Managing change in museums and galleries : a practical guide /: a practical guide. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Piotr Bienkowski, Hilary McGowan.
• Authors: Bienkowski, Piotr; McGowan, Hilary
• Contents: Foreword; Nina Simon Introduction Part 1: What is Change?; 1. What are you changing?; 2. Change takes time; 3. The problem of short-termism; 4. Small changes add up; 5. Change is everyone’s job Part 2: Preparing for Change; 6. Are you ready for change?; 7. What is your stimulus for change?; 8. Balancing conflicting priorities; 9. Why modelling change can help; 10. Finding common purpose: a shared understanding of change; 11. Be open to challenge and new ideas; 12. Explore and test: the value of pilot projects; 13. Expect chaos Part 3: Leading Change; 14. What makes a good change leader?; 15. Governance and change; 16. Funding and resourcing change; 17. Staying relevant; 18. Revisiting the mission; 19. Values, behaviours and cultural change; 20. Building trust; 21. How to sustain change; 22. Change of director during change process; 23. Distributed leadership and sharing decision-making; 24. Involving stakeholders in the change process; 25. Community partnerships and change; 26. Cuts and downsizing; 27. Commercialisation and change; 28. Embracing risk; 29. Don’t be afraid to report problems or ‘failure’ Part 4: The Role of Staff and Volunteers in Change; 30. Fear of change; 31. Countering resistance to change; 32. Supporting staff and volunteers during change; 33. Staff/volunteer development and change; 34. Champions of change; 35. Keeping up morale during change; 36. Silo-working; 37. Overcoming project mentality; 38. Restructuring, redundancies and staff changes; 39. Communicating change, internally and externally; 40. Internal networks and collaboration; 41. The importance of conviviality; 42. Acknowledging emotions Part 5: Why Change Fails; 43. Misunderstanding of change; 44. Change is imposed; 45. Resistance to change; 46. Avoiding uncomfortable issues; 47. Other priorities; 48. Museum processes as a barrier to change Part 6: Evaluating and Learning from Change; 49. Tracking your change journey; 50. The benefits of qualitative evaluation of change; 51. Reflective practice; 52. External voice and critical friends; 53. Learning from peers; 54. Learning from other sectors; 55. Fixing the lessons of change in organisational memory; 56. Sharing the learning Appendix A: Resources to help you; Appendix B: Useful Publications
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 069.068; Museums -- Management; Organizational change
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000364750; 9781000364736; 9781003015390
• Related ISBNs: 9780367858513; 9780367858506
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