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Overview of Pixar

Pixar Inc. produces animated feature and short films. The company also provides RenderMan, a line of software products to create visual effects. Pixar Inc. was formerly known as Graphics Group and changed its name to Pixar Inc. in 1986. The company was founded in 1979 and is based in Emeryville, California. As of May 5, 2006, Pixar Inc. operates as a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.

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Useful Resources

Organisational Culture & Strategy at Pixar

Task 1: Read the following four graphics on the organisational culture at Pixar. Identify the main elements of this culture

Task 2: You will assign yourself to a group; there will be 6 groups in all. Each group will take one of the articles on organisational culture at Pixar. Note down al of the ways in which Pixar's culture contributes to its strategy

6 ways Pixar successfully fosters innovation and creativity in teamsLearn how to encourage a company culture of innovation and creativity based on lessons and best practices from Pixar based on the book Creativity,...

Think like Pixar: 7 lessons from the studio's creative cultureEvery Pixar film undergoes problems -- but it's how they fix those problems that makes them so successful

Pixar's Eight Beliefs That Create a Culture of Passion - i4cp Ask most any owner or executive from the corner ma-and-pa newsstand to the Fortune 100 CEO if he or she is committed to creating an innovative product or customer experience and you will hear a re...

Staying one step ahead at Pixar: An interview with Ed CatmullThe cofounder of the company that created the world’s first computer-animated feature film lays out a management philosophy for keeping Pixar innovative.

Want a Creative Culture? Pixar Says Do These 3 ThingsIf you want more innovation in your business, there is a lot to learn from how Pixar fosters new ideas and out-of-the-box thinking.

3 Ways Pixar Gains Competitive Advantage from Its CultureThe success of Pixar and Disney Animation begs the question: what’s the secret sauce? In a word, it's “culture,” i.e. the shared attitudes, language and behavior that consistently produce excellence in a given endeavor.

Task 3: Read the following four articles on organisational culture at Pixar. Describe how Pixar's organisational culture is changing societal culture but also being subject to positive change from society

How Pixar Movies Are Dramatically Reshaping CultureI was one of those kids who was raised by movies and television. That sounds like a scary thing, and