Critical Issues for Research in Arts Management

To develop a more respectable image as a field of inquiry and employment, Dorn (1992) warned that Arts Management needed to create a body of knowledge through scholarly research. To accomplish Dorn’s goal, Arts Management should address three critical issues: (1) the need to establish a discipline and profession specific research agenda, (2) faculty preparedness to conduct and supervise research, and (3) student education in research, to guide the development of Research. Addressing these three issues will ensure Arts Management’s ability to benefit from and protect its intellectual capital while developing a reputation as a viable academic discipline and profession.