Charlie Chaplin's Modern Time(1936), describes and highlights a bygone approach to work;?

Question

Charlie Chaplin's Modern Time(1936), describes and highlights a bygone approach to work; its organisation and its management" (Film Reviewer)to what extent is this portrayal of an organisation and its employees true for our modern organisations of today?

Answer 1

As much as modern organizations would like to think things have changed, in reality the organizational pyramid is alive and well, with the workers on the bottome, supervisors in the middle, and managers on top. While there is some cross functional work meaning managers doing tasks(remember the typing pool and "take a letter" days) the vast majority of decision making regarding the goals of the organization, future outlook, rules and regulations, are still done by upper management. Organizatons tout the idea that "it's their people that make the difference" yet in reality, "their people" are no better than anyone else's people. For all the hoopla about pushing decision making to the people closet to the work, for cross functional teaming, for empowering the worker, look around and see if that is really occurring where you work. Modern Times still makes us laugh because not much has changed and the modern worker can relate to it, just as the worker 70 years ago did.

Answer 2

I love Charlie Chaplin. I think he was years ahead of his time.
but your question is more work than i care to start at 5:45 on a Friday.

Answer 3

i really don't know but i had this same type question in history 102