Summary
Raised
in the African bush country by her zoologist parents, Cady Heron thinks she
knows all about the "survival of the fittest". But the law of the
jungle takes on a whole new meaning when the home-schooled 16-year old enters
public high school for the first time. Trying to find her place between jocks,
mathletes, and other subcultures, Cady crosses paths with the meanest species
of all - the Queen Bee, aka the cool and calculating Regina George, leader of
the school's most fashionable clique, the Plastics. When Cady falls for
Regina's ex-boyfriend Aaron Samuels, though, the Queen Bee is stung - and she
schemes to destroy Cady's social future. Cady's own claws soon come out as she
leaps into a hilarious "Girl World" war that has the whole school
running for cover.
(Source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377092/plotsummary)
Application of OB Concept: Informal Leaders
An informal group develops on
the basis of common interests, proximity and friendships. The Plastics is an informal
group bound together mainly by its members’ popularity status in school. Also,
the Plastics share the same interests in fashion, boys, gossip and drama.
Regina George is undeniably the leader of this informal group, with her being
the Queen Bee. As an “informal leader,” Regina does several tasks such as
invite new people to the group (when she invited Cady to join them), modelling
norms (“on Wednesdays we wear pink”), and building group cohesiveness by
creating competitions against other groups (Burn Book).
Reflection
Being a leader, formal or
informal, may create a huge impact on the members of the group. The leader is
the most influential in terms of the behavior of the group. In the movie,
Regina uses her leader status only to bully people (including her friends) into
doing what she wants. She is actually very effective in encouraging certain
actions from the people around her, but over time, they realized that Regina is
not treating them right. For me, being a leader means you cannot only think of
yourself. It means that you should value the wellbeing of everyone in your
group.
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