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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450893803321

Autore

Fopp Michael

Titolo

Managing museums and galleries / / Michael A. Fopp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997

ISBN

0-203-30396-2

1-280-32980-7

0-203-04295-6

1-134-86769-7

9786610329809

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Collana

The heritage

Disciplina

069/.5

Soggetti

Museums - Management

Art museums - Management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-237) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents

Sommario/riassunto

The current economic climate, coupled with an all embracing desire for museums to be respondent to 'the market' make a proper grounding in management essential. The 'bottom line' is one of the most powerful measures of management performance. Museums and galleries invariably have a neutral bottom line, they are not set up to make a profit and many of them are constrained by governmental accounting rules and charity legislation. Managing these organisations is difficult and this book tackles the issues that make it easier. Managing the Museum examines the highly sophisticated princ