62: Consumerism and Meaning at Work -- WALL-E (Part 2)

Our discussion of WALL-E concludes with a look at dystopian fiction and how it presents class differences that suggest ways in which some will feel the burden of societal unrest more than others. This is exemplified in the movie by the way that presumably some segments of society were able to leave the wasted Earth while others might not have. How can we use organization theory, management science, and studies of leadership to understand similar phenomena going on all around us?

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