Peculiarities of leadership in cultural organizations

The present thesis analyses the issue of leadership in cultural organisations as the analysis of this issue has been limited so far even though it is very important for every organisation. To achieve good results, a strong and goal oriented team is required. A leader assisted by its team may achieve excellent organisational performance and ensure top quality of the final product. Therefore, the leadership peculiarities must be known throughout the cultural organisation. The subject matter of the research - peculiarities of leadership in cultural organizations The objective - to analyse the peculiarities of leadership in cultural organisations. Tasks:to survey leadership theories and systematize the leadership concepts; • to analyse the interaction between the concepts of leadership and management. • to distinguish the links and differences between the leadership and the management. • to perform an empiric analysis of leadership in cultural organisations. Analysis of the leadership theories revealed that the leadership is defined as the ability to make influence and therefore, development of a leadership process requires a group of individuals. The leadership theories allow us to distinguish the key features of the leader such as intellectuality, sociability, vigilance, insight, responsibility, persistence etc., Upon accomplishing the empiric study i.e. after thorough interview of the Directors, as the leaders, of the national theatres of Lithuania it was found out that the aspect of features is predominant within their conceptions. The leaders think it is mandatory to have such qualities as courage, willpower, interpersonal competences, creativity, judgement in solving different cultural issues related to the theatre activities. The Directors pointed out the challenges they face in their work such as the problem of financing, which is a decisive factor in attracting and retaining the staff, the problems of management, engineering and the lack of creative and ambitious young people