Your favourite HR movies
Posted by: Simon / 06.12.2011
Doctor, lawyer, journalist - they are all jobs that filmmakers
like to choose for the heroes of their movies. There's nothing to
beat a good courtroom drama, romance among the hospital wards or an
investigative reporter exposing a conspiracy.
For some reason HR doesn't feature so highly in the movies. But
as we prepare to snuggle up in front of the TV for Christmas, don't
stick on "It's a Wonderful Life" again but why not try one of these
HR related films?
I'm All Right, Jack - A satire of FW Taylor's
Scientific Management? A study in post-war Industrial
Relations? Well, either way it's classic B&W comedy from
the 1950s where a naive young management trainee is pitched into a
battle between corrupt bosses and a militant union.
Up In The Air - Hey - all male HR people look
like George Clooney don't we? And we just love going round the
country firing people. But surely George's company would have had a
better Workplace Relationships policy?
Made In Dagenham - A film about the Equal Pay
Act doesn't sound that promising, but this dramatised account of
the strike by female staff at the Ford car plant in 1968 which led
to the Act is worth watching.
Surely there must be more? Let me have your suggestions for HR
themed films in the comments below
Edit: Since drafting this blog, I've been made aware of two
more, neither of which I've personally seen:
The Human Resources Manager "A
tragi-comedy centred on the HR manager of Israel's largest
industrial bakery, who sets out to save the reputation of his
business and prevent the publication of a defamatory article."
according to Imdb
Human Resources - A French film of
the late 90s - "Frank, a business school graduate, returns to his
provincial hometown to take a management position in the factory
where his father has been working for 30 years. First Frank makes
the mistake of actually asking the workers on the assembly line for
their opinions. Then upper management manipulates his findings to
lay off employees." Sounds a little like a Gallic "I'm All
Right, Jack".
If you've seen either, why not post a review in the comments
below?
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