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Positive portrayals of business in film/literature for use by MBA class

  • 1.  Positive portrayals of business in film/literature for use by MBA class

    Posted 04-15-2000 11:10
    Check with duPont's film library. They might be able to help you. Also try
    the National Association of Manufacturers in D.C.
    Please do not send any mail to me at tswift35@hotmail.com

    Dick Montgomery, 20th Century Cooperative
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    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Charles Wankel" <cxx@BELLATLANTIC.NET>
    To: <MG-ED-DV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
    Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 9:35 PM
    Subject: Positive portrayals of business in film/literature for use by MBA
    class


    > David Hellman asked BusLib-L@listserv.BoiseState.edu:
    > I have a class of MBA students who are looking for examples of
    fiction
    > or films that portray business or business people in a "positive" light. I
    > can think of plenty of negative examples, but I'm having problems coming
    up
    > with the "positive". With David's permission I am reposting this to
    > MG-ED-DV:
    >
    > -----edited Original Message-----
    >
    > Some of the suggestions I got....
    >
    > FILMS:
    > It's a Wonderful Life (many people suggested this)
    > Miracle on 34th Street
    > Mildred Pierce
    > Working Girl
    > Other People's Money
    > Forrest Gump
    > There were also a couple of suggestions where business is not viewed
    well
    > initially but have a positive spin/ending.....
    > Jerry McGuire
    > The Hudsucker Proxy
    >
    > LITERATURE:
    > Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
    > A good obscure title was.... Nevil Shute (AKA: Norway)'s A Town Like
    > Alice....
    > My own choice for fiction title is Herman Melville's Bartleby the
    > Scrivener......
    >
    > Last but not least I got a lot of recommendations about other places to
    > look. I won't list them all, but a really interesting website on the
    subject
    > of business in fiction can be found at:
    > http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/bankfiction/
    >
    > David Hellman
    > Business Subject Specialist Reference Librarian
    > Michel Orradre Library
    > Santa Clara University
    > Santa Clara, CA 95053-0500
    > dhellman@scu.edu
    > (408)-554-5433
    >