Research Catalog

Title

Arts governance : people, passion, performance / Ruth Rentschler.

Author

Rentschler, Ruth, 1953-

Publication

New York : Routledge, 2014.

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Description

xvii, 202 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"Since the crisis in governance which led to a shortage of capable board members, recent years have seen the emergence of the enterprising arts organisation - a development which has led to the need for new types of board members who have a greater understanding of 'mission, money and merit' within a cultural construct. This innovative book explores the world of the arts board member from the unique perspective of the cultural and creative industries. Using a wide range of research techniques including interviews with board members and stakeholders, board observations and case studies this book provides a rich and deep analysis from inside the boardroom. It provides in-depth insight into the changing pressures on arts boards after the financial crisis, and focuses uniquely on the role of passion on arts boards. Part of the Routledge Research in Creative and Cultural Industries Management series, written specifically for people seeking to develop their careers in cultural and creative management, this book is also for people working in and with arts organisations, in government and non-profit arts organisations. It will also be of interest to academics and researchers working in the wider corporate governance field"--

Series Statement

Routledge research in creative and cultural industries management

Subject

• Arts boards
• BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Museum Administration & Museology
• ART / Business Aspects
• ART / Museum Studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Machine generated contents note: Types of arts organisations -- Types of board members -- Writing this hook -- What's in the book -- pt. I Arts governance -- 1. Arts governance experiences -- Why arts governance? -- Across arts boards -- Governance context -- Defining arts governance -- Who are the people on arts boards? -- So what is passion? -- What is arts board performance? -- Notes -- 2. Roots of arts governance -- Early visionaries -- Professionalising the muses -- Risky 'business' -- Changes to arts governance over time -- Conclusions -- Note -- 3. Lost in the theory jungle -- Asking questions -- Finding answers in a framework -- Governance science -- External relations -- Human behaviour -- Social systems -- Traversing the jungle -- Conclusions -- Note -- pt. II People -- 4. Profiles: who, what, how board members 'do' governance -- What people bring to the arts board -- Diversity -- Capacity -- Artistry -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 5. The role of the chair -- A special sort of leadership -- Leadership as change -- What board chairs do -- Strategic decision-making -- Conclusions -- Notes -- pt. III Governed by passion -- 6. The role of passion -- It's not about the money -- Constructive passion -- Destructive passion -- Combining head and heart -- Conclusions -- Notes -- pt. IV Performance -- 7. Board members behave differently -- Views from inside the boardroom -- Board members as strategic resources -- Individual strategic encounters -- Mission driven encounters -- Commanding encounters -- Shape shifting encounters -- Community minded encounters -- Balancing board member behaviours -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 8. Creating balanced and effective strategy -- Building better boards -- Crafting strategy with CEO and stakeholders -- Realising board processes -- Examining relational strategic decisions -- Accountable -- Temperate -- Engaged -- Theory of strategic balance -- Conclusions -- Note -- pt. V Conclusions -- 9. Reinventing arts governance -- Arts governance directions -- How board members 'do' arts governance -- How the chair leads the effective board -- Board members as volunteers -- Board members profiled once more -- Arts board complexity -- Arts governance and disruptive change -- Arts governance as a distinct genre -- Arts governance redefined -- CREATE an effective board.

ISBN

• 9780415737555 (hardback)
• 9781315818016 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

^^2014013341

OCLC

879583741

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library