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An exploration of Idea Generation in creative thinking.

A retired British Army major tries to fight the forces of anarchy by setting up a supposedly secret taskforce.

John Cleese shows both sides of the coin when talking to customers : how to destroy the reputation of your company or how to be a good ambassador.

A satirical comedy-drama exploring the absurdities of modern life, politics, and society through a series of sketches and parodies.

John Cleese shows that, properly planned and organised, a meeting can achieve more in a short time than any other method of internal communication. Makes people aware of the damage that can be done by approaching a meeting without preparation. Demonstrates techniques and disciplines that can make meetings shorter and more productive.

A business training video promoting managerial coaching skills.

Hugh Laurie shows the viewer how to teach a job to a trainee, face-to-face and one-to-one.

The story of Richard Lewis--a harrassed overworked and over stressed area manager for a contract catering company. Richard is a well meaning man, but always cames off badly in his dealings with the boss, his Team of managers and his secretary because he hasn't learnt the two essential lessons of being a manager--how to organise himself and how to organise the others.

Aims to teach trainers in industry the basic psychology of training and motivation, and to show them how to apply it when passing on their knowledge and skills to a trainee. Uses a variety of situations - manual, clerical and technical - to put over the essential points and illustrate the major pitfalls of one-to-one training.

A sequel to the film Meetings, Bloody Meetings (1976). A manager who has learnt all the practical lessons from his experiences in the first film dreams how he habitually breaks the three laws of meetings. This film gives invaluable insights into the way people behave at meetings, and how skilful hands can extract the right decisions.

A woman is driven to suicide by the careless behavior of staff at the doctor's, the shoe shop, the post office and the railway station, and a detective must piece together her movements to see how their behavior led to her death.

Outlines how and how not to conduct interviews. Shows where and how the three principal faults occur -failing to prepare for the interview, failing to draw the candidate out and get him talking freely and relevantly, and failing to come out with the direct, probing questions. John Cleese plays the three managerial types who exemplify these faults, Ethelred the Unready, Ivan the Terrible and William the Silent. Norman Bowler shows the proper interview techniques.

Training video that examines the advantages of assertivess over submissiveness or aggression.

In original a corporate training film, "Managing problem people" brings its subject with humor as it introduces us to Rulebound Reggie, Big-Mouth Billy, Moaning Minnie, Wimpy Wendy, Lazy Linda, and Silent Sam.

Uses a humorous story to correct popular misconceptions of the legal profession, and promote a better understanding of the everyday problems that can be easily solved by a solicitor. Intended for general audiences. Given the attitudes of most people to solicitors, it's hardly surprising to hear that the solicitors have got together to produce a 23-minute film, appropriately entitled "Perishing Solicitors" which seeks to entreat us all to beware the nightmare that will befall us if we don't use their services. George Cole, Maureen Lipman, Patsy Rowlands, Judy Cornwall and Russell Hunter star in the film made by Video Arts for the Law Society which aims "in a humorous way to correct popular misconceptions of the legal profession and to promote a better understanding of the everyday problems easily solved by a solicitor". Tales of do-it-yourself Wills that are illegal and fail therefore to deliver the goods are followed by a tail (or trail) of tragedy involving a wife who is hospitalised after breaking a leg, workmen who succeed in damaging another man's house and an unfortunate collision with a police car in a one-way street - all of which demonstrate that a few words with a solicitor would have resulted in a valid Will, compensation for the injury, no threat of eviction and an easier time at the local nick. As building societies lobby for a lucrative slice of the property dealing and conveyancing market, no doubt the solicitors are hedging their bets, but bearing in mind the cost and complexity of soliciting a solicitor and the public attitude to them generally, it will be interesting to see whether this film encourages more of us to take the plunge...

Shows how to assess and justify capital expenditure by measuring the real returns on an organisation's money.

A humorous presentation of Volvo's latest model, the 343.

Corporate training video about how to conduct staff discipline interviews.