Transforming Museum Management Evidence-Based Change through Open Systems Theory

Museums must change to illuminate the histories, cultures, and social issues that matter to their local population. Based on a unique longitudinal ethnographic study, Transforming Museum Management illustrates how a traditional art museum attempted to transform into a more inclusive and community-based institution. Using open systems theory and the Buddhist concept of mutual causality, it examines the museum’s internal management structure and culture, programs and exhibitions, and mental models of museum workers. In providing both theoretical and practical foundations to transform management structures, thisaccessible volume will benefit stakeholders by proposing a new culture and structure to arts institutions, to change practice to be more relevant, diverse, and inclusive. This book will be an invaluable resource for researchers and advanced students of museum studies, cultural management, arts administration, non-profit management, and organizational studies.

List of Figures Preface Acknowledgments Chapter One: Introduction to Research and Methodology Chapter Two: Open Systems Theory and Mutual Causality Chapter Three: Entangled Realities between the Museum and Its Community Chapter Four: Museum Throughputs and Mental Models Chapter Five: Outputs and Outcomes of Museum Change Chapter Six: Toward a Deep Learning Museum and Paradigm Shift Appendix A: List of Key Participants’ Pseudonyms and Their Affiliations Index

Yuha Jung, PhD, is an associate professor of Arts Administration at the University of Kentucky in the United States. She is also an associate editor for the journal Museum Management and Curatorship and a board memberof the Association of Arts Administration Educators.