Human resource management in the arts industry
Prof. Chiara Paolino
COURSE AIMS
‘HR Management in the arts industry’ aims at building people management competences for creative organizations. In particular, the goals of the course are:
–Understanding the main challenges in managing people in cultural organizations and companies;
–Understanding the relevance of governance and managing people within the boards of cultural institutions;
–Understanding how people management could be helpful to solve the paradox between creative and commercial thinking;
–Developing knowledge about how people management practices have been more or less successfully applied in different cultural organizations (including performing and visual art fields);
–Developing abilities in managing complex projects in the arts industry.
COURSE CONTENT
The course will devote space to the discussion of people management leverages (job design, selection, development, career, performance evaluation) for the arts industry and of their implications in different organizational forms (especially project-based ones). Furthermore, people management practices will be discussed in order to understand how their application into the commercial world could be transferred to the cultural one and vice versa. Finally, implications for critical organizational behaviors in creative industries, such as negotiation abilities, will be discussed.
READING LIST
B. Townley-N. Beech , Managing Creativity,Exploring the Paradox, Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Lectures, cases and other materials provided by the instructor.
TEACHING METHOD
Lectures will be integrated with case studies, incidents and role playing, in order to enhance students active participation and learning. Students will have the chance to discuss real cases and to hear from experts in the field, in order to complete their theoretical training with more hands-on experiences.
ASSESSMENT METHOD
Coherently with the goals of the course and the teaching method, the evaluation will be based on a written exam, to check knowledge acquisition, and on a team-based assignment, to encourage the enhancement of collaborative skills and of problem solving abilities.