Heritage as a field of research and collective action has emerged only in the last 40 years; spurred by the 1972 Unesco World Heritage Convention. Conservation was the touchstone discipline of the field; but the highly interdisciplinary nature of heritage has brought in a wide diversity of perspectives that has sometimes posed challenges to mutual understanding. Since the 1990s; heritage studies has emerged as a distinct academic field; and practices and rhetoric drawn from mainstream corporate management and strategic planning have become widespread.Based on fifteen years of field work done by a group of scholars at the Department of Management; University of Bologna; this book is an in-depth investigation of management practices rather than policies; based on a variety of case studies from around the world. The authors take the issue of management in heritage seriously; but also take into account the role of other disciplines within heritage organizations. In particular; they focus on sustainability in terms of financial resources; human resources; knowledge management; and the relationship with the audience and communities of scholars.The book opens with a methodological introduction that discusses what it means to do research on management; and why international comparative research is essential. The body of the text engages issues of heritage and management through five distinct analytical lenses: management and the process of change; institutional settings and business models; change and planning; the Heritage Chain; and the space between policy and practice. Each of these five sections includes a chapter introducing the analytical framework and possible implications; followed by case histories from China; Italy; Malta; Turkey; and Peru. The book ends with a chapter of concluding reflections.
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