Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/0tumUdm Enabling Creative Chaos The Organization Behind the Burning Man Event By: Katherine K. Chen Publisher: University of Chicago Press Print ISBN: 9780226102382, 0226102386 eText ISBN: 9780226102399, 0226102394 Edition: 1st Copyright year: 2009 Format: EPUB Available from $ 33.00 USD SKU 9780226102399 In the summer of 2008, nearly fifty thousand people traveled to Nevada’s Black Rock Desert to participate in the countercultural arts event Burning Man. Founded on a commitment to expression and community, the annual weeklong festival presents unique challenges to its organizers. Over four years Katherine K. Chen regularly participated in organizing efforts to safely and successfully create a temporary community in the middle of the desert under the hot August sun. Enabling Creative Chaos tracks how a small, underfunded group of organizers transformed into an unconventional corporation with a ten-million-dollar budget and two thousand volunteers. Over the years, Burning Man’s organizers have experimented with different management models; learned how to recruit, motivate, and retain volunteers; and developed strategies to handle regulatory agencies and respond to media coverage. This remarkable evolution, Chen reveals, offers important lessons for managers in any organization, particularly in uncertain times. Additional ISBNs 9780226102375, 0226102378
