Specific Character Management Styles

1.      Michael Scott: The playful boss that believes in a work environment that productivity comes from “distractions.” Michael attempts to make a fun social work environment that occur with activities that are usually off topic and involve sexual humor. One in particular being the phrase “that’s what she said.”  

2.      Robert California: Has a management style closely based on the philosophy of Sigmund Freud. Everything from incentives and daily operations gets referred back to the subject of sex and the human body. Robert California was referred to a genius and later on became the CEO of Dunder Milfflin.

3.      Dwight Schrute: Dwight was a temporary acting manager and finally became branch manager by the end of the series. He had a very authoritarian approach and many rules and regulation that seemed unfair to many employees. One episode Dwight made employees use a code name in order to enter the building. If the employee forgot the code name, they were not granted access and also sprayed by a steam compressor machine.  

4.      Andy Bernard: Andy Bernard was also a branch manager for Dunder Mifflin before he quit his job to pursue his acting dreams. Andy has a very corky management style and seeks the approval of his employees. Andy showed weak leadership skills and was very distracted by his life-long dreams that he would one day go after. 

5.      Creed Bratton: Had a very temporary branch manager position due to seniority. Creed seemed to have a few mental issues and was fired from branch manager within a few days.