Orgnaization Behavior

temper Traits in the have words Wears Prada The Devil Wears Prada is a 2006 Twentieth Century fuddle film, Directed by David Frankel. This story takes place in downtown impertinent York it is a story of a girl, a girl named Andrea Sachs. Andy, as shes close commonly referred to, is a fresh forbidden of college, armed with a Journalism degree, and ready to make it big in youthful York. However, refreshful York doesnt exactly give her the job she expected, and she ends up working as an assistant for the monstrous Miranda Priestly.Miranda Priestly is editor in chief for unmatchable and only(a) of the biggest fashion magazines in New York, Run fashion. When Andy begins her job, she has no idea how challenging it leave be, or how challenging her boss, Miranda Priestly will be, for that matter. One of the primary ship canal Miranda and Andy differ/clash is in their personalities. In this paper, I will learn the very contrasting re frame ination traits of Miranda and Andy. The genius traits I will concentre on are, Machiavellianism, communicating style, vocal hostility, and the results of verbal hostility, tension.The outgrowth personality trait, Machiavellianism, is a term coined from the book, The Prince, by Niccolo Maciavelli (1469-1527). Machiavelli wrote the book as a handbook for the supremacy of royalty. His basic piece of advice was to do whatever it took to be successful, the term Machiavellianism, only when means that the end justifies the means (Avtgis, 2010, p. 135). A person with high mach barely means that person will lie, steal, cheat and do whatever else it takes to vex what they want. Miranda Priestly is an comminuted example of someone that is very high on the mach scale.For example, when she finds out her job is threatened by a younger woman, she blackmails Irv, the owner of Runway, to keep her in her position as editor in chief, at the expense of her friend, Nigel, who thought he was getting a promotion as well. When conf ronted more or less this by Andy she says, You want this life, those choices are necessary (The Devil Wears Prada, Miranda). Because Miranda perishs in this Machiavellianism way, and does not hesitate to sacrifice the ones closest to her, wad are incessantly wary and suspicious more or less her.While Miranda is very high on the Machiavellianism scale, Andy is comparatively low. She demonstrates this by leaving Runway after Mirandas behavior toward Nigel. Andy fifty-fifty goes as far as to give her designer c skunkhes to Emily Mirandas early(a) assistant, to make up for taking her spot as Mirandas assistant to the Paris fashion show. The contrast between the two shows temper in Andy, and it also shows the success of Miranda. Miranda stayed successful, while Andy became jobless maybe in that location is some truth to the saying, the nice guy always finishes last.The foster personality trait discussed is parley style it is defined as, A trait reflecting how a person verbally and para-verbally interacts with others (Avtigs, 2010, p. 143). People communicate in many different ways, and with many different tones, the textbook lists ten different ways of interaction. Combinations of these peculiar(prenominal) interaction styles produce something called the communicator image. The communicator image shows how well the person can effectively communicate to others.This is divided into two groups, non-affirming style, which threatens the other persons self concept or worth, and the affirming style, which validates the other persons self concept or worth (Avtgis, 2010). Miranda and Andy have arctic communicator images and they demonstrate different communion interaction styles. Miranda has a very heavy non-affirming communicator image. Her interaction styles are, dramatic, predominate and contentious. She shows her dramatic style, which is either under exaggerating something, or over exaggerating it, when she calls Andy up late one evening needing a flig ht from Miami to New York.Andy informs her that there is a hurricane and that is why her flight is cancelled. Miranda answers Please, its just rain down (Devil Wears Prada, Miranda) Miranda extremely under exaggerates the severity of the weather because she just wants to get kinfolk this communication style is very unfair. Miranda also has a very dominant style of communicating Andy sums this up best when she is talking to her boyfriend about Miranda, She is not happy unless everyone around her is panicked, nauseous, or suicidal (Devil Wears Prada, Andy).Mirandas communication style is so dominating that it severely negatively influences the people around her. Finally, Miranda also exhibits a very contentious communication style, which is communicating in a very confrontational way. She demonstrates this style when she is speaking to people she work with, Its just baffling to me why it is so impossible to put together a decent run through, you people have had hours and hours to instal (Devil Wears Prada, Miranda). Of course, no one responds to her confrontational tone, because everyone is so afraid of her however it is the consummate example of how she is a non-affirming communicator.Andy, on the other hand, has an affirming communicator image. Her interaction styles that make up this image are, neighborly, relaxed, and attentive. All of these styles put people at ease, and make them comfortable. The first example of this is friendly interaction style, Andy shows this when she is attempting to make small talk to Emily, the other assistant, and asks her if she is doing anything fun this weekend, she asks politely and with a smile, just Emily responds with a curt yes (Devil Wears Prada, Emily and Andy).Obviously people in Mirandas office are not used to friendly interaction Her second interaction style is relaxed, throughout the whole plastic film Andys style of communicating is relaxed, she is self confident and this shows in most of her interactions w ith Emily, who is always nervously running around, Andy is steady and sure, this causes Emily to rely and depend on her, especially at the benefit, where Andy bails Emily out because shes forgotten information (Devil Wears Prada, Andy). Her terminal interaction style that gives her an affirming image is the attentive style.The best example is when Miranda confides in her about her divorce, Andy listens to her with an active interest, asking questions, and making eye contact. She says, Im so sorry Miranda, is there anything I can do? (The Devil Wears Prada, Andy). This shows that Andy is a very caring person, easy to talk to, and affirming. While some(prenominal) Andy and Miranda have a different communicator image and interaction styles, this movie is an minute example of what these different styles and images are, and how they impact communication.I think everyone would agree that Andy is a lot more approachable than Miranda, and a lot less intimidating, however Miranda demands appraise and is very successful at what she does. The final trait that will be discussed is verbal belligerence and the stress that it causes. As one could probably guess, Miranda is the one possessing the verbal aggressiveness and Andy is the one that the verbal aggressiveness is causing stress to.Verbal aggressiveness is defined by the text book as, A predisposition to attack the self-concept of another person with the intent to inflict psychological injure or pain (Avtgis, 2010, p. 137). There are many different types of verbal aggressiveness, but in this paper we will just discuss taunting and threats. There are also many types of negative reactions to verbal aggression, but we will simply discuss the stress that it can cause. This film is an excellent example of verbal aggressiveness and the results that it can have.Miranda has a very fond verbal aggression trait this comes out toward Andy in two forms, fractious and threats. In the first half of the movie, Miranda is c onstantly making fun of the way Andy dresses, making comments such as, your lumpy blue sweater, and Andy fishing her clothing out of a clearance bin (The Devil Wears Prada, Miranda). This type of verbal aggressiveness can cause psychological harm to the individual on the receiving end. The second trait of verbal aggressiveness Miranda shows against Andy is threats. Threats can be very negatively charged and cause much stress.An excellent example of this is when Andy does something wrong, to punish her Miranda asks for Andy to accomplish an awful task, and if she fails to do so, Just dont bother coming jeopardize (The Devil Wears Prada, Miranda). Instead of firing her immediately, Miranda wishes to inflict worry and stress on Andy, just to pay her back, this is not effective communication Verbal aggressiveness is a trait that goes hand in hand with stress reaction. Andy of course feels stress when she is being threatened and teased constantly.Andy displays this stress in shop at situations, running down the street arms full of bags for Miranda, or go (more like running) her dog, and carrying trays of steaming Starbucks. She also displays stress caused by verbal aggressiveness in her personal life, she is always telling her boyfriend she is burnt out, tired, and supply up with Miranda, who gives her a constant headache (The Devil Wears Prada, Andy). This is a utter(a) example of just how much verbal aggressiveness can negatively affect someone.I really enjoyed watching this movie, it was an excellent example of personality traits, I had a hard time narrowing down the ones I precious to write about. This film has demonstrated almost perfectly the different personality traits in an organization and how these traits are like a shot related to how people communicate with each other. I now have a deeper understanding of Machiavellianism, communication style, verbal aggressiveness and the results of that verbal aggressiveness, and how those specific personali ty traits work in an organization.While Miranda may be viewed as cruel, selfish and mean, she was truly successful and extraordinary at what she did. Personality traits that sometimes are viewed negatively can be the best thing for a competitive company. Andy was a sweet and harming girl, at the end of the movie she gets a job interview at the New Yorker to be a journalist this job would definitely disclose fit her personality traits and her strengths. This just goes to show that personality traits are directly related to specific jobs and organizations. Personality Traits in the Devil Wears Prada Organizational Communication 418631