THE IMITATION GAME (2014) The Imitation Game is a 2014 American historical drama thriller film directed by Morten Tyldum, with a screenplay by Graham Moore based on the biography Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges. It stars Benedict Cumberbatch as real life British cryptanalyst Alan Turing, and his team, who decrypted German intelligence codes for the British government during World War. II. Questions After watching The Imitation Game (2014), answer the following questions in relation to group work processes. 1. Would you consider the cryptography team at Bletchley Park to be a successful group? Why or why not? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 2.Did the cryptography team have SMART goals? If so, how? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3. In the cryptography team, a) What were some of the explicit norms that were present? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. b) What were some of the implicit norms that were present? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4.Can you identify any of Tuckman’s Stages of Group Development in the cryptography team’s group work process? If so, which stages and why? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5.Of the members of the cryptography team, which Task, Maintenance and Dysfunctional roles did they play in the group work process? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
