Chapter+05+Groups+and+Organizations



Social group – two or more people who identify with and interact with one another Vizzini, Inigo, and Fezzik create their own social group who interact with one another. They are asked by Prince Humperdinck to murder Buttercup, which is how they identify with each other. They are working together to carry out the task.

Instrumental leadership – group leadership that focuses on the completion of tasks Vizzini is considered an instrumental leader. The task given to him by Prince Humperdinck is to kill Buttercup. He is the leader of the group because he gives orders to his group members. Instead of focusing on the group’s well-being, he is more focused on completing the task at hand.

Organizational environment – factors outside an organization that affect its operation Westley would be considered an organizational environment factor because he affects Vizzini and his group’s operation. He interferes with their plan to kill Buttercup. Because he does so, they are not able to carry out the plan.

groupthink: the tendency of group members to conform, resulting in a narrow view of some issue Fezzik and Inigo tend to conform to Vizzini’s ideas. Vizzini has convinced them that they know nothing and that he is a genius. This is why he is able to make them do whatever he wants them to do.

tradition: values and beliefs passed from generation to generation A tradition in the society is to let Princes choose their own brides. Prince Humperdinck is able to choose Buttercup as his bride because of this tradition. Another tradition is that they share the same bedroom the first night and they are not to be disturbed which is why he thinks his plan of killing her and framing a different country will work.

triad: a social group with three members Fezzik, Inigo, and Vizzini travel together and take care of each other at the beginning of the movie. They do things in a group and relatively have the same ideas. They follow Vizzini as the leader.