How do orchestra managers effectively include the musicians in decision-making and create a positive organizational culture? Though not often discussed among arts leaders - due I think partly to the daily rigours of managing a nonprofit arts organization - performing arts literature does address the need for open collaboration in arts organizations. Below are a few examples: In Organizational culture [...] Read more »
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Building an organizational culture
by masterfiddle February 12, 2010
The democratic orchestra issue that I wrote about in the last post is an important consideration for arts managers. However, it highlights a critical element of nonprofit management: the organization’s internal culture. Now there is a new question: How do arts managers create a performing arts organization’s culture and how does this environment affect artistic decision-making? [...] Read more »
