Disney Essays (Examples)
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Walt Disney
Disney Studios and the Online Streaming Wars
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Disney was at its best when it was not just Eisner but rather the triumvirate of Eisner, Wells and Katzenberg. The three complemented one … magic. Thus, strategy formulation and implementation has to start with the question of who is calling the shots and making the decisions at Disney? Who is bringing the vision? What is the vision? This has to be clearly defined and it has to be directional. Once the … fails to adequately value its intangible assets is an organization that is asking for trouble down the road. This is the risk that Disney is currently running by not restoring the triumvirate at least in spirit that allowed Disney to flourish in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Intangible assets relate to training and development in the sense that training and development … workers come together, the less reliant……
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Wheelen, T. L., Hunger, J. D., Hoffman, A. N., & Bamford, C. E. (2010). Strategic management and business policy. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
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Symbolic Frame Of Organizational Analysis Walt Disney Company
… (Bolman & Deal, 2013, p. 254). The symbolic frame shows how organizations create and implement long-range strategies for management, marketing, and more.
Framing Disney
Few organizations could possibly prove to be a better example of the symbolic frame than the Walt Disney Company. All major organizations demonstrate the power of storytelling and symbols through their branding, but for Disney, symbols and stories actually are the products and services the company provides. In fact, the mission of the Walt Disney Company is “to entertain, inform and inspire people around the globe through the power of unparalleled storytelling,” (“About the Walt Disney Company,” 2020). Storytelling and symbols are woven into the fabric of organizational culture, into its products, and into its mission, vision, and values. … 2020). Storytelling and symbols are woven into the fabric of organizational culture, into its products, and into its mission, vision, and values. Moreover, Disney self-consciously……
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“About the Walt Disney Company,” (2020). Retrieved from: https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/about/
Boguszewicz-Kreft, M., Kreft, J. & Zurek, P. (2019). Myth and storytelling: The case of the Walt Disney Company. Myth in Modern Media Management and Marketing. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9100-9.ch002
Bohas, A. (2014). Transnational firms and the knowledge structure: The case of the Walt Disney Company. Global Society 29(1): 23-41.
Bolman, L.G. & Deal, T.E. (2013). Reframing organizations. John Wiley & Sons.
Di Giovanni, E. (2014). Cultural otherness and global communication in Walt Disney films at the turn of the century. The Translator 9(2): 207-223.
Forbes, W. & Watson, R. (n.d.). Destructive corporate leadership and board loyalty bias. Retrieved from: https://www.city.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/56372/2A_Forbes.pdf
Wasko, J. (2001). Challenging Disney myths. Journal of Communication Inquiry 23(3): 237-257.
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Bolman Deals Human Resource Frame And Disney
Human Resource Frame
Overview of the Organization
The Walt Disney Company is one of the largest media and entertainment companies in the world. Its products and services meet the needs of billions of … of billions of consumers around the world, through storytelling and the creation of fantasy and entertainment. In order to produce these outcomes, the Disney Company needs to engage around 200,000 employees (Forbes, 2018). The Walt Disney Company is ranked as one of the best companies to work for. The essential strategy of Disney is that they company requires its employees to create amazing experiences for guests and consumers. In order to do this, the employees themselves … employees themselves must be inspired, and committed to delivering those types of experiences. The human resources frame can be utilized to explain how Disney is able to inspire 200,000 employees to deliver amazing experiences.
Human Resources Frame
Bolman and……
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BLS (2020). The employment situation – January 2020. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved March 2, 2020 from https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
Bricker, J. (2020) Disney World investing millions on cast morale. Disney Tourist Blog Retrieved March 2, 2020 from https://www.disneytouristblog.com/disney-world-investing-millions-cast-morale/
Business Balls (2020) Four frame model – Bolman and Deal. Business Balls. Retrieved March 2, 2020 from https://www.businessballs.com/leadership-models/four-frame-model-bolman-and-deal/
Forbes (2018) World’s best employers. Forbes. Retrieved March 2, 2020 from https://www.forbes.com/companies/walt-disney/?list=world-best-employers/#394d24715730
Jones, B. (2018) How Disney empowers its employees to deliver exceptional customer service. Harvard Business Review. Retrieved March 2, 2020 from https://hbr.org/sponsored/2018/02/how-disney-empowers-its-employees-to-deliver-exceptional-customer-service
McLeod, S. (2011) Bolman & Deal frameworks. Big Think. Retrieved March 2, 2020 from https://bigthink.com/bolman-deal-frameworks
Sammer, J. (2019) 5 takeaways from Disney’s tuition benefits. SRHM.org. Retrieved March 2, 2020 from https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/benefits/pages/5-takeaways-from-disney-tuition-benefits-approach.aspx
Walt Disney Company (2020) website, various pages. Retrieved March 2, 2020 from https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/forbes-ranks-disney-among-worlds-best-employers-for-2018/
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The Disney And Pixar Merger Deal
Disney and Pixar
The acquisition of Pixar by Disney in 2006 is an example of vertical merger, which is best described as a merger that occurs between two firms that work at … become one and their oversight of the production process is made that much more complete. Prior to the merger, Pixar produced films and Disney released them, marketed them, and so on. After the merger, the entire process would be overseen by Disney with Pixar leaders still playing a fundamental role in the creative development phases of production (Jain, 2013). As Debruge (2016) notes, however, the … role in the creative development phases of production (Jain, 2013). As Debruge (2016) notes, however, the merger was more of a bailout for Disney, whose animated studio had floundered ever since Pixar’s hit Toy Story took animation and audiences in a whole new direction. Disney thus wanted to keep the firms……
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Debruge, P. (2016). Disney’s Pixar Acquisition: Bob Iger’s Bold Move That Reanimated a Studio. Retrieved from https://variety.com/2016/film/features/disney-pixar-acquisition-bob-iger-john-lasseter-1201923719/
Jain, P. (2013). The Disney-Pixar merger. Retrieved from https://qrius.com/disney-pixar-merger/
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Political Frame In The Walt Disney Company
Key political factors that led to Eisner’s downfall
Michael Eisner’s reign as the CEO and Chairman of Disney can to an end on March 3rd, 2004, after 43% of the company’s shareholders withheld their endorsement and failed to endorse his position … these forces is corporate social and political bureaucracy. This factor emanated from his desire to accumulate personal power rather than that of the Disney as a company. After Ovitz left in 1996, Eisner was left as the sole leader of the company, and the Board confirmed his … and grown for some time as a result of several decisions that he had made and was seen to be inappropriate for Walt Disney company. One of these was his decisions to criticize Steve Job, who at the time was running ads for Apple’s iMac computer. While … Eisner meant that some of the crucial departments of the company that……
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Bolman, L. G., & Deal, T. E. (2017). Reframing organizations: Artistry, choice, and leadership. John Wiley & Sons.
Bright, R., & Eisner, M. (1987). Disneyland: Inside Story. Harry N. Abrams, Incorporated, Publishers.
Downes, M., Russ, G. S., & Ryan, P. A. (2007). Michael Eisner and His Reign at Disney. Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies, 13(3), 71-81.
Forbes, W., & Watson, R. (2010, July). Destructive Corporate Leadership and Board Loyalty Bias: A case study of Michael Eisner’s long tenure at Disney Corporation. In Working Paper presented at the Behavioural Finance Working Group Conference, Cass Business School.
Sasnett, B., & Ross, T. (2007). Leadership frames and perceptions of effectiveness among health information management program directors. Perspectives in health information management/AHIMA, American Health Information Management Association, 4.
van Weezel, A. (2006). A Behavioural Approach to Leadership: The case of Michael Eisner and Disney. In Leadership in the Media Industry: Changing Contexts, Emerging Challenges (pp. 169–178). Jönköping: Media Management and Transformation Centre, Jönköping International Business School.
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Media And Its Grip On Youth Culture
… and take control of their own destiny, like Marx said they would. One of the most powerful companies within the Culture Industry is Disney, and as Giroux points out, it is all about hooking the kids while they are young and turning them into good little life-long … question their place in society vis-à-vis the ruling class. They would be content with their computer games, the entertainment shows put out by Disney, their music, and so on. This would be their happiness and they would be good consumers from the cradle to the grave, making … their music, and so on. This would be their happiness and they would be good consumers from the cradle to the grave, making Disney richer and richer all the while and cementing the rule of the ruling class, whose political views they would imbibe from the TV … practice, which has to go……
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Works Cited
Drake, Jennifer, et al. Growing up postmodern: Neoliberalism and the war on the young. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2002.
Giroux, Henry. “Disney, Casino Capitalism and the Exploitation of Young Boys: Beyond the Politics of Innocence.” TruthOut, 2009. https://truthout.org/articles/disney-casino-capitalism-and-the-exploitation-of-young-boys-beyond-the-politics-of-innocence/
Hall, Stuart. “Representation & the Media.” Media Education Foundation, 1997. https://www.mediaed.org/transcripts/Stuart-Hall-Representation-and-the-Media-Transcript.pdf
Marger, Martin N. \\\\\\\\\\\\"The mass media as a power institution.\\\\\\\\\\\\" Power in modern societies (1993): 238-249.
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Nike S Colin Kaepernick Ad Campaign
… on from its woke culture experiment. The saying among consumers now is “go woke, go broke,” and many consumers are boycotting corporations like Disney that seek to promote progressive values that they do not appreciate.
Nike also could benefit from bringing production back to America. This is ……
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About Nike. (2020). Retrieved from https://about.nike.com/
Bartash, J. (2020). Apple’s Covid-19 warning. Retrieved from https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-much-will-covid-19-hurt-the-us-economy-its-anyones-guess-right-now-2020-02-12
Delventhal, S. (2019). Nike facing challenging dynamics. Retrieved from https://www.investopedia.com/news/nike-facing-challenging-dynamics-goldman-sachs/
Freberg, K., Graham, K., McGaughey, K., & Freberg, L. A. (2011). Who are the social media influencers? A study of public perceptions of personality. Public Relations Review, 37(1), 90-92.
Neikirk, T. (2019). Nike sales are again way up. Retrieved from https://hillreporter.com/nike-sales-are-again-way-up-following-conservative-boycott-40033
Nusser, S., Mahle, I., & Pätzmann, J. U. (2015). How Social Commerce Communication can support Brand Loyalty: An Analysis of Nike‘s Efforts in Facebook Community Management. Markenbrand, (4/2015), 48-57.
Oyedele, A. (2018). Nike surges. Retrieved from https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/nike-earnings-q4-2018-2018-6-1027328545
Storey, G. (2019). Nike and the importance of meaningful brand values. Retrieved from https://polpeo.com/nike-and-the-importance-of-meaningful-brand-values/
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Change Management At Nike
...Disney Why Nike Needs to Cut Colin Kaepernick
Executive Summary
Nike’s decision to tap into “woke culture” and turn the out of work former NFL quarter Colin Kaepernick into a brand ambassador has been a controversial one since the sportswear company launched its Colin ad campaign in 2018. Nike needs to change the way it approaches its consumer base in America while simultaneously addressing the supply chain issues that have arisen as a result of COVID-19, which has caused major production problems for Nike in Asia. While Nike has been active in promoting the ultimate Trump antagonist in Colin Kaepernick, it is now time to bury the hatch and put America first but cutting ties with Kaepernick and opening up production in the US so as to 1) bring manufacturing back to America and solve the supply chain problems caused by the virus, and 2) to help put Americans back to……
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Bibliography and References
Balaji, S., & Murugaiyan, M. S. (2012). Waterfall vs. V-Model vs. Agile: A comparative study on SDLC. International Journal of Information Technology and Business Management, 2(1), 26-30.
Boehm, B. (2002). Get ready for agile methods, with care. Computer, (1), 64-69.
Boehm, B. (2007). A survey of agile development methodologies. Laurie Williams, 45, 119.
Fernandez, D. J., & Fernandez, J. D. (2008). Agile project management—agilism versus traditional approaches. Journal of Computer Information Systems, 49(2), 10-17.
Freberg, K., Graham, K., McGaughey, K., & Freberg, L. A. (2011). Who are the social media influencers? A study of public perceptions of personality. Public Relations Review, 37(1), 90-92.
Cameron, E. and Green, M. (2015), Making Sense of Change Management: A complete Guide to the Models, Tools and Techniques of Organizational Change. Kogan Page: London
Kotter, J. P. (2012). Leading Change. Harvard Business Review Press.
TMZ. (2018). Kaep Deal Adds Up... WE GOT NIKE'S CUSTOMER BREAKDOWN. Retrieved from https://www.tmz.com/2018/09/06/colin-kaepernick-nike-contract-urban-consumers-market-research/
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Elon Musk And Power At Tesla
...Disney Tesla is a company that has had at least a 5 year relationship with its CEO Elon Musk. Up until recently Musk was also Chairman of the Board. He was removed from his role as Chairman as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The settlement resulted from charges filed by the SEC relating to securities fraud when Musk’s public Tweet on Twitter about taking the company private and that he had “funding secured.” The statement was shown to be a lie (Gaydos, 2018). Musk settled with the SEC and paid a hefty fine and Robyn Denholm replace Musk as Chairman of the Board. Denholm had been a Board member for five years up to that point (Porter, 2018). Thus, up until Musk’s run-in with the SEC in 2018, he had been both CEO and Chairman of the Board—which can serve as a conflict of interest,……
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Abels, P. B., & Martelli, J. T. (2013). CEO duality: how many hats are too many?. Corporate Governance: The international journal of business in society, 13(2), 135-147.
Dickins, D. (2010). CEO and COB duality: Does it matter. Internal Auditing, 25(4), 35-38.
Gaydos, R. (2018). Elon Musk may have violated Tesla’s conduct and ethics code after smoking up in podcast interview: report. Retrieved from https://www.foxnews.com/tech/elon-musk-may-have-violated-teslas-conduct-and-ethics-code-after-smoking-up-in-podcast-interview-report
Porter, J. (2018). Tesla has found a new chairperson to replace Elon Musk. Retrieved from https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/8/18074800/tesla-new-chair-2018-robyn-denholm-elon-musk
Yang, T., & Zhao, S. (2014). CEO duality and firm performance: Evidence from an exogenous shock to the competitive environment. Journal of Banking & Finance, 49, 534-552.
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Death Of Kobe Bryant
...Disney Abstract
The untimely death of Kobe Bryant, a well-known basketball player and philanthropist, sent shock waves through the community. The impact of the death was magnified by the fact that the accident that killed him also took the life of his daughter, Gianna Bryant. While he was mourned by people from all walks of life, his death seemed to hit the African American community the hardest, as he had long been considered a role model for African American men, especially in terms of fatherhood. However, while many people mourned his death, others found it disturbing that posthumous coverage of his death did not address the fact that Bryant had been the subject of credible rape allegations, leading to heated discussions about when it is appropriate to discuss the possible wrongdoings of someone who has passed. This article covers Kobe Bryant’s life, his career, his personal life, and the allegations against……
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Badenhausen, Kurt. “Kobe Bryant’s $600 Million Fortune: How He Won On- And Off-The Court.” Forbes. 28 January 2020. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2020/01/28/kobes-600-million-fortune-how-he-scored-onand-offthe-court/#75edd8766d36 . Accessed 15 March 2020.
Biography.com Editors. “Kobe Bryant Biography.” A&E Television Networks. 25 February 2020. https://www.biography.com/athlete/kobe-bryant . Accessed 15 March 2020.
CBS News. “Kobe Loses McDonald’s Deal.” CBS News. 23 January 2004. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kobe-loses-mcdonalds-deal/ . Accessed 15 March 2020.
Sanchez, Ray. “Kobe Bryant Was a Living Legend. In His Final Hours, He Was an Ordinary Dad and Friend.” CNN. 3 February 2020. https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/02/us/kobe-bryant-final-hours/index.html. Accessed 15 March 2020.
Wikipedia. “Kobe Bryant.” Wikipedia. 8 March 2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Bryant . Accessed 15 March 2020.
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