DDML408 Management - strategic management

Theatre Faculty
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/6. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.
Teacher(s)
prof. MgA. Blanka Kolegar (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. MgA. Blanka Kolegar
Theatre Management and Stage Technology Department – Dean’s Office – Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Supplier department: Theatre Management and Stage Technology Department – Dean’s Office – Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Prerequisites
Student graduated in the bachelor degree of Theatre Production and Stage Technology or in equal type of studies.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
As the Master's degree program is focused on profession of a art producer, this course aims to provide knowledge and application in the field of strategic planning and management with a stress on:
a) strategic management of art and cultural institutions,
b) strategic planning of the public sector in the field of culture.

Learning outcomes
Student
- applies his/her existing knowledge in the field of theater operation and operation of cultural institutions and management,
- is familiar with basic primary and secondary literature concerned on strategic management including international sources even those focused on artistic institutions,
- understands the issue of strategic management and the role of the producer within the strategic management,
- is able to identify and integrate marketing and fundraising principles into the overall strategic management of cultural institutions,
- understands the importance of political and legislative environment and international cultural policy for the strategic management of artistic institutions,
- can utilize the knowledge of the environment and the international vocabulary of the professional field,
- can read, understand and process foreign literature,
- is capable bring a strategic analysis to build a strategic plan and to translate it into long-term, short-term and operational plans, reflecting the specifics of the environment in which artistic activity is being realized,
- can design and conduct relevant research to analyze data and utilize the findings of strategic management analyzes,
- is able to identify problem chains, to choose and to defend their own creative approaches to their solution in the utmost respect to the external and internal environment.
Syllabus
  • Introduction to the strategic management.
    Strategic thinking and leadership.
    Principles of strategic management.
    - Identification of needs,
    - Defining the vision and mission statement,
    - Analysis of the internal environment,
    - Environmental analysis,
    - Revision of n the vision and mission,
    - Goals determination,
    - Determination of variants (scenarios) and the choice of one alternative strategies (develop of total or partial strategies, offensive, defensive, residual strategy)
    - Examination of the appropriateness of the strategy (navigation strategy),
    - setting the programme,
    - Realization.
    Innovation vs. invention.
    Entrepreneurial approach in arts management.
    System of measurement of the strategic business performance (BSC) with application to the theater (BSC_D).
Literature
    required literature
  • KAISER, Michael M. Strategic Planning in the Arts: A Practical Guide. Washington : The DeVos Institute of Arts Management at the Kennedy Center, 200?. 145 s. Dostupné z WWW: . info
  • KAISER, Michael M. Strategické plánování v umění: Praktický průvodce. 1. vydání. Praha : Institut umění - Divadelní ústav, 2009. 146 s. ISBN 978-80-7008-236-2. info
  • HAGOORT, Giep,. Umělecký management v podnikatelském stylu. z anglické verze 3. vydání Eburon Publishers 2003. Praha : Nakladatelství KANT pro AMU v Praze, 2009. 301 s. ISBN 978-80-7437-008-3. info
  • BOURDIEU, Pierre. Teorie jednání. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 1998, 179 pp. ISBN 80-7184-518-3. info
  • SESIC, Milena; DRAGOJEVIC, Sanjin. Arts management in turbulent times : Adaptable Quality Management. 1. vydání. Amsterdam : ECF, Boekmanstudies, 2005. 205 s. ISBN 9066500832. info
  • HAGOORT, Giep. Cultural Entrepreneurship. Utrecht : Culminate Cahiers 2, 1993. 170 s. ISBN 90-72456-55-6. info
  • HAGOORT, Giep. Art Management Enrepreneurial Style. Delft : Eburon Publishers, 2000. 296 s. ISBN 9051668023. info
  • Kerzner, Harold: Project Management. ISBN-10: 0470278706. info
  • Risk Management Toolkit: A resource for arts organisations. Wellington. Arts Council of New Zealand, 2014. ISBN 978-0-478-41850-7. info
  • VARBANOVA, Lidia. Strategic management in the arts. 1st ed. New York: New York Routledge, 2013, 358 pp. ISBN 978-0-415-53003-3. info
    recommended literature
  • COLINS, Tess. How Theater Managers Manage. Lanham, USA : Scarecrow Press, INC., 2003. 280 s. ISBN 0-8108-4683-7. info
  • CHONG, Derek. Arts management. London : Routledge, 2003. 156 s. ISBN 0-415-23681-9. info
  • KAPLAN, Robert S.; NORTON, David P. Balanced Scorecard : Strategický systém měření výkonnosti podniku. 4. vydání. Praha : Management Press, 2005. 267 s. ISBN 80-7261-124-0. info
  • BEJVLOVÁ, Jana. Divadelní výkon : Měření výkonnosti neziskového repertoárového divadla. Brno, 2005. 116 s. Dizertační práce. Divadelní fakulta, Janáčkova akademie múzických umění v Brně. info
  • DVOŘÁK, Jan. Kreativní management pro divadlo : aneb O divadle jinak. 2. vydání. Prah : Pražská scéna, 2004. 337 s. ISBN 80-86102-53. info
  • BRINDLE, Meg; DEVERAUX, Constance. The Arts Managment Handbook : New Directions for Students and Practitioners. New York : M.E.Sharpe, Inc., 2011. 364 s. ISBN 978-0-7656-1741-5. info
  • Košťan, P., Šuleř, O.: Firmení strategie. Plánování a realizace. Computer Press, Praha, 2002. ISBN807226_657. 121 s. info
  • MATÁSEK, Lukáš. Risk Management Practices in Cultural Events: Theatre Festivals in the Czech Republic (diplomová práce). Salford: University of Salford, 2009. info
  • KAPLAN, Robert S and DAVID P. NORTON. Balanced Scorecard: Strategický systém měření výkonnosti podniku. 4. vydání. Praha: Management Press, 2005, 267 pp. ISBN 80-7261-124-0. info
Teaching methods
Regular teaching in English language, lecture plus seminar
Student works with an interactive curriculum to solve assigned tasks. Interractive curriculum serves also for self-study (to improve the contexts and work examples from practice)
Teaching methods:
- Lectures,
- Work with text,
- Discussions,
- Individual work of students,
- Critical thinking.
Assessment methods
Evaluation based seminar papers (min. 3 works) verifying the knowledge of reading foreign literature. Verification of knowledge within the colloquium.
The practical application of the knowledge is followed by the Producent Seminar in the second year of study.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Teacher's information
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The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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