Organizational Management in the Non-Profit Performing Arts: Exploring New Models of Structure, Management and Leadership
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Date
2011-06
Authors
Galli, Jaime D.
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Abstract
Arts organizations today face many changes and challenges. A tense economic and political climate,
resource concerns, and a rapidly changing technological environment often complicate the
leadership and management process. Without looking to one or multiple effective approaches to
organizational management and strategic decision-making, performing arts organizations will
continue to struggle to adapt to the challenges facing them. Most non-profit performing arts
organizations operating today are managed under a dual leadership structure. This model, though
not without some inherent benefits, is often argued as being innately problematic, causing internal
tension among managers and staff and stagnating the strategic decision-making and planning
process. Additionally, the role of artistic director, a position that has traditionally been separated
from administrative duties, must be examined in order to understand the aesthetic requirements of
non-profit performing arts organizations. It would be beneficial for organizations of this nature to
look to alternative methods of organizational management in order to more effectively manage
internal complexities as well as the challenges and changes that manifest externally. Foundations,
however, must first be put properly into place by evaluating the well being of the individuals within
the organization. This paper looks at models drawn from the for-profit, public, and creative sectors
and their possible application to organizational non-profit performing arts.
Description
48 p. : ill. A Master’s capstone presented to the Arts & Administration Program of the University of Oregon
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Arts Management.
Keywords
Nonprofit performing arts, Organizational management, Strategic decision-making, Dual leadership, Organizational effectiveness, New models