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:
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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