Bridesmaid - Problem solving

Topic: Problem solving

Movie title: Bridesmaid

Movie summary - The movie is about a competition between the maid of honor and a bridesmaid, over who is the bride's best friend, threatens to upend the life of an out-of-work pastry chef. The plot centers on Annie (Wiig). Annie has hit a rough patch but finds her life turned completely upside down when she takes on the Maid of Honor role in her best friend Lillian’s (Maya Rudolph) wedding. In way over her head but determined to succeed, Annie leads a hilarious hodgepodge of bridesmaids (Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey and Ellie Kemper) on a wild ride down the road to the big event.

Concepts - In Bridesmaids, in order to prove the ‘number one’ friend of the bride the girls were constantly at each other. Within minutes of meeting each other, Annie and Helen are already vying. After that the movie is a continuing reel of them hurting each other in order to get ahead.  Because of this fight, Annie sees her life turns upside down and her battle with Helen almost screws up the wedding. This situation is very similar to the business atmosphere where a person in a team trying to show their bester performance over other person. This fight has bad effect on the team’s productivity. Not just simple as in the movie, when one of the bridesmaids tells Annie “You are your problem. You are also your solution." To solve this conflict, a team should apply the problem solving process which requires the critical thinking and problem solving skills. The problem solving skills are: Making judgment, analytical skill, decision making, collecting information, and planning. Out of those skills, apply for human, analytical skill is the most important as the more people communicate; the better they get to know each other.