From looking at my colleagues answers here are a set of questions I wanted to explore:
- How does bad management affect the cast?
- How does living and working with people of different nationalities affect how we work together?
- Why are entertainers resented by the rest of the crew? We are only doing our job too?
- How does the group dynamics affect the performance of a show? Or does it?
- How can we change the perception of the jobs of entertainers on a cruise ship?
- How has the economic change affected performers regarding the future career decisions?
- Living & working with the same people in a contained environment, how does this affect the group dynamics and the performance?
- Performing to an audience who haven't paid to see the show. How does that affect the performer? Is theatre etiquette important?
- In the entertainment world, why are dancers considered less than singers?
I'd appreciate any feedback, or even your insight whether you've worked onboard cruise ships or not?
These are very incisive question which could lead on to more questions and I am sure you could follow any of them in more depth to conduct a worthwhile inquiry. The first question however is very loaded. How do you define bad management for instance? Imagine if you changed the question to "How does management practice affect the cast".
ReplyDeleteJohn-Paul Really good stab at the questions - really like the questions about group dynamics and perceptions - observing these in the workplace and discussing their effects are not confined to what you do - but your job also does relate to these 'transdisciplinary ' attributes. You can also relate to your specific job as a performer, and in the sector - theatre - entertainment- or tourism and travel?. Yes - it would be 'management' rather than bad management because surely you are looking at both good practice and practice that may not work as well. Is this what you want to start with? How do communities of practice (Wenger) play a part in what you do? Good place to start theorising your topic with the literature... Bw
ReplyDeleteThank-you both for your comments. You both bring up good points. Reminding me that I should be looking into management practice good or bad. As both have valid repercussions on a cast. I will definitely be looking into this in more depth for my inquiry.
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