Anna Wintour Assignment
104LON- Introduction to Organisational Behaviour
The Leadership Style of Anne Wintour
Nawid Obaydi
British born Anna Wintour, born on November 3rd 1948 is the current editor in chief of world renowned fashion magazine ‘Vogue’. Having started her career in fashion in the early 1970’s working at Harpers and Queen in London, Anna Wintour has decades of experience in the fashion industry and is seen as one of the most influential figures in the fashion world. Anna Wintour was born to a father who was editor of the ‘London Evening Standard’, it was quite clear that Anna adopted her stern and tough working attitude from her father who was known as ‘Chilly Charlie’ within the media world due to his cold demeanour quite like his daughter who is known as ‘Nuclear Wintour’. Anna Wintour’s leadership style adopts a very authoritarian style approach due to the fact that it is evident she has clear expectations about how work should be carried out, in what style and within which time span. Due to her dominating attitude within the work place, it is also very noticeable that there is a clear division between the editor-in-chief of Vogue and the rest of the organisation; nonetheless Anna does incorporate certain aspects of a democratic leader such as being consulted by her Creative Director Grace Coddington which shows that Anna does not make decisions based on her sole input but rather allows her decisions to be influenced by those around her which therefore shows that Anna does not incorporate one particular leadership style but rather a mixture of both authoritarian and democratic. ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ is a multi-award winning motion picture which is also based on Anna Wintour and her working and home life, although Anna argues that the film does not portray a realistic view of Anna Wintour, some critics argue that the real Anna Wintour can be seen within the film.
From judging Anna Wintour, it is evident that she adopts a very humanistic approach within her
The Leadership Style of Anne Wintour
Nawid Obaydi
British born Anna Wintour, born on November 3rd 1948 is the current editor in chief of world renowned fashion magazine ‘Vogue’. Having started her career in fashion in the early 1970’s working at Harpers and Queen in London, Anna Wintour has decades of experience in the fashion industry and is seen as one of the most influential figures in the fashion world. Anna Wintour was born to a father who was editor of the ‘London Evening Standard’, it was quite clear that Anna adopted her stern and tough working attitude from her father who was known as ‘Chilly Charlie’ within the media world due to his cold demeanour quite like his daughter who is known as ‘Nuclear Wintour’. Anna Wintour’s leadership style adopts a very authoritarian style approach due to the fact that it is evident she has clear expectations about how work should be carried out, in what style and within which time span. Due to her dominating attitude within the work place, it is also very noticeable that there is a clear division between the editor-in-chief of Vogue and the rest of the organisation; nonetheless Anna does incorporate certain aspects of a democratic leader such as being consulted by her Creative Director Grace Coddington which shows that Anna does not make decisions based on her sole input but rather allows her decisions to be influenced by those around her which therefore shows that Anna does not incorporate one particular leadership style but rather a mixture of both authoritarian and democratic. ‘The Devil Wears Prada’ is a multi-award winning motion picture which is also based on Anna Wintour and her working and home life, although Anna argues that the film does not portray a realistic view of Anna Wintour, some critics argue that the real Anna Wintour can be seen within the film.
From judging Anna Wintour, it is evident that she adopts a very humanistic approach within her
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