This film is all about lack of communication. For example, Peter has received the memo regarding cover sheets yet his bosses still feel the need to communicate that to him. They feel they haven't communicated well enough this simple concept. To add to the miscommunication, his co-workers have also heard that he is having trouble with his cover sheets.
Perception
When Peter goes under hypnosis he comes back to work with a devil-may-care attitude. He is perceived not as a fuckup but as someone who just needs to be motivated. "This guy has upper management written all over him."
In fact, one of the largest premises of this movie is the misperception that happens in the office.
Culture
The culture here is the culture of the office. I'm hoping I'm understanding this correctly and that the teacher didn't mean culture as in music and art. The office even has subcultures. In this case it has the subculture of the programmers.
Self-Concept
Peter has troubles developing his self-concept and that is why he is struggling and goes to the hypnotist. He really doesn't care for work. Part of his problem is that he hasn't discovered that he really isn't cut out for office work. In the end he finds fulfillment working in construction.
Verbal Communication
There is plenty of verbal communication that isn't understood very well. One of my favorite parts is where the consultants ("the Bobs") find out that Milton had been fired years ago and they "fixed the glitch". So Dom assumes that Milton has been fired. Bob Slydell says "Well, just a second there, professor. We, uh, we fixed the *glitch*. So he won't be receiving a paycheck anymore, so it'll just work itself out naturally"
In other words, the Bobs simply fixed the payroll error yet hadn't fired him like Dom thought.
Crimson Tide would be a good one in my opinion. Most likely not many students will choose it, both Denzel and Gene are great in it, movie is great and you will have a lot of plot to choose from.
