
reconciliation of cultures. Both cultures are Recommended by: Paul smarter," indicating
ambiguous world. from rags to riches.
overdrawn a bit, but the movie is thoughtful Danos, dean of Dartmouth that it did not
College's Tuck School of surprise him that
Business, and Robert F. Tessio would be the
first to switch
Bruner, dean of the
Norma Rae | 1979 2
Wall Street | 1987 17 University of Virginia's
allegiance to a new
leader when the old
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Michael Dou- Darden School of Business
Starring: Sally Field, Beau Bridges leader was past his
glas, and Tamara Tunie
prime.
Recommended by: James W. Dean Jr.,
dean of the University of North Recommended by: Bob Dammon, dean
Carolina's Kenan-Flager Business School. of Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper
School of Business
—James W. Dean Jr.
It's a Wonderful Life | 1946 24
—Bob Dammon
Starring: James Stewart, Donna Reed,
Leadership doesn't just come from the top. For me, the story is about a character (Charlie Lionel Barrymore
Norman Rae is a single mother who—despite Sheen) who is torn between the moral and ethical
Recommended by: Joseph Thomas, dean of
great personal risk—fights to unionize her upbringing he received from his father (Martin
Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of
textile mill to improve terrible working Sheen) and the allure of wealth and power as
Management, and Paul Danos, dean of
conditions. embodied by Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas).
Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business
—Joseph Thomas
Patton | 1970 3 12 Angry Men | 1957 18 The small Savings and Loan officer, George Bailey,
lambastes the money bags character, Mr. Potter,
Starring: George C. Scott, Karl Starring: Henry Fonda, Lee
with "… my father didn't think so. People were
Malden, Stephen Young. J. Cobb, and Martin Balsam
human beings to him
Recommended by: Robert F. Recommended by: Joseph
Bruner, dean of the University of Thomas, dean of Cornell Univer-
Virginia's Darden School of Business sity's Johnson Graduate School
of Management
Other People's Money | 1991 25
—Robert F. Bruner
Starring: Danny DeVito, Gregory Peck, Penelope Ann Miller
—Joseph Thomas
A profile of the most aggressive American Recommended by: Thomas W. Gilligan, dean of the Uni-
general in World War II. This movie prompts This is not really a business book, but it is a versity of Texas, Austin's McCombs School of Business
deep reflections on the emotional intelligence wonderful depiction of group decision
—Judy Olian
making, consensus-building, and persuasion, 26 A Small Act | 2010 | Starring: Chris Mburu, Hilde Back
that must underpin true leaders
A post-mortem of all crucial in business. For years, this movie 27 A Christmas Carol | 1984 | Starring: George C Scott
Inside Job | 2010 10 the most significant was utilized in one of our courses at Johnson. 28 Working Girl | 1988 | Starring: Melanie Griffith, H Ford
Starring: Matt Damon, global economic 29 Invictus | 2009 | Starring: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon
Moonstruck | 1987 4 William Ackman, crisis in decades, 30 Too Big to Fail | 2011 | Starring: J Woods, J Heard
Daniel Alpert
Starring: Cher, Nicolas Cage
pointing to shared
culpability across
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unless something goes wrong Recommended by: Joseph Thomas, dean of Cornell University's
Johnson Graduate School of Management, and Bob Dammon, dean
of Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business
—Bob Dammon
Herb and Dorothy | 2008 5 A humorous story of greed,
Starring: Herb, Dorothy Vogel
Your appraisals
deception and redemption. It
Recommended by: Judy Olian, dean of the UCLA Ander-
is always great when the
son School of Management
good guys win.
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—Judy Olian
Barbarians at the Gate
The beauty of maniacal focus: | 1993
how a couple of modest
means amassed one of the
great modern art collections
in America
The Wizard of Oz | 1939
Starring: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan
12 Starring: James Garner,
Jonathan Pryce, Peter Riegert
Recommended by: Bob
making you feel
inadequate?
Dammon, dean of Carnegie
Recommended by: James W. Dean Jr., dean
Mellon University's Tepper
of the University of North Carolina's Kenan-
School of Business
Flager Business School
The Secret of My Success |1987 6
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan —James W. Dean Jr.
Recommended by: Bob Dammon, dean of Carnegie Mel- This famous classic showcases
lon University's Tepper School of Business Industrial Age perfection in the
Emerald City.
—Bob Dammon
A great comedy about a young
Midwesterner (Michael J. Fox)
traveling to the big city to House of Strangers | 1949 13 Risky Business | 22 Got bypassed for the promotion once again?
begin his corporate career Starring: Edward G. Robinson, Susan 1983 Tired of waiting for the next cycle? Finished with working
Hayward, Richard Conte
Starring: Tom Cruise, Rebec- for an organisation that only demands your best and not
Recommended by: Paul Danos, dean of
ca De Mornay, Joe Pantoliano
Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business
Recommended by: Thomas give anything in return? Well its time to make the most of
Something Ventured | 2011 7 —Paul Danos W. Gilligan, dean of the Uni-
versity of Texas, Austin's your abilities as well as your opportunities.
Starring: Bill Bowes, Herbert Boyer House of Strangers shows how microfinance worked McCombs School of Business
Recommended by: Rich Lyons, dean of in the ghettos of New York in the 1920s and '30s. The Just log onto www.timesjobs.com and upload your resume
the University of California, Berkeley's Gino Monetti character's banking success is based on
Haas School of Business lending money to neighbourhood people with just a people with
because companies are looking for people like you — —
handshake, but that kind of "collateral" does not pass
—Rich Lyons muster with the new breed of bank regulators. exceptional skills, strong work ethics and a great mind.
It's about the history of the VC industry and
Silicon Valley. It did a fine job of communicating
what the founding actors of VC are really like.
One gets the feeling that if this hadn't been Animal House |1978 14 Citizen Kane | 23
captured like this today, it might never have 1941
been captured in this first-person way. Starring: John Belushi, Karen Allen, Tom Hulce
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Recommended by: Thomas W. Gilligan, dean of the Univer- Starring: Orson Welles,
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sity of Texas, Austin's McCombs School of Business Joseph Cotten, Dorothy
Man in the Gray Flannel —Thomas W. Gilligan
Comingore
Recommended by: Paul
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Suit | 1956 8 One of the best documentaries Danos, dean of Dartmouth
Starring: Gregory Peck, Jennifer
Jones
Recommended by: Robert F. Bruner,
ever made on how to
structure management
training and leadership-
College's Tuck School of
Business, and James W. Dean
Jr., dean of the University of
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