George Lucas is the Chairman of the Board of Lucasfilm Ltd. and all of these companies which are subsidiaries under the Lucasfilm umbrella. In 1993 the company reorganized and spun off LucasArts, a video game developer, into a separate company. It also regrouped ILM and Skywalker Sound into a new company known as Lucas Digital Ltd. Until 2002, Lucas Digital, LucasArts Entertainment, and Lucas Licensing had been operating as independent companies. The company was reorganized and these became subsidiaries of Lucasfilm Ltd. The organizational chart is hierarchical.

Other people who make things happen and guide Lucasfilm Ltd. include:

Lucas Digital, President Jim Morris

LucasArts, President Simon Jeffery

SVP, Animation Development Patty Blau

Director of Management Marketing Steve Sansweet

Director of Special Programs Kathleen Holliday

MISSION, CORPORATE CULTURE & COMPENSATION

The mission of Lucasfilm Ltd. is to provide the highest quality film and video entertainment using innovation and technology to provide state of the art sound and digital entertainment for consumers.

The corporate culture at Skywalker Ranch is driven by its enigmatic founder. Technology drives the organization and the culture at Skywalker Ranch. Innovation, creativity, an

Health insurance, Disability pay, life insurance, and workers compensation insurance.

13 Paid holidays and a week paid holiday at Christmas in addition to paid vacation time.

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The Ranch also provides fitness programs at its two fitness centers, annual events like a July 4th picnic, a Halloween Part, a Winter Party, and Turkeys for all 1800 employees. There are plenty of trails and roads for hiking and biking on the Ranch and an observatory for stargazing. Employees also enjoy advanced screening for themselves and their families of upcoming Lucasfilm Ltd. releases. Job sharing, flexible work hours and other aspects of job design enhance the culture at Lucasfilm Ltd.

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d energy flow from 58-year-old George Lucas, a single father of three. LucasÆ Skywalker Ranch is devoted to family values and considerations in its structure. A utopia nestled in Marin County hundreds of miles from Hollywood; Skywalker Ranch boasts family-friendly policies like on-site day-care and educational programs for employeesÆ children. As Lucas maintains about such policies, ôMy little fetish is that mothers and teachers are the unsung heroes of our societyö (Armbruster 1999, 360). As far as management goes, Lucas is not fond of delegating. Lucas admits, ôI approve every single thing about a movieàfor 20 years I didnÆt delegate anythingö (Armbruster 1999, 361). The corporate culture is more like a fraternity. Lucas has called th