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This 3 page paper discusses why Bill Lumbergh, a character in the film “Office Space,” may well be the world’s worst manager as well as its most ineffective leader. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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is a comedy by Mike Judge, creator of Beavis and Butt-Head, and as one might expect, its often over-the-top, but it also taps into the discontent that many people feel
about their jobs (Jahiel). The protagonist, a computer tech named Peter (Ron Livingston) and his two buddies loathe their jobs and their lives are made even worse by their boss
Bill Lumbergh, an "oily, falsely polite, robot-like dictator" who keeps reminding Peter that "he didnt put the new cover sheets on the TPS reports" (Jahiel). One after another, other managers
come by and tell him the same thing, repeating the same comment in the same words (Jahiel). Roger Ebert notes that the film shows us that "modern management theory
is skewed to employ as many managers and as few workers as possible" and describes Lumbergh as "smarmy" (Ebert, 1999). While Wikipedia is not usually recommended as a source, it
gives the best description of the Lumbergh character, which helps us identify the characteristics that make him a terrible leader: he is "callous" and a "stereotypical corporate middle-manager who spends
most of his time wandering the office with coffee mug in hand, wears white-collared shirts, suspenders and a belt (a fashion faux pas), and emotionlessly micromanages his employees while engaging
them with superficial small talk" (Office Space, 2008). Lumberghs lack of fashion sense doesnt mean hes a bad leader, so well ignore the white shirt collars, suspenders and belt.
But we cannot ignore the fact that he "wanders" through the office drinking coffee; that he is emotionless; that he micromanages his employees; or that he tries to cover his
lack of ability with small talk. These are the qualities that make him a poor leader. First, it appears that he doesnt actually do any work. If he did,
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