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1) The film "Modern Times" portraits which historical period?

Modern Times is a 1936 comedy film in which his iconic Little Tramp character struggles to survive in the modern, industrialized world. The film is a comment on the desperate employment and fiscal conditions many people faced during the Great Depression, conditions created, in Chaplin's view, by the efficiencies of modern industrialization.

2) What is the name of the paradigm of the work organization?

Symbolically, the opening credits of "Modern Times, the paradigm of the work organization" feature a huge ticking clockwork paradigm Chaplin momentarily uses the backside of a curvy secretary who has bent over as a shelf for tools, visually blurring the line between human and tool in subtle mockery of the dehumanizing and incomplete mechanical-employee paradigm.

3) Describe the culture of the company?

Pragmatic Culture, Sheep metaphorically make way for humans, as the workers emerge from the subway route to ‘the factory'. As they punch their time cards and assume the position of ‘worker bee, we get a glimpse of what ails many of today's ‘modern' organizations.

4) Describe the relationship between management, supervisors and employees?

Command and control behavior remains pervasive in the organization, while technology continues to be dumped on the worker in hopes of increasing productivity and efficiencies.

5) How is control taken care of? Time, product quality, Work starts inside the spotless and highly automated factory of the Electro Steel Corporation. Under the supervision of the top manager (Allen Garcia), who observes the entire operation on big television screens, a foreman (Sammy Stein) sets in motion the central machine and the various assembly lines.

6) What is the role of women in this company?Somewhere factory workers, secretary and girlfriend to chaliechaplin Some She became his third wife, but unlike the previous two, was strong enough to survive the experience and part company without bitterness or sensationalism.

7) What is the impact of the work environment on the main actor - Charlie Chaplin - in the role of the worker? Chaplin as a factory worker employed on an assembly line. There, he is subjected to such indignities as being force-fed by a "modern" feeding machine and an accelerating assembly line where he screws nuts at an ever-increasing rate onto pieces of machinery. He finally suffers a nervous breakdown and runs amok, throwing the factory into chaos.

8) What are Charlie's job tasks? Assemble line feeding machine and an accelerating assembly line where he screws nuts at an ever-increasing rate onto pieces of machinery.

9) What KASOCs (Knowledge ...) does he need to perform his job well?He must be motivated, have off the job training and on the job training must be trained how to operate the machine effectively

10) How would you improve his job environment?

By motivating him enough, he should have safety kits and the safety measures must be put in place and employees must be motivated.