CHAPTER 1

Management and the Arts

There’s more to the arts than meets the eye. Yes, the performing and visual arts are supposed to be entertaining, but behind every creative endeavor exists a more profound concept without which a Community shrivels up and dies: the arts remind us of our power to innovate. The act of creation is the essence of our purpose and is essential to our progress as a humanity.

“The Importance of the Arts in a Community,” Craig W. Johnson, April 2006

KEY TERMS

Review these terms from the chapter and begin to incorporate them into your day-to-day thinking about management and the arts.

Manager

Organization

Organizing

Open system model

Levels of management: operational, managerial, strategic

Types of managers: frontline, ...

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