Short description:

This book is designed to provide arts and cultural administrators with an overview of the most pressing elements of human resource management for arts and cultural institutions.

Long description:

Arts and cultural institutions are a unique organizational context. Managing creative people within that context requires considerations that are not standard in traditional human resource practice. This book is designed to provide arts and cultural administrators with an overview of the most pressing elements of human resource management for arts and cultural institutions.

Written by an arts management professor with an equity-focused human resources consulting firm, this book provides readers with knowledge they can immediately use to solve human resource management issues they will encounter.

Infused with practical considerations and real-world examples that are grounded in human resources and industrial psychology research, Human Resources in the Arts will benefit arts management students and practitioners alike.

?Human Resources in the Arts offers a fresh perspective on how to manage artists and other creatives whose unique skills, education and training, may not fit the typical mold. Heidelberg expertly guides arts leaders on how to create and run an equitable organization, build and work with a board, and address conflict management and resolution using a clear and direct approach. For those arts leaders who operate with limited or no dedicated HR staff, this book is a great resource to have at your fingertips.?

Dee Boyle-Clapp, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

"Arts leaders and managers need to be attuned to the unique qualifications and needs of their diverse and creative workers.  Arts managers need to attend to issues of loyalty, burn-out, and the post-pandemic conditions arts organizations continue to navigate.  Heidelberg has produced a comprehensive guide to the critical and evolving issues of managing creative workers ? useful to both practitioners and students of arts management."

Kathleen Gallagher, Texas Tech University, USA

Table of Contents:

1. Managing Creative People 2. The Structure of Human Resources in Nonprofit Arts Organizations 3. Creating and Maintaining an Equitable Organization 4. Diagnosing, Growing, and Changing Organizational Culture 5. Recruitment 6. Selection 7. Total Rewards 8. Managing Employee and Organizational Growth 9. Managing Board Members and Volunteers 10. Conflict Management and Resolution