Organizational Behavior Project Report on Coach Carter Movie by Sadam Hussain indhar, student of iqra university karachi

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REPORT ON COACH CARTER MOVIE
TABLE OF CONTENT
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1 Personality Of Coach Carter Using Big 5 Personality Theory 02
2 Motivation approach of coach carter 03
3 The stages applied by coach carter for group development 04
4 Coach carter did changed their behavior 05
5 Leadership theories and sources of power 06
6 Transformational leadership theory 07
7 Summary 08
Sadam Hussain indhar
Program: MBA
Project: Coach Carter Report
Course: Organizational Behavior
Teacher: Muntazir Mehdi

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PERSONALITY OF COACH CARTER USING BIG 5 PERSONALITY THEORY
The personality of Coach Carter Using big 5 personality theory has been observed as
follows:
EXTRAVERSION
Coach Carter Keeps himself busy, reacts quickly, Communicates views and ideas,
seeks to impudence people, and takes control.On the Contrary, he is less talkative and
avoids attending social occasions or to be surrounded by people.
AGREEABLENESS
Heaves straightforwardly, does not manipulate or use people having little
trust on them, On the other hand he Keeps quiet about achievements
and avoids talking about self.
OPENNESS TO CHANGE
He is a man of principles, less imaginative, generates original solutions to the problems.
CONSCIENTIOUSNESS
He gets things done anciently, likes to be organized and doing things according
to a plan, 'Moreover, he works hard, sets high standard and does more than is
expected of him.
EMOTIONAL STABILITY
Comfortable with self, happy with life, positive about future, has fewer worries than
most people and knows how work under pressure!

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MOTIVATION APPROACH OF COACH CARTER
CONTENT THEORY
The coach carter ignored the physiological and safety needs of the team assuming that
they had already been satisfied. However, he did not avoid fulfilling them as and when
required.
For instances, when one of the team members quit from the team, he felt insecure and
wanted to join the team again after his friend got shot. The Coach Carter, despite
receiving hatred abuse from that person, accepted him as a team member. The focus of
Coach Carter was more on their social and self-esteem needs.
For the purpose of fulfilling their social needs the Coach Carter created an environment
of group cohesion where the members of the team were bound to help and support
each other.
For instance, in the movie, when one of the team members who was panting up and still
penalized with doing 500 push-ups, one of the team members offered to do to the push-
ups instead. Moreover, Coach Carter maintained a balance of the self-esteem among
the group members.
He made them believe that they are the winners. On the contrary, he also did not want
them to brag about their achievement and so penalized them for doing so after they had
won the match. Motivation Approach of Coach Carter.
EXPECTANCYTHEORY COACH CARTER
Carefully took into account all the tree perceptions: expectancy, instrumentality and
valence. He developed a need to achieve the success and also made them believe that
their efforts will lead to winning the matches. Motivation Approach of Coach Carter.
LEARNING THEORY (Reinforcement Theory)
The main objective of Coach Carter was not just to coach them to win the basketball
match but to make them abide by the stipulated rules and most importantly to make
them concentrate on their studies by attending all their classes and get a minimum 2.3

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GPA. To achieve this objective, he used the negative reinforces like disallowing them to
practice or to play any basketball match until they achieve minimum requirement of the
GPA as per the contract.
THE STAGES APPLIED BY COACH CARTER FOR GROUP DEVELOPMENT
Before Coach Carter took over the job, there was no element of teamwork or team spirit within the
team. Lots of personality clashes where exhibited by the team, this was depicted in the locker room
scene on the he took over as the coach. Timo Cruz and other players like Worm, Junior, and Ty
were criticizing each other’s effort in the match by trading blames on each other mistakes in the
match. Tuck man’s Teambuilding model can be used in explaining their group behavior. The team
and the new coach went through this Teambuilding process as portrayed by tuck man.
Forming
At this phase they were very individualistic with each team members focusing on their
personal interest by been aggressive to authority this is displayed when Timo Cruz
insulted Coach Carter on his first day as the team’s coach and also tried to hit him as a
sign of disdain for authority.
Storming
This phase was exhibited as the team begins to comprehend each other but sticking out
independently as seen after he made them signed a contract on established behavior
for the team.
Norming
At this stage there is a clear signals of collaboration and teamwork in the team as they
have learned to appreciate the worth of functioning collectively rather than
independently. This was evidently depicted in their matches where they defeated their
opponents consecutively by playing team strategies and formations.
Performing
At this phase, the team’s performance was beyond everyone's expectations, they were
undefeated and were also able to overcome reigning champions, Bay Hill Academy to
clinch the trophy. This shows how everyone helps each other to achieve even their
personal goals as it will reflect on their future. This also shows good leadership as
Coach Carter influenced his players to be students and his players respected this idea
as they respect him. Moreover, the basketball team of Richmond High School in the film
Coach Carter shows successful cohesiveness in both task and social after several
weeks of Ken Carter’s coaching. They show good task cohesiveness because in the

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court they trust and rely with each other, work hard towards a certain goal and also
believe on the concept that a team struggles and triumphs together. The players
become motivated by others hard work which improves their team cohesiveness and
group dynamics.
COACH CARTER DID CHANGED THEIR BEHAVIOR.
The basketball team of Richmond High School in the film Coach Carter shows
successful cohesiveness in both task and social after several weeks of Ken Carter’s
coaching. They show good task cohesiveness because in the court they trust and rely
with each other, work hard towards a certain goal and also believe on the concept that a
team struggles and triumphs together.
The players become motivated by others hard work which improves their team
cohesiveness and group dynamics. They show social cohesiveness outside the court.
The movie shows that they get along pretty well (showed in scenes where they hang out
and when they go to a party) and always look at each other’s back.
FOR EXAMPLE
The scene where the seniors start to get into fight in the street, Time Cruz shows up to
aid them by breaking up the fight and threatens them by showing that he has got a gun).
This good cohesiveness made a positive impact on their group dynamics. This is
because they tend to encourage each other to work hard both in the court and their
academics (as shown in the lock-out period shown in the movie where the other team
mates try to improve the GPA of the other failing members). This links to leadership and
the norming and performing period of group processes as they trust and rely to each
other.

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LEADERSHIP THEORIES AND SOURCES OF POWER
SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP THEORY
Carter displayed various leadership styles to suit the situation and build the team while teaching
them teamwork.
Telling:
The coach used the Telling style by giving each team member contract to sign for accepting his
terms and conditions for being part of the team. He further demonstrated this by penalizing anyone
who deviated from his instructions and questioned them.
Selling:
At one point the players were Unable but Willing, he was giving the team instructions and also
receiving feedback from the team, which gave the team the opportunity to be part of the decision
making process as the coach expressed his vision of helping them win, in all aspect of their college
life and in the nearest future.
Participating:
The team was able but unwilling by surpassing the expectations on the basketball court but were
not confident most especially in their academics. He adopted an approach which was relationship
based by building a much stronger relationship with the teams by showing some care about their
future success after high school, this was depicted when one of the players was almost shot by a
group a thugs and ran to him for forgiveness, it was also depicted in the coach’s statement when he
said I came to coach basketball players, and you became students. I came to teach boys, and you
became men.
Delegating:
The team was able and willing, they were undefeated on the courts, regardless of fierce opposition
were also committed to improving their academic grades as a team. The Coach influence had been

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a constructive which enables them need a little or no directions in performing, also with respect to
Jason Lyle's words he said "You said we're a team. One person struggles, we all struggle. One
person triumphs, we all triumph". The statement shows the level of commitment the boys have
towards each other at this stage.
TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP THEORY
Coach Carter's leadership stylewas transformational in nature so he used the
transformational leadership theory throughout the movie.
He pursued to effect positive changes in the High School basketball team. By his status
as a coach he channeled is intellectual resources towards the improvement of the high
school basketball team by motivating the students, building a high performance
standard and boosting their morale by breaking the cycle of failure that had been the
norm of high school basketball team and the community at large by giving the students
a prospect of a brighter life after high school.
He had a vision and a as leader developed suitable strategy for accomplishing it. As a
true leader he conversed this vision to his team , with total believe in his vision he
inspired the team to change their anticipations for failure, gangster’s and the potential of
going prison and through motivation he enjoined the team to work towards a common
goals which are winning in the court, winning in academics through higher grades,
winning in their high school by going to the college or living a better life and finally
convincing the society in which they belong that there is a better life than the one they
are living and you can always be a winner only if you are convinced and ready to pay
the price which is working diligently.
All this approach I believe was effective because he was able to completely convince
and transform the team by the end of the movie.

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SUMMARY
In 1999, Ken Carter accepts the job of basketball coach for his old high school in a poor
area of Richmond, CA. As much dismayed by the poor attitudes of his players as well
as their dismal play performance, Carter sets about to change both.
He imposes a strict regime typified in written contracts that demand respectful behavior,
a dress code and good grades for players. Any initial resistance is soon dispelled as the
team under Carter's tutelage becomes an undefeated competitor. However, when the
overconfident team's behavior begins to stray with too many doing poorly in class,
Carter takes immediate action. To the outrage of the team, the school and the
community, Carter cancels all team activities and locks the court until the team shows
acceptable academic improvement.
In the ensuing debate, Carter fights to keep his methods, determined to show the boys
that they need good values for their futures and eventually finds he has affected them
more profoundly than he ever expected.