A 15 page research paper which looks at how Pixar, Inc., the innovative animation studio which produced Toy Story, handles human resource management regarding its employees. The writer provides an overall profile of the company including its hiring and employment practices along with a look at its financial situation. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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the late 1986, a new studio came on the scene in the world of animation. Having been pushed out of the management of Apple Computers, a company which he founded,
Steven Jobs purchased Pixar from Lucasfilm, Ltd. and incorporated it as an independent company. That same year Pixar won its first Academy Award nomination for a short animated film, "Luxo
Jr." Pixar quickly started to name a name for itself in the world of animation. By 1988, the young company had won its first Academy Award for "Tin Toy"
as the Best Short Animated Film. In 1991, Pixar teamed up with Walt Disney Pictures with an agreement to produce and distribute up to three full-length animated feature films
(Pixar Homepage URL, 1998; p. timeline). The first in this series, "Toy Story," was released in 1995 and it was the first fully computer-animated feature film. This groundbreaking movie
astounded everyone with its accurate representation of three-dimensional objects. It was nominated for two Golden Globe awards. Its tremendous success caused Disney to increase their teamwork with Pixar to
include two more pictures. Relationship with Disney Since 1937 when Disney released "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," the name of "Disney" has been practically synonymous with animation as it
made animated films one of the most enthusiastically enjoyed forms of entertainment. Disney films are enjoyed by generation after generation. The Disney classic animated films were produced in the traditional
manner creating two-dimensional, hand-drawn animation which is both time-consuming and labor-intensive. By teaming with Pixar, Disney invests in the future of animation as the industry moves away from traditional
animation techniques in favor of faster and more efficient computer-generated animation. This partnership will keep Disney, as well as Pixar, in the forefront of technological development in animation techniques. Awards