Take part in a case study
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Cultural Heritage sites or departments
For cultural heritage sites and departments managing any of the following: Arts and crafts; Archives; Archaeological sites; Aquariums or Zoos; Castles or Palaces; Countryside, National Parks or Botanic Gardens; Galleries; Historic Houses or other historic buildings; Libraries; Museums; Theatres; Music or other performance; Theme or Adventure parks; and any other Cultural Heritage sites.
Sector support and commercial providers
of manuals, toolkits and software
For government departments, funding bodies, wider sector support charitable and commercial organisations providing or commissioning manuals, toolkits
and software for cultural heritage organisations.
Take part in a case study and contribute to cultural heritage management research
Case studies focus on the UK, Greece, and New Zealand
To take part please contact Ari Volanakis
nektarios.volanakis.21@ucl.ac.uk
Taking part in a case study involves a short online questionnaire (about 15 minutes) and an online (Teams) semi-informal interview, lasting about 40 minutes, at a day and time to suit you. The interview will be transcribed on Teams. The online interviews are followed by a site visit (of public spaces only). The questionnaire and interviews will be stored electronically in a UCL secure server until the end of the research (normally 3 years). The questionnaire and interview transcription will be used only for this study as described in this information sheet. All information will be kept strictly confidential. The results will inform the research, you will not be able to be identified in any ensuing reports or publications.
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This PhD research designs organisational knowledge to benefit the sustainable organisational development of cultural heritage. The research looks through the Appreciative inquiry lens, (Reed, 2007; Cooperrider, Whitney and Stavros, 2008; Bushe, 2013) which ‘suggests that we look at what works in an organisation; we appreciate it’ (Hammond, 2013, p. 5). As a development process it enables inspiring and sustainable change by searching for the best in people and in their organisations (Cooperrider, Whitney and Stavros, 2008). The research aims to develop a synergic design (sector support and delivery organisations working together) and methodical application (across the sector’s common operations) of manuals, toolkits, and associated software, that empower individuals and teams, and improve organisational performance (delivery of cultural, social, economic, and environmental objectives).
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To take part please contact Ari Volanakis on nektarios.volanakis.21@ucl.ac.uk