The Devil Wears Prada? Effects of Exposure to Luxury Goods on Cognition and Decision Making Roy Y.J. Chua Xi Zou Working Paper 10-034 Copyright © 2009 by Roy Y.J. Chua and Xi Zou Working papers are in draft form. This working paper is distributed for purposes of comment and discussion only. It may not be reproduced without permission of the copyright holder. Copies of working papers are available from the author. Running Head: Effects of Luxury Goods The Devil Wears Prada? Effects
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I. Introduction “Devil wears Prada” was presented in 2006‚ based on the Lauren Weisberger’s novel of the same name. This is the story about a girl named Andrea Sachs who want to be a real journalist. For her wish‚ she opted to become an assistance of Miranda‚ a tough editor-in-chief of Runway fashion magazine. From there‚ she had to overcome all the challenges and the lure of the luxury life which are brought by this job. Particularly‚ the film also mentioned impressively the organizational
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The Devil Wears Prada is the story of the simple yet smart Andrea “Andy” Sachs‚ a Northwestern graduate‚ and her professional journey in the pursuit of her becoming a serious journalist. However‚ Andy interviewed for the job “a million girls would kill for” at fashion magazine Runway but not as a journalist but rather the second assistant to the merciless editor-in-chief‚ Miranda Priestly. Under the impression that after one year of being Miranda’s assistant she would receive
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Devil Wears Prada Review Jeff Kunkel West Texas A&M Miranda Priestly uses a task style of leadership. Task style “refers to the extent to which the manager initiates and organizes work activity and defines the way works is to be done.” (Powell‚ 2011) Miranda definitely is a leader that defines how the actions of her subordinates should be. She tells them what to do and expects them to handle the tasks regardless of their welfare. Miranda Priestly is a transactional leader. “Transactional
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Movie : Devil wears Prada (2006) Directed by : David Frankel Produced by : Wendy Finerman Karen Rosenfelt Costume Designer : Patricia Field REVIEW 1 : NEW YORK TIMES NO man is a hero to his valet. So the saying goes‚ or used to go‚ since few men these days actually have valets. But a great many people‚ men and women alike‚ heroic at least in their own estimation‚ have assistants‚ who scurry after coffee and dry cleaning‚ endure bursts of foul temper‚ bask in tiny
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Jana Billington COMM 3140 October 22‚ 2013 “The Devil Wears Prada” Analysis As with nearly any group‚ organizations contain and operate among many different dynamics. Within these dynamics emerges the potential for creativity‚ diversity‚ teamwork‚ exploration‚ and success. Included in those dynamics‚ however‚ is also the potential for dangerous and/or unhealthy practices‚ which ultimately effect not only the organization but the individuals within the organization as well. Caustic or authoritative
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The Devil Wears Prada The Devil Wears Prada is a 2006 comedy-drama film‚ a loose screen adaptation of Lauren Weisberger’s 2003 novel ‘The Devil Wears Prada’. It stars Anne Hathaway as Andy Sachs‚ a recent college graduate who goes to New York City‚ aspiring to be a journalist but lands a job as an assistant for the icy editor-in-chief (Miranda Priestly‚ played by Meryl Streep )of Runway fashion magazine‚ a job that ‘a million girls would die for. In the initial parts of the movie‚ it depicts
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Book Review The protagonist Andrea Sachs is a fresh graduate from college who surprisingly lands up in a job as assistant to editor-in-chief Miranda Priestly at fashion’s top-notch Runway magazine. Though she knows nothing about fashion‚ she is told that it would be a stepping stone to any job in the publishing world once she gets a review from Miranda on completion of her first and only year at Elias-Clark. The book has described in great details the errands ’Aan-dre-aah’ has to run for her boss
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and development. Going ‘into the world’ means moving from familiar experiences to new horizons. We are especially blessed today to have Willy Russell famous playwright discussing his play ‘Educating Rita’ and David Frankel the director of ‘The Devil Wears Prada’. W.R: Thank you for having me on the program: it is a pleasure to discuss ‘Educating Rita’. Host: Willy how close is Rita’s story to your own? W.R: Is it that strikingly obvious Sam? I was a male hairdresser and owned my own salon before
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Part 1 – Leadership Traits: Using the table below‚ rate the leadership traits exhibited by Miranda Priestly in the movie “The Devil Wore Prada”. Use a scale of 1 to 10 indicating least to highest value. Scoring: |Articulate |10 |8. Dependable |3 | |Perceptive |4 |9. Friendly |1 | |Self-Confident
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