The Director of Systems at Walt Disney Animation Studios, Jonathen Geibel, (called Disney Animation), walked along through the workspace occupied by the group he had been allocated to direct. Geibel had a proper understanding that he was an essential part of a creative and charming environment. The Disney studio had created more than 53 feature animated films in over three quarters of a century - commencing with Snow White and the Seven Dwarves in 1937 through to Frozen, released in November of 2013 and awarded the Oscar(registered company) for Best Animated Feature in March 2014, the very first Academy Award(registered company) in that category for Walt Disney Animation Studios. In late March 2014, Frozen became the highest-grossing animated feature, worldwide, of all time.
There was a period in the history of the 90 year-old studio, not so many years ago (and prior to John Lasseter and Ed Catmull's direction), when Walt Disney Animation Studios had become more organized and hierarchical, and it wasn't always easy to work across departments to innovate. Yet the work, which entailed both high tech computer animation and creative storytelling, was cross-disciplinary and dynamic than ever. Johnson and Geibel had already made dramatic changes in the job structure and in the real space to promote the powerful teamwork that was so important to producing powerful, participating animated pictures. It was time to work out how nicely the changes were working, and what additional changes, if any, were necessary.
Teaming at Disney Animation case study solution
PUBLICATION DATE: August 27, 2014 PRODUCT #: 615023-PDF-ENG
This is just an excerpt. This case is about ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Related Case Solutions & Analyses:
Nalli Silk Sarees
Sustainability at Tetra Pak: Recycling Post-Consumer Cartons
Aman Resorts
New Service Design Exercise
Transformational Outsourcing
STMicroelectronics E-Chain Optimization Project: Achieving Streamlined Operations Through Collaborative Forecasting and Inventory Management
Hozho (A)
Whole Foods: The Path to 1,000 Stores
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering
Driving Innovation at PAR Springer-Miller (B)
