Author Description

Introduction. Five Propositions Characterize The Current Setting; Seven Propositions Describe Implications For Museums; Other Propositions Concern The Process Of Repositioning; The Museum Organization Of The Future / Michael M. Ames -- Glenbow: A Case Study In Urgent Adaptation. Overview Of Change; Creating A New Form Of Organization; Transforming Glenbow: Details And Difficulties; Towards A Learning Organization; New Ways Of Working; Lessons We Have Learned -- Glenbow Staff Perspectives -- 1997. Susan Kooyman; Joe Konrad; Kirstin Evenden; Dennis Slater; Lisa Christensen; Valerie Cooper; Wendy Smith; Jim Shipley; Gerry Conaty; Donna Livingstone -- Glenbow Then And Now. 1997; 2012 --^ Commentaries From The Field. Reflections On Organizational Transformation In The Twenty-first Century / Gail Anderson; New Needs For New Times / Emlyn Koster; Through The Looking Glass: Changing Social Relations In The Museum / Bernadette Lynch; Museum Of Vancouver: A Transformation In Progress / Nancy Noble; Complexity, Conversation And Change: Learning How Museum Organizations Change / Darren Peacock; No Heroes: Revisiting The Museum Leadership Crisis / Marjorie Schwarzer; Reflections On Museums And Change, 2012 / Marsha L. Semmel -- Between The Past And The Future. New Directions 1997; New Directions 2012; Persistent Paradoxes 1997; Persistent Paradoxes 2012 -- Harbingers And Hazards 2012. Museums And Complexity; The New Axial Age; The Myth Of Economic Growth; Questioning The Corporatists; Museums And The Plutocracy; Museum Economics; Shifting The Museum Perspective --^ Museum Management Revisited. Towards A New Paradigm; Meditations On Magical Beliefs; Bad Museum Behaviours; Miscellaneous Impositions; Strengthening Museum Management -- Museum Management And The Ethical Imperative. Four Scenarios To Contemplate; Six Ethical Responsibilities For Museum Management; Forces For Good; From Thinking To Doing; The Biggest Elephant In The Room; A Framework For Ethical Management; Concluding Thoughts -- Appendix I. Organizational Chart, Prior To April 1 1993 -- Appendix Ii. Organizational Chart, As Of May 31, 1995 -- Appendix Iii. Commitment Plan: Transition To A New Organization -- Appendix Iv. Employee Survey Form. Robert R. Janes. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.