Essay On The Movie Moneyball

Introduction:

It also teaches us that not everything can be learnt from books, there are ways and times when we can learn things with an untraditional approach and which is what moneyball helps us learn.

The movie ‘Moneyball’ makes the baseball game becomes an aggressive business with full of strategies instead of the emotion and the obvious talent player as it used to be. This movie discusses how Billy, the general manager of Oakland A's, applied the unconventional strategy to win the game despite the financial situation they were facing which did not let them buy good players. With the help of talented Peter Brand, as his assistant, Billy was able to out-employ numerous baseball teams by winning 20 consecutive games. This paper will analyze "Moneyball" with the concepts of Organizational Behavior.

Movie Review:

The movie started with Billy being upset with the fact that the Oakland A’s had to let go of their star players due to limited budget. Although Billy was trying hard to find the replacement but it was hard considering the contracts and the salary Oakland A’s was offering. Billy had a stroke of luck when he met Peter, a Yale graduate who was an expert at statistics and valued players from a different perspective. Together with Peter, Billy tried to recreate a perfect team with the idea of sabermetrics, also known as on-based percentage (OBP). Thanks to this approach, they were able to select underestimated yet fit players who were compatible with the team goals and came in the team salary cap. Initially the team had a rough start since the couch Howe was not ready to understand or follow Billy’s strategy, but later on when Billy directly started interacting with his players, the team managed to set a new record of 20 c...

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...eral manager position, as well as emphasized that the new strategy is consistent with the team rules, policies and situation. Because the coach Howe refused to play the “perfect team”, Billy traded the players Howe often used so that Howe had no choice but used the players Billy wanted. Last but not least is pressure tactic. For instance, Billy used threats, warnings and insistence to influence his couches and scouts. He constantly asked coach Howe “Does he get on base?” reminded Howe “the new way of doing things”, threatened and even fired the scouts.

On the other hand, Billy used consultation to influence his baseball players. When Billy and Peter scouted some players, even the players did not know why and how Billy scouted them, Billy still motivate them, encourage them have more confidence by talking and deciding together how their goal will be accomplished.