Comments on: Did you watch “Undercover boss?”

By: shonagarner

shonagarner — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:47:58 +0000

I do agree filming means it’s perhaps a little contrived – I perhaps missed some of the ones you’re alluding to Sefton. I saw two last year – about the caravan parks and the building company – but not one on waste management. Maybe came to the series too late! Last week’s was the first of 6 – so I’ll watch with interest.

One thing is for sure – yes – in my experience, I genuinely do believe that in some parts of some companies, communications are indeed very poor – and having now spent years working with hundreds of managers from all sorts of organisations, I have heard stories over and over again which show there are still many cultures where people feel undervalued, unable to be open, are not being stretched or developed, and feel no real sense of engagement or commitment.

When I was a teacher – the problem with parent’s evening was that the parents you really wanted to see rarely came. The managers who ought to see this programme – won’t be watching!

By: Sefton oxford

Sefton oxford — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:02:37 +0000

I saw the first 5 or six episodes. I quite enjoyed the various site visits especially the one from waste management. My thoughts are as follows:-
Are the communications in the company really that poor that the head of the company has to go and find out for himself?
Because the person is constantly being filmed how scripted are the visits?
I know it makes for good television and I assume is good publicity for the individual CEO and the company they represent.
I think besides the entertainment point of view it is all very shallow.

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