Ocean's ElevenPath-Goal TheoryIn "Ocean's Eleven" Steven Soderbergh did a great job as a director in keeping the audience interested throughout the film. The path-goal theory of leader effectiveness can easily be applied to the movie. Robert House's path-goal theory argues that the leader can influence group performance, satisfaction, and motivation by offering rewards for achieving goals, clarifying paths to these goals, and removing obstacles to performance. After being released from prison, Danny Ocean (Clooney) discovers that Las Vegas kingpin Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia) is seeing his ex-wife Tess (Julia Roberts). Danny makes it his goal to steal millions from Terry and his ex-wife. Then he shares with his old friend Rusty (Brad Pitt) the “highly profitable and highly dangerous” plan: to blow up the vault of the Bellagio Hotel, which also covers the MGM Grand and the Mirage, during the night of a major fight for the figure of approximately 150 million dollars. According to House's theory, what a leader can do is influenced by situational factors: the environment and the subordinate's personality. The big situational factor that made Danny consider robbing the casino was the heavyweight boxing championship being held in Las Vegas. Danny and Rusty (the leader and co-leader) can't do it alone, so they find the team (the followers) they will need to create "Ocean's Eleven". Each member of the selected team has different skills and abilities, and therefore only by staying united will it be possible to achieve the common goal. Linus Caldwell (MATT DAMON) is selected as a skilled pickpocket, Basher Tarr (DON CHEADLE) and Livingston Dell (EDDIE JEMISON) are chosen for their expertise in explosives and techniques... middle of paper... eleven had different plans on where to spend the money, so considering this they were all motivated to take the money so they could follow their plans on how to spend it. The only exception in this case is Danny. It seems to me that his real motivation was to get his ex-wife back and avenge the guy who took her away from him. Plus, there's also a certain thrill in the job: doing something illegal and not getting caught. If the plan succeeded, it would be the largest casino robbery in history. Motivation theory is not simply about an individual's interest in rewards, but also about the associations a person makes with respect to the expected outcome and the contribution they feel they can make to achieving the expected outcome. the result. To summarize, the ocean eleven plan was a successful plan thanks to the motivation of each of the team members and the valuable contribution they made to achieving the common goal.