Subject category:
Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour
Published by:
IBS Center for Management Research
Length: 21 pages
Data source: Published sources
Topics:
Pixar Animation Studios; The Walt Disney Company; Organisation culture; Technology and innovation; John Lasseter; Pixar University; Human resource management (HRM); Computer generated imagery (CGI); Hollywood model; Employee training; Stress management; Ergonomics; Creativity; Steve Jobs; Apple Computers Inc
Abstract
The case is about the unique culture at Pixar Animation Studios. Though Pixar had a free-wheeling non-conventional culture, it was very effective - both in terms of productivity as well as for employee retention. The company had a people-centred approach quite different from the Hollywood model. The workplace was also very distinctive and so was the Pixar University. But concern about the future of this culture surfaced when Disney acquired Pixar as analysts debated whether it would be the end of the Pixar culture.
Teaching and learning
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Subject category:
Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour
Published by:
IBS Center for Management Research
Length: 5 pages
Data source: Published sources
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The case is about the unique culture at Pixar Animation Studios. Though Pixar had a free-wheeling non-conventional culture, it was very effective - both in terms of productivity as well as for employee retention. The company had a people-centred approach quite different from the Hollywood model. The workplace was also very distinctive and so was the Pixar University. But concern about the future of this culture surfaced when Disney acquired Pixar as analysts debated whether it would be the end of the Pixar culture.
Teaching and learning
This item is suitable for postgraduate courses.Settings
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Subject category:
Human Resource Management / Organisational Behaviour
Published by:
IBS Center for Management Research
Length: 5 pages
Data source: Published sources