The Cultural Leadership Handbook

223 Pages·2011·3.996 MB·English

by  Robert Hewison, John Holden

The Cultural Leadership Handbook
How to Run a Creative Organization
Robert Hewison and John Holden
The Cultural Leadership
Handbook
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The Cultural Leadership
Handbook
How to Run a Creative Organization
RobeRt Hewison and JoHn Holden
© Robert Hewison and John Holden 2011
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Hewison, Robert, 1943-
The cultural leadership handbook : how to run a creative
organization.
1. Arts--Management. 2. Cultural industries--Management.
I. Title II. Holden, John, 1954-
700.6’8-dc22

ISBN: 978-0-566-09176-6 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-0-566-09177-3 (ebk)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hewison, Robert, 1943-
The cultural leadership handbook : how to run a creative organization / Robert
Hewison and John Holden.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-566-09176-6 (hardback) -- ISBN 978-0-566-09177-3
(ebook) 1. Leadership. 2. Creative ability. 3. Information technology--Social
aspects. 4. Culture and globalization. I. Holden, John,
1954- II. Title.
HD57.7.H495 2011
658.4’092--dc22
2011009093
II
Contents
List of Figures vii
List of Tables ix
Introduction 1
1 Challenge: Context 5
2 Challenge: Leadership 23
3 Challenge: Values 49
4 Challenge: Cultural Value 69
5 Challenge: Creativity 91
6 Challenge: Resources 115
7 Challenge: Skills 143
8 Challenge: Taking the Lead 179
Bibliography 189
Index 197
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List of Figures
Figure 1.1 The three spheres of culture 12
Figure 2.1 RSC management diagram 2009 41
Figure 4.1 Cultural Value triangle 70
Figure 4.2 Body, mind, spirit 72
Figure 4.3 Closed/mediating/open organizations 76
Figure 8.1 Institutional value triangle 182
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List of Tables
Table 6.1 Legal structures: a comparative table 138
Table 7.1 Budget report 158
Table 7.2 Risk assessment matrix 164