Measuring Museum Impact and Performance (eBook)

Theory and Practice

John W. Jacobsen (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
180 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-6331-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Based on extensive research and decades of experience, museum analyst and planner John W. Jacobsen provides both the theoretical underpinnings and the operational pragmatics of measuring any museums intentional impact and performance by using 1,025 indicators drawn from 51 expert sources. Measuring Museum Impact and Performance: Theory and Practice provides museum professionals internationally with a clear, very open process that will improve their museums value and performance by selecting indicators that monitor whether they are realizing their desired public, private, personal and institutional values. The book is not prescriptive, but liberating, as the framework recognizes that each museum needs to decide on its own purposes and priorities. The book is organized in two parts: Part 1: Theory is scholarly and builds on the museum field's rich literature; and Part 2: Practice provides step-by-step methods for any museum to set up its own dashboard of prioritized impact and performance indicators. Substantive attachments include: the list of the 51 source documents for the MIIP indicators; definitions of terms and data fields; a long list of precedented museum impacts; measurement formulas and worksheet templates, filled in for a sample museum; and the MIIP 1.0 database available online. Readers will get the following benefits:A literature review of prior work on measuring museum valueAn analysis of eleven well-established evaluation frameworks that synthesize into a revolutionary, yet practical, Museum Theory of ActionA robust and searchable menu of 1,025 existing and aspirational indicators (the MIIP 1.0 database) that you can use to start your own selectionAn analysis of the MIIP database using the Theory of Action that reveals 14 areas of potential museum impacts and benefitsA process to select and prioritize your museum's intentional purposes and desired impactsA process to determine, measure and compare your museum's key performance indicators (KPIs) A process to set-up and conduct peer museum comparisonsProcedures and examples of how to capture and report data used in your selected indicatorsPrinciples for using indicator data to inform museum management decisions

Autor

John W. Jacobsen, president of White Oak Associates, Inc. and CEO of the White Oak Institute, was associate director of the Museum of Science in Boston. During that time, the Museum served 2.2 million visitors during a twelve-month period, an unsurpassed record.

Inhalt

Foreword by Ford W. Bell, DVM, President & CEO (retired) American Alliance of MuseumsAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart 1: Theory: How and why do museums do what they do?Chapter 1: Finding the Museum Theory of Action Chapter 2: Identifying Potential Museum Impacts Chapter 3: Measuring ImpactPart 2: Practice: How do you measure your museum’s impact and performance?Chapter 4: Shift from Theory to PracticeChapter 5: Prioritize your Museum’s Purposes and ImpactsChapter 6: Determine your Museum’s Performance MetricsChapter 7: Compare your Museum to your PeersSummaryChapter 8: Report Changes in Your Impact and PerformanceChapter 9: Summary and Future PotentialsAppendixesAppendix A: Definitions and AssumptionsAppendix B: Source Documents for MIIP 1.0Appendix C: Potential Museum Impacts: Selected ExamplesAppendix D: Measurement Formulas and Worksheet TemplatesAppendix E: Worksheets: Blanks and Versions by the Sample MuseumIndexAbout the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.3.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Schlagworte: Museum Administration
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-6331-8 / 1442263318
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-6331-4 / 9781442263314