HMUS 508 - Strategic Planning in Museums 3 s.h.

Students will learn a disciplined approach to plan and develop institutional strategies in a rapidly changing cultural landscape. The class will utilize tools to help bring clarity to institutional purpose; focus energy and resources; assess political, technological and economic factors; set priorities; create common goals; and adjust changing institutional direction into a plan of action. The major class project will be to work with a cultural institution to develop an actual strategic plan.
Prerequisite(s): HMUS 502 .