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    The document summarizes the key personalities and culture of the fashion magazine Runway. It discusses Miranda Priestly as the powerful editor-in-chief with a need for power and achievement. It also examines her assistants, Andrea Sachs and Emily Charlton, through various motivation theories like Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Other characters like Nigel are also analyzed based on their traits and behaviors. Overall, the document uses motivation theories to understand the workplace dynamics and culture at Runway.

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    The document summarizes the key personalities and culture of the fashion magazine Runway. It discusses Miranda Priestly as the powerful editor-in-chief with a need for power and achievement. It also examines her assistants, Andrea Sachs and Emily Charlton, through various motivation theories like Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Other characters like Nigel are also analyzed based on their traits and behaviors. Overall, the document uses motivation theories to understand the workplace dynamics and culture at Runway.

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    The document summarizes the key personalities and culture of the fashion magazine Runway. It discusses Miranda Priestly as the powerful editor-in-chief with a need for power and achievement. It also examines her assistants, Andrea Sachs and Emily Charlton, through various motivation theories like Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Other characters like Nigel are also analyzed based on their traits and behaviors. Overall, the document uses motivation theories to understand the workplace dynamics and culture at Runway.

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    Motivation Theories On The Devil Wears Prada

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    Xainab Munawwar
    The document summarizes the key personalities and culture of the fashion magazine Runway. It discusses Miranda Priestly as the powerful editor-in-chief with a need for power and achievement. It also examines her assistants, Andrea Sachs and Emily Charlton, through various motivation theories like Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Other characters like Nigel are also analyzed based on their traits and behaviors. Overall, the document uses motivation theories to understand the workplace dynamics and culture at Runway.

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    Group Members:

    Anum Sikandar Zainab Munawwar Amna Gaffar Farzan Arshad Ali Shan 2010-ag-857 2010-ag-858 2010-ag-1710 2010-ag-3231 2010-ag-1672

    Contents:
    Culture Of Runway Personality traits & Motivation Theories
        Miranda Priestly Andrea Sachs Emily Charlton Nigel

    Runway:
    Everything revolves around Miranda Chairman of company is a short man with huge ego Back end politics POWER CULTURE Workplace Mobbing

    Level of Runway s Culture


    Artifacts

    Espoused Values

    Basic Underlying Assumptions

    Artifacts:
    Books in shelves Slender girls in high heels Well dressed men Crystal clear tables Taunting style of management A big room for editor in chief Dragon Lady

    Espoused Values:
    Miranda is everything Never ask question Always answer phone Miranda never repeats Unpredictable

    Basic underlying assumptions: Miranda s opinion Runway is like a holy book Assistant = Care taker

    Miranda Priestly:
    Power distant Risk taking Affective commitment Caring mother Unpredictable Uncertainty avoidance Possessive High mach

    McClelland s Theory of Need:

    N power

    Miranda

    N Affiliation

    N Achievement

    N Power:
    Lead as power obsessed No one can object her decision Queen of Runway

    N Achievement:
    Want all credit Ready to sacrifice friendships Back end manipulation

    N Affiliation:
    Can do anything for daughters Cried on her divorce

    I Rule There for I am

    Reinforcement Theory of Motivation:


    Attach conditioning for required behaviors Eyed judgingly on not wearing heels Designer bags, shoes as gift She does not call Andy by her name Want the unpublished book

    Andrea Sachs:
    Intelligent Highly Flexible Positive core self evaluation Continuous commitment loving and extrovert Self Monitor Beauty & Brain

    Maslow s Modern Theory of Need:


    Trancedence Self actualization Asthetic Congnitive Esteem Belonginess
    Safety Basic

    Need a job that pays the rent

    Secure the job for at least 1 year Socialize Wants to prove that she is not a loser

    Adopt Runways culture and turns into a fashionable girl

    Get the Ability job fit

    Turns into the best assistant

    Hurt her friends as she achieved more and more on job More job involvement Likes appreciation

    I Love Therefore I Am
    Realize she is turning into Miranda

    Leave Runway to find HERSELF

    Chase her Dream again

    Leave Prada

    Found Love

    Emily Charlton:
    Active and efficient Self importance Arrogant Affective Commitment

    Equity theory:
    I/O Andy

    I/O Emily

    Nigel:
    Good natured Affective commitment Reliable Helping loyal Agreeableness

    Theory X & Theory Y

    Our Perception:
    People come and go but organization remains there Survival of the fittest Be yourself

    Thank You .

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