The Department Manager (1958)
This film is centered on a mini-drama in which a successful design engineer encounters many problems when he is promoted to a managerial position. The film raises questions about the sources of job satisfaction, the perils of promotion from within the organization, and the demands that are put on a person placed for the first time in an administrative or managerial role.
Director: Hugh O'Connor
https://www.acmi.net.au/works/66700--the-department-manager/
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Budd Knapp as Narrator |
| Directing | Hugh O'Connor | Director |
| Writing | Ian MacNeill | Writer |
| Writing | Mortern Parker | Writer |
| Production | Mortern Parker | Producer |
| Production | Nicholas Balla | Producer |
| Crew | John Gunn | Cinematography |
| Editing | Douglas Davidson | Editor |