Organising Music: Theory, Practice and Performance
- Submitting institution
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Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- Unit of assessment
- 33 - Music, Drama, Dance, Performing Arts, Film and Screen Studies
- Output identifier
- 2418239
- Type
- A - Authored book
- DOI
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- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- ISBN
- 9781107040953
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2015
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Request cross-referral to
- 17 - Business and Management Studies
- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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1
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- Describing this book, former Principal of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland John Wallace writes: "How the music industry plays to work has always fascinated management theorists. In this book, the free and easy open play of the music industry collides with organisational theory – to mutual benefit".
Organisational theorists have become increasingly interested in the creative industries, where practices that are commonplace are of particular interest to organisations in other sectors as they look for new ways to enhance performance. Focusing on the music industry, this book sets up a unique dialogue between organisational theorists and music professionals. Part I explores links between organisation theory and the creative industries literature, concentrating on practices of organising and knowledge mobilisation, followed by an in-depth discussion of key theoretical concepts by subject experts. Part II provides a diverse range of "tales from the field", including examples from classical orchestras, folk, indie and punk. The concluding chapter examines the shared dialogue to reveal what practice in the musical field can learn from organisational theory, and vice versa.
In addition to collaborating with my co-editors to conceive, curate and edit the volume, I co-authored the opening and closing chapters, and carried out all the underpinning fieldwork. I also co-wrote six of the twelve extended case studies that comprise chapter 19. My co-authors in the opening chapter include Broad (researcher in this submission).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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