Title & Author:

Museums and the paradox of change : a case study in urgent adaptation / [compiled and edited by] Robert R. Janes.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication:

Calgary : Glenbow Museum, 1997.

Description:

xxi, 279 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Glenbow : a case study in urgent adaptation ; Introduction -- Overview of change -- Creating a new form of organization -- Transforming Glebow : details and difficulties -- Toward a learning organization -- New ways of working -- Lessons we have learned ; Glenbow staff prespectives ; Critical commentary from the involved and the detached ; The Royal British Columbia Museum experience / Bill Barkley -- Comments from afar / Terrence Heath -- Exchanging experiences and prespectives / Emlyn H. Koster -- A Europaen perspective / Julian Spalding -- The McMichael experience / Barbara Tyler -- The Vancouver Museum experience / Wilma Wood ; Future considerations ; Introduction -- New directions -- Persistent paradoxes ; Between the past and the future ; Introduction -- Is it over yet? -- What's new at Glenbow? -- Museums and the civil society.

Summary:

"Robert Janes is a leading voice in the changes taking place in Canada's cultural institutions. In this case study, he candidly discusses layoffs, union/management relations, and the urgency of sustainability. Contributions from Glenbow staff highlight the human side of change, and essays by Canadian and international museum directors present thoughtful perspectives."--Jacket

ISBN:

1895379075 (pbk.)
9781895379075
1895176921
9781895176926

Subject:

Glenbow Museum Case studies.
Glenbow Museum Cas, Études de.
Glenbow Museum
Museums Canada Management Case studies.
Organizational change Case studies.
Musées Canada Gestion Cas, Études de.
Changement organisationnel Cas, Études de.
Musées Canada Gestion Études de cas.
Changement organisationnel Études de cas.
Museums Management
Organizational change
Canada

Form/genre:

Case studies

Added entries:

Janes, Robert R.
Glenbow Museum.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 193160
Call No.: AM121.M88 (ID:97-B4215)
Status: Available