Museums and the paradox of change : a case study in urgent adaptation / / Robert R. Janes

• Autore: Janes Robert R. <1948-, >
• Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Edizione: 3rd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (449 p.)
• Disciplina: 069/.068
• Soggetto topico: Museums
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of illustrations ; Notes on contributors ; Foreword; Preface to the Third Edition ; Preface to the Second Edition - Original ; Acknowledgements - 2012 ; Acknowledgements - 1997 ; 1. Introduction ; Five propositions characterize the current setting Seven propositions describe implications for museums ; Other propositions concern the process of repositioning; The museum organization of the future ; 2. Glenbow: a case study in urgent adaptation ; Introduction ; Overview of change ; Creating a new form of organization Transforming Glenbow: Details and Difficulties ; Towards a learning organization ; New ways of working ; Lessons we have learned ; 3. Glenbow staff perspectives - 1997 ; Susan Kooyman ; Joe Konrad ; Kirstin Evenden ; Dennis Slater ; Lisa Christensen Valerie Cooper ; Wendy Smith ; Jim Shipley ; Gerry Conaty ; Donna Livingstone ; 4. Glenbow then and now ; 1997 ; Introduction; Is it over yet?; What's new at Glenbow?; Museums and the civil society; 2012 ; The silence at Glenbow; 5. Commentaries from the field ; Reflections on organizational transformation in the twenty-first century New needs for new times ; Through the looking glass: changing social relations in the museum ; Museum of Vancouver - a transformation in progress ; Complexity, conversation and change: learning how museum organizations change
• Sommario/riassunto: <P>Museums throughout the world are under increasing pressure in the wake of the 2008/2009 economic recession and the many pressing social and environmental issues that are assuming priority. The major focus of concern in the global museum community is the sustainability of museums in light of these pressures, not to mention falling attendance and the challenges of the digital world.</P><P><I>Museums and the Paradox of Change </I>provides a detailed account of how a major Canadian museum suffered a 40 percent loss in its operating budget and went on to become the most financially self-sufficie
• Titolo autorizzato: Museums and the paradox of change
• ISBN: 1-135-95821-1; 1-135-95814-9; 0-203-38396-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808775103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II