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Essay / Organizational Structure and Culture: The Devil Wears Clothes...
In order to evaluate and identify with various corporate structures, one must be aware of the meaning and norms that constitute that structure. Different businesses operate in different ways as the world overflows with technology and new structures, corporate cultures, and new ways of running businesses. In order to fully understand the concepts of organizational structure and culture in films, I will use the films Film Up in the Air and The Devil Wear Prada to analyze a business scenario. Films regularly illustrate a glimpse into the inner workings of a business. organization. They analyze how characters, as individuals and groups, interact with each other, how they think and feel toward each other in an organization. The Devil Wears Prada is a 2006 comedy-drama film by David Frankel that gives viewers an idea of what it's like to work in the fashion world. It focuses on the world of fashion and is a social and cultural exhibition film. In the film, Miranda is a cultural broker who selects countless fashion items to determine which ones will make it to market. The first company here is The Devil Wears Prada which represents a typical example of a company known as Runaway which deals in fashion and designs. The film takes place in a Runaway fashion magazine in New York. The company in this film operates thanks to a support staff who practices selective decentralization. The story is about Andrea, called Andy, an aspiring journalist who was hired as a second assistant to Miranda Priestly, the magazine's powerful and ruthless executive. The company is run by Miranda and there is a large power distance between the employer and the workers. Miranda as head of the organ... middle of paper ...... was treated with dignity and the process was not done fairly. On the other hand, in the film The Devil Wears Prada, there is departmental power as everyone takes control of what needs to be done in their department. Miranda exercises her power as a boss to make her employees work for the profitability of the organization and the same goes for Andrea, her assistant, and the rest of the employees. On the other hand, in Up in the Air, authority and power are solely exercised by the employer without even consulting the employees and giving them notice of dismissal. Works Cited Ryan, N. 2007. Prada and the art of patronage. Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture, 11(1), pp. 7-23. The devil wears Prada. 2006 (DVD). Directed by David Frankel. New York: 20th century. In the air. 2009 (DVD). Directed by Jason Reitman. New York: Paramount Pictures.