Flexibility of strategic choices in an opera house management

Performing arts and the art of performing – On co-construction of project work and professional identities in theatres

“…The 'theatre industry' is thus a suitable place for the inquiry into how projects are constructed and re-constructed in social interaction. It is also a place where problems of organizing, innovating and working abound, a place where success is hard both to define and claim, not least because a theatre organisation must perform well in artistic, economical, marketing and societal terms simultaneously [30]. Behind this multi-dimensional character of strategic ambitions, we also often find severe ideological conflicts between artistic and managerial norm systems [31], conflicts that usually find their way into each single project.…”

“…At the same time, there are no other absolute and fixed requirements that can be used to determine success or failure -apart from the general necessity of budget control, the judgement of goal fulfilment is made entirely from the outside, by critics and the audience. Their judgement is highly subjective and there is not always any clear relations between the critics' views and the number of tickets sold [30]. In that way, professional performance in theatre projects is much related to the ability to use previous experiences in formulating artistic visions that should be well received, and to relentlessly pursue through the whole project.…”

Redefining the Model of Theater Organization and Financing in Serbia on the Project Management Principles

“…The "theatre industry" is a place where problems of organizing, innovating and working abound, a place where success is hard both to define and claim, not least because a theatre organisation must perform well in artistic, economic, marketing and societal terms simultaneously [14]. Management in the theatre is characterised by numerous specific features of this industry.…”

Exploitation versus exploration: the influence of manufacturing flexibility and the environment

“…Some authors, such as Zhang et al (2003) or Koste and Malhotra (1999), emphasise the importance of considering different levels of analysis in studying flexibility (Tajtakova, 2006). Koste and Malhotra (1999) envision flexibility as a cone-shaped structure, in which flexibility at a lower level supports higher-level (more strategic) flexibility.…”