SORSOGON STATE COLLEGE
Engineering – Architecture Department
Sorsogon City Campus
Relation of Arts In Business
Submitted by;
KRIS AUDREY G. HASPELA
GE – 1C
Submitted to:
Prof. Manuel Fortes
Instructor
What Can Business Learn From The Art?
Artists and business leaders have many parallels. Both involve having a guiding vision, a potent point of view, formulating an ideal, navigating chaos and the unknown, and finally producing a new creation.
The arts play a vital role in helping us find our authentic voice, and remembering who we are as human beings. People trust and respect leaders who show their humanity and I believe when we are in touch with our humanity, we envision better futures, and make wiser decisions.
—Linda Naiman
The arts are emerging as a role model for business and government organizations because the arts excel in areas where managers struggle the most: chaos, diversity, ambiguity, envisioning the future and the ability to dare to break molds. (Wall Street Journal 8/19/03).
Business has much to learn from the arts… Studying the arts can help business people communicate more eloquently…Studying the arts can also help companies learn how to manage bright people…Studying the art world might even hold out the biggest prize of all—helping business become more innovative. Companies are scouring the world for new ideas. In their quest for creativity, they surely have something to learn from the creative industries.
—Schumpeter Blog on arts based learning in “The Art of Management” The Economist February 2011
Unlocking creative potential is key to economic growth
Creativity is not the mystical attribute reserved for the lucky few. Creativity is a process that can be developed and managed. Generating innovative ideas is both a function of the mind, and a function of behaviours, behaviours anyone can put into practice. Creativity begins with a foundation of knowledge, learning a discipline, and