{"id":1359,"date":"2009-10-27T09:51:21","date_gmt":"2009-10-27T16:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp\/2009\/10\/of_management_metaphor_and_myt\/"},"modified":"2009-10-27T09:51:21","modified_gmt":"2009-10-27T16:51:21","slug":"of_management_metaphor_and_myt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/main\/of_management_metaphor_and_myt.php","title":{"rendered":"Of management metaphor and myth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anne Midgette at the <i>Washington Post<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/the-classical-beat\/2009\/10\/conducting_ones_business.html\">offers a short slap in the face<\/a> to those who suggest the orchestra conductor as a model of modern management (<a href=\"http:\/\/views.washingtonpost.com\/leadership\/guestinsights\/2009\/10\/leadership-secrets-from-a-maestro.html\">a la Roger Nierenberg<\/a>, et al). Sure, in theory, conductors work to bring different talents together into a single expression. Sure, in theory, conductors engage a complex range of knowledge, context, and personnel to achieve a creative goal. But Midgette counters that, <i>in practice<\/i>, orchestras are a bit of a mess.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Orchestras are notoriously dysfunctional places, often filled with<br \/>\ntalented people suffering from acute frustration at their lack of<br \/>\nautonomy or of artistic self-expression. And the conductor of<br \/>\nstereotype is an autocratic figure who doesn&#8217;t care if his musicians<br \/>\nare happy or not.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And while those archetypes are changing by necessity, increasingly toward collaborative leadership and venture-friendly conductors, it&#8217;s still not clear that the orchestral metaphor holds much water for the modern manager. Says she:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;orchestras with conductors have not traditionally been the happiest<br \/>\nplaces for their employees; orchestras without conductors do not<br \/>\nnecessarily make the best music; and yet orchestras are being presented<br \/>\nas holding keys to business success.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Discuss, indeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anne Midgette at the Washington Post offers a short slap in the face to those who suggest the orchestra conductor as a model of modern management (a la Roger Nierenberg, et al). Sure, in theory, conductors work to bring different talents together into a single expression. Sure, in theory, conductors engage a complex range of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1359","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}