Museum Case Study Summary

Summary The case involved a university that has created a joint venture with the government board to build a new museum. The university has secured the land and promised to cover the yearly operating expenses. This investment with the university comes with the understanding that the museum will help students by presenting educational opportunities for their students. The planning committee a subsidiary community under the government board has hired two students to interview stakeholders about the goals and potential direction of the museum.
Coalition Management
A coalition in connection to management is a network of managers with differing opinion who communicate with each other and their clients to make decisions. As against a single leader system, …show more content…
Each stake holder had a different background and they had devolved unique goals for the museum. If instead of a single stakeholder being placed in charge of the museum, there were some or all of the stakeholders placed in the form a committee then they would be more well-rounded. The diversity in opinions would also lead to more than one goal accomplished. The system would be far from perfect in that they would have conflict in making decisions. Within their debates goals would have to be set less firm, because the focus on the museum would not be diverted entirely to completing a single goal. In example, the goal of the Head of the art history department who wanted to converted the museum into a teaching institution by sacrificing the goal of servicing the community at large. When that goal is brought the table the other members would argue against it but, they would agree to weaker form where student could be brought in to study and create art and those pieces could be displayed. This more agreeable solution would a better chance of being