The case titled The Theatre Budget was a short journal about a frustrated Vice-President of a performing arts theatre that had a Board of Directors more concerned about artistic values than how they would pay the bills. Janet Dobbs was Vice President for Administration and President-elect for this small taxexempt organization called the Greater Euclid Little Theater (GELT). It is obvious in the case that there is a divide between industries; business administration/accounting and the arts. One can only imagine the frustration Dobbs faced trying to inform and educate a Board of Directors about the financial crisis at hand to only have it fall on deaf ears and have blunt resistance. Being a non-profit organization means
GELT needs to
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This brings the next topic of goal congruence into consideration. Since GELT, like any other organization, does not have a mind of its own, cannot have goals and are therefore actually the goals of the board and/or senior management. Senior management wants the organization to attain these goals but the goals are not always congruent with the personal goals of the operating managers and professionals; in this case,
Spaulding. Because participants tend to act in their own self-interest, the achievement of the organizational goals may be frustrated. (Young, D., p.127) This is the case with almost everyone involved! Dobbs wanted to get her point across to the Board and vice-versa. A lot can be said though about the fact that the budget committee was persuaded by Dobbs’s proposal. Here you have a team of individuals who understand finance, and then you have a Board of Directors who rejected it. Is this because the Board simply is not as fiscally knowledgeable or because they are just being resistant to change? The case does not give the reader the impression that there is much support towards the budget process at all yet the Board of Director’s thought Spaulding would view no salary increase as a lack of support; their priorities seem a little backwards when it comes to budgeting.
Any management control process includes two phases that deal with organizational
Some major power players in Rivlin’s appointment and confirmation on the House-side were Chairman Al Ullman and then Rep. Brock Adams. On the Senate-side, Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, who recommended Rivlin, Edmund Muskie was a major influence in her appointment.
In order to be productive all members of staff should be aware of the goals of the firm. Knowing the goals allows the manager to make effective decisions. The goals of the firm can be viewed as the motives of the entrepreneur’s who own and run the firm. There a number of goals that a firm can pursue in its day-to-day
Throughout the late 1920's an important theatrical movement developed: The Workers' Theatre Movement. In the end, it diminished around the middle of the 1930's, and one of the developments aiding the decline of the Workers' Theatre Movement, was the creation of the Federal Theatre Project. The Federal Theatre Project was the largest and most motivated effort mounted by the Federal Government to organize and produce theater events. Once the government took on the duty of putting people to work, it was able to consider the movement. The Federal Theatre Project’s purpose was “to provide relief work for theatrical artists that utilized their talents and to
Congruence- the goals must be consistent such as recruiting talented workers capable of innovative research and development of company products.
Usually in corporations there is a clear distinction between the people who take critical decision – Board of Directors – and the people who actually execute the decisions – management. In FBM, many managers were also part of the Board. This arises conflicts of interest. This should be avoided.
Paragraph 3 – Explain whether it has ties to political parties or other interest groups.
Disappointingly, our legislative strategy amounted to little more than taking a folder with information and a letter begging support from anyone that might be relevant in the legislative process. As I made my way to my first senator with a coworker, he remarked, “We’re doing this as a favor to the PCAR, no one’s going to change their vote because of a letter from a no name minority representative.” He was right of course, but I found the thought no longer sitting right with me.
The history of theatre in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries is one of the increasing commercialization of the art, accompanied by technological innovations, the introduction of serious critical review, expansion of the subject matters portrayed to include ordinary people, and an emphasis on more natural forms of acting. Theatre, which had been dominated by the church for centuries, and then by the tastes of monarchs for more than 200 years, became accessible to merchants, industrialists, and the less privileged and then the masses.
In general, an overall strategy should precipitate into goals and those goals in strategic objectives that can be used to by 1st and 2nd line managers. These strategic objectives’ progress are measurable and quantifiable. Many managers utilize tools such as score cards to analyze the success or lack of, that a company and its managers attain, fails to meet, or surpasses the stated goals. Alignment of these processes to reach a company’s goals is dependent upon the number of goals, the specificity of these goals, and whether or not the entrusted managers have executed these strategies with the necessary resources to accomplish them. According to Sull (2015), “80% of managers say that their goals” fall into this category” (p. #)
“The Goal” is a book written by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox in 1984. The book is very famous in the management field. In 2004, the author published the third revision of it and celebrated selling over than three million copied of it around the world. Also, the goal book is taught in over than 120 collages. The book was recommended by my professor to be read and summarize as an extra credit.
In terms of company structure, Forced Entertainment has adopted a semi-fixed model, which eventuated out of extensive collaboration. In their early beginnings, Forced Entertainment used the ‘collective model’ wherein the entire collaboration worked democratically; this type of model was heavily influenced by the political context of the 1960’s and 1970’s and workers theatre/agit-prop. However, according to Heddon and Milling “One effect of this collective structure was, ironically that it created an anarchic tyranny of structurelessness” (2006, pp.106). Presently, Forced Entertainment have two directors, Tim Etchells and Robin Arthur who share “responsibility for rehearsals, performance quality, steering meetings, and the eventual form of the
The board of directors is not directly but indirectly culpable because of the lack of control on Leeson’s activity. None of Nick Leeson’s supervisor realized the risks he was taking and the way it could damage to the Bank.
In 1996 Norman Adsetts became the chairman of STT and took over the role of the Councillor. He held crisis meetings and a ‘recovery plan’ was agreed, which involved drastic cost-cutting. Because of the cost-cutting the quality of the productions became worse and the reputation of the Crucible began to fall, which resulted in even lower attendances. Sir Adsetss came up with a new business plan over a period of 3 years to make the complex more profitable. The main point of the plan was to invest in high-quality and high-profile productions which would attract sustainable audiences. The plan included an increase of attendee researches, new ticketing pricing strategies, quality increases of the casts and to offer an ambitious artistic team. Moreover, commercial activities were increased. The result of the new business plan was that in March 2002 the company recorded five years with operating surpluses.
This will ensure that the time and money invested in training and management development is linked to the mission or core business of the organization (Watad & Ospina,
Drama changed literature and theater into what it is today. I. History of Elizabethan Theater a. forming of theater 1. medieval church 2. mystery and morality b. actors 1. rogues and thieves 2. acting guilds II. Influences and people a. commanding actors 1. Shakespeare 2. Burbage b. other 1. wars of the roses (other historical influences) 2. laws restricting theater III. The theaters a. prices 1. seating 2. stage b. the theater and the globe 1. locations and characteristics 2. Burbage and other accomplishment Elizabethan Drama During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, England underwent a dramatic change in priorities. The importance of art and literature became highly prevalent. The impact of the Elizabethan drama and