Management Practice Supporting Sustained Development in the German Art Collection

This study focuses on understanding how approaches to management can support sustained development in German art museums. It thereby not only explores discussions surrounding management practice and sustainability, but also examines the conceptual ambivalence and tensions that arise at the intersection of the arts and theories of value within the German art museum context. By taking into account the amalgamation of political, historical and cultural undercurrents that inform management, policy decisions and practice, this study is able to gain an understanding of the systemic interactions which affect the potential for sustainable development as well as of limiting factors that shape management practice, such as the discursive formations which shape the ways in which professionals operate.