In the film, The Last Castle, I found many aspects and theories that involve organizational communication throughout the movie. The film is about a US prison where the prisoners have formally served in the military and have committed crimes while serving their time. The movie shows how the prisoners come together when a former well-respected general is sent there to overpower the man that runs the facility.
The first theory and probably the most noted theory is the Adaptive Structuration Theory of Marshall Scott Poole. Poole's theory states, "Members in groups are creating the group as they act within it… A lot of times people in groups build up structures or arrangements that are very uncomfortable for them, but they don't realize that they're doing it. The point of structuration theory is to make them aware of the rules and resources that they're using so that they can have more control over what they do in groups."(Poole, 245) In other words, Poole is saying that we have the......

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Title: Film Analysis, The Last Castle
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