There was also a recent artcile by the former director of the Australian
Musuem about leadership in museums. Point your browser to
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0009/15/features/features13.html His conclusions
are based on an international study of 30 musuems, both quant and
qualitative data. Those of you familir with Dr Griffin may enjoy it!

----- Original Message -----
From: Alan Lee <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 11:52 PM
Subject: Management in Museums UK Perspective


> To further the current debate regarding the need for a broad based
> competance in management/finance/HR for the museum professional could I
> point you towards a number of UK websites where the issue has been debated
> and plans are in place for this topic to be given some considerable
> prominence. The basic overall government thinking was that despite vast
sums
> of taxpayers money going into "Culture" the outputs and outcomes were
> varied, overbudget, and often well out of time. In addition there was a
> growing trend to produce figures, league tables, performance indicators
and
> the like across all sectors of government.
>
>
> The main cause was identified in a general lack of management and
financial
> skills in the sector and in their governing bodies. The then Museum
Training
> Institute published the "Holland Report"  about 8 years ago strongly
> recommended better  and more structured training in this area.  This body
is
> now The Cultural Heritage National Training Organisation  (CHNTO) at
> www.chnto.co.uk and deals with the management topic. Another central
> government sponsored body was called the Museums and Galleries Commission
> (MGC ) at www.museums.gov.uk , it is now called the Council for Museums,
> Archives and Libraries (Re;source) at www.resource.gov.uk.
>
>
> The central government body responsible for the cultural sector is  The
> Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) at www.culture.gov.uk
They
> published in November 1999 a massive volume entitled " Efficiency and
> Effectivness of Government Sponsored Museums" at
> www.culture.gov.uk/heritage/index_flash.html  which really emphasises the
> need for sound and prudent management.   In addition there are in place
> funding agreements, structure plans, formal annual reports to a common
> format, and statutary annual meetings. For museums operating in the local
> government sector there is a parallel drive called "Best Value".
>
> For those not familiar with this area in the UK I would hope that you can
> take some time to look at some of the sites and, all things being equal, I
> am willing to help out/translate some of the terminology and concepts.
>
>
> Alan Lee
>
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