Watch clips from “Jerry Maguire”

Submit your answers to these questions as a file (DOC) attachment below:

1 What are the 2 key goals that are in conflict in this video clip?

2 Which does Jerry suggest is more important? Why?

3 What would you think of Jerry’s mission statement if you were his boss?

Cast:

Tom Cruise as Jerry Maguire
Plot:

Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise (Links to an external site.)) is a glossy 35-year-old sports agent (Links to an external site.) working for Sports Management International (SMI). After experiencing a life-altering epiphany about his role as a sports agent, he writes a mission statement (Links to an external site.) about perceived dishonesty in the sports management business and his desire to work with fewer clients.

Scenes in this clip:

Jerry describes his job
Jerry deals with an injured client and his son
Jerry has a breakdown
Jerry writes and distributes the mission statement