Hosam Athani

Abstract:

This study aims to identify a set of strategies, skills, and knowledge which can be considered as differentiating factors owned by the staff of non-governmental cultural foundations that positively promote the effectiveness of the financial development process for their institutions. The researcher sought to explore the most important factors of failure and success for these institutions, beyond the administrative scope to a larger scale, through a case study of a sample of 18 cultural actors involved in 16 Libyan cultural non-governmental institutions. The researcher relied on the qualitative research method, and on two tools in collecting data. First: 8 individual interviews with cultural managers. Second: 4 focus groups. The researcher submitted the texts extracted from the dialogues to "Thematic Analysis" as a tool, by coding the sample answers and placing the included passages within the texts of the answers to the questions related to the research question. These were under specific headings (themes) for the purpose of researching their significance, linking and categorizing them into comprehensive main themes. The researcher concluded with five main themes: “cultural market needs”, “social change”, “financial governance”, “social capital”, and “knowledge of cultural management”. Under these themes, sub-themes refer to the different strategies, skills, and knowledge pursued by the staff of the institutions. In the end, the researcher concludes with a number of recommendations, most notably deepening further research, and taking these measures into consideration while designing the components of curricula and training in the field of cultural management, including financial management, and fundraising.