Management and the Arts, 5th Edition

13  Integration of Managing and the Arts

What could be more natural than to treat our organizations, not as mystical hierarchies of authority, but as communities of engagement, where every member is respected and so returns that respect?

Henry Mintzberg, Simply Managing, p. 175

Management is about human beings.

Peter Drucker, The Daily Drucker, p. 47

Learning Objectives

After reading this chapter, you should be able to demonstrate the following:

•  You can integrate and apply leadership and management systems to your decision-making process

•  You can enumerate the problems associated with dysfunctional organizations and can develop strategies that could be implemented to avoid common management problems found in arts organizations

•  You are ...