The need for strategic marketing management
and planning in the arts:
There is a defined need for all organisations and
individuals involved with the arts to become strategic
in the management of all their operations including
marketing, this stems from:
1. The ‘new’ political stance on the role of subsidy
and the rise in market forces, which in turn means
that for arts organisations, there is:
a) an increased emphasis on earned
income.
b) an increased accountability for, and
effectiveness in, the use of scant
resources.
2. The growing need to balance the artistic urge
with the financial imperative and also with socially
inclusive government policy.