In recent years, the arts, and in particular public sector arts organizations, have faced considerable changes as a result of shifting patterns of cultural consumption, new technologies and administrative processes. Based on extensive field research, this book explores the changes driven by the crisis of the welfare state and the privatization of public entities. It presents a critical analysis of the tensions between managerial rhetoric and professional practices that characterize the arts sector, and questions the extension of managerial rhetoric for the very survival of arts organizations. The book presents the British Museum as a paradigmatic example of the problematic relationship between arts and management. In addition, reference is made to various Italian arts institutions, offering useful insights to arts sector professionals throughout the world who are experiencing a similar transformation of the public sector, privatization, 'companization' and 'managerialisation'.
List of Tables and Figures
Preface to the English Edition
Preface to the Italian Edition
Acknowledgements
Arts Organizations Between Uses and Abuses of Managerial Rhetoric
Management and the British Museum: Competing Rhetoric and Identities
Management Control and Managerial Rhetoric in Italian Public Sector Cultural Institutions
Managerialization of Cultural Organization and Institutional Assets: The Transformation into Foundation and Managerial Rhetoric
Reporting on Performances: The Development of Venetian Municipal Museums in the 90s
References
Index
LUCA ZAN is a Professor of Management and Director of the postgraduate programme on Management and Innovation of Cultural and Arts Organizations at the University of Bologna, Italy. He also runs a course on Managerial Rhetoric and Arts Organizations at MAM, Carnegie Melon University, Pittsburgh, USA. He has many years of experience in the management field, and specifically in arts management in Italy. With several articles published in international journals, Professor Zan's research interests cover strategic management, management of arts organizations, and management and accounting history.
Description
In recent years, the arts, and in particular public sector arts organizations, have faced considerable changes as a result of shifting patterns of cultural consumption, new technologies and administrative processes. Based on extensive field research, this book explores the changes driven by the crisis of the welfare state and the privatization of public entities. It presents a critical analysis of the tensions between managerial rhetoric and professional practices that characterize the arts sector, and questions the extension of managerial rhetoric for the very survival of arts organizations. The book presents the British Museum as a paradigmatic example of the problematic relationship between arts and management. In addition, reference is made to various Italian arts institutions, offering useful insights to arts sector professionals throughout the world who are experiencing a similar transformation of the public sector, privatization, 'companization' and 'managerialisation'.
Contents
List of Tables and Figures
Preface to the English Edition
Preface to the Italian Edition
Acknowledgements
Arts Organizations Between Uses and Abuses of Managerial Rhetoric
Management and the British Museum: Competing Rhetoric and Identities
Management Control and Managerial Rhetoric in Italian Public Sector Cultural Institutions
Managerialization of Cultural Organization and Institutional Assets: The Transformation into Foundation and Managerial Rhetoric
Reporting on Performances: The Development of Venetian Municipal Museums in the 90s
References
Index
Authors
LUCA ZAN is a Professor of Management and Director of the postgraduate programme on Management and Innovation of Cultural and Arts Organizations at the University of Bologna, Italy. He also runs a course on Managerial Rhetoric and Arts Organizations at MAM, Carnegie Melon University, Pittsburgh, USA. He has many years of experience in the management field, and specifically in arts management in Italy. With several articles published in international journals, Professor Zan's research interests cover strategic management, management of arts organizations, and management and accounting history.
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