B5632 - MANAGEMENT OF ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

The aim of this course is to stimulate a critical reflection on the nature of management knowledge and its application to the fields of arts and culture. At the end of the course, the student will be able to discuss the impacts of managerialism in a wide range of cultural organizations.

Contenuti

MACO (Management of Artistic and Cultural Organizations) complements the previous module of Business Models in the Creative Industries.

This module trains you to look at arts organizations as, first of all, organizations. The idea is to provide you with some conceptual tools to further familiarize with the managerial dimension of arts organizations, while inviting you to acknowledge the specificity and complexity of cultural settings, which require careful managerial approaches.

The focus of this module is set on understanding cultural organizations in action, i.e. how cultural organizations work in practice, what people do in their day-to-day practice in cultural organizations.

Upon completion of the module, you should:

• have developed a solid understanding of what management is, and what is specific to it in arts organizations;
• be able to understand how arts organizations work (in terms of planning, organizing, leading, controlling practices);
• be able to recognize and discuss arts management issues in real-world situations, and critically reflect on them
• have developed or strengthened abilities of case-based discussion and critical engagement with theory

After an initial introduction on management and the arts, the module is organized in four main blocks:

• planning
• organizing
• leading
• controlling

Testi/Bibliografia

A list of case studies will be given at the beginning of the course. Each case study (pre-reading) will be available in a Case Study Forum on Virtuale.

The background theory (post-readings) are selected book chapters and research articles that will be available as a course package at a copy centre (instructions in class). A detailed bibliography will be communicated before the beginning of the course.

 

Metodi didattici

Classes comprise a mix of case-based discussions and theory-based lectures.

Each session will revolve around a case study (pre-reading) and related background theory (post-readings). You will have to read the case study and respond to its questions before each session - a class discussion will follow. The background theory (post-readings) may be studied either along, or after the sessions.

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

You will be evaluated both on your contribution to the case study forums during the course (+/- 1 point on/from the final grade) and by means of a written exam after the course. Instructions will be given in class.

Note: this module's final grade will average with module 1 (Business Models in the Creative Industries) final grade. Both modules must be completed within the academic year. Each module’s grade will be valid for 3 exam calls. After then, if you haven’t completed the other module, you will have to retake the whole 11 credits exam.

Grading system:

• <18: fail
• 18-23:sufficient
• 24-27: good
• 28-30: very good
• 30 e lode: excellent

Orario di ricevimento

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