Campus session 19/10/11

Professional Artefact and my thoughts.

Evidence of inquiry that may include various forms of media and text. The evidence may show the process/experience, the conclusion or both.

The first piece of advice that resonated for me was, the (PA)-Professional Artefact should work in conjunction with the inquiry. The PA should be clear, directly relating to inquiry. Students were made aware that when creating their PA; tendencies to wonder into a new subject area outside of inquiry should be avoided.

The PA provides students with an opportunity to express their work in a creative and personalised way. It allows students to have more control over the format of work they produce. Students were advised that the PA should not be dull and specifically target their professional audience.

I am still musing on a few ideas of how to present my PA. I thought it was beneficial listening to other students at the campus session expressing their ideas on how they intended to present their PA. My task will be, how to best display the various delegation strategies from three arts managers and how they effect labour productivity on their subordinates.

I plan to create a map or timeline demonstrating the process and the results of what I have found out in my inquiry. I have also thought about displaying this data as slides using power point. I think this would be visually stimulating for the professional audience I am targeting.

Where I am in process of my inquiry (Entry 1)

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 2/10/11

Blog entries showing where I am in the process will allow me to reflect on my inquiry and aid me to manage my time more effectively around my work schedule. I have reviewed feedback from my student advisor about my inquiry plan and have taken the feedback into consideration when moving forth in this module.

Title (working)

An inquiry into the role of delegation for an arts manager working in the arts. Is delegation necessary to improve labour productivity in an arts organisation? 

Order of activities

1. Research and analyse existing literature from articles and books.
2.  In-dept interviews of managers and their subordinates, from three London based arts organisations (6 individuals).
3. Analyse collected data.
4. Present findings.

I have made initial communication with three managers who I would like to interview for my inquiry. Also, I so explained to them briefly what my inquiry is about. They appear to be keen, but a date has not been confirmed for all the interviews. In addition, I am searching for another manager to interview as a contingency.

At present I am working on how to phrase questions so that they are specific for the interview process. This will hopefully allow the interviewee to provide quick direct answers in the time constraint. I am working on questions for the sample survey.

I have reviewed the ethical procedures for researchers from the last module. Consent forms have been printed for participants who are involved in my work based research project. I have spoken to my academic advisor about my inquiry and received feedback.

I am searching Lib guides and online mdx library for any literature and information pertaining to my inquiry. This information will define delegation and the purpose for it. I am researching the various job descriptions from online adverts that recruit arts managers. From the advertised job descriptions, I will analyse which of the tasks require delegation. This will allow me to identify the skills required to delegate effectively, enabling me to complete tasks in similar roles.