Even those with substantial endowment or public budgets have confronted these changes. At Conner Prairie the recent development of McKinnen s Trading Post and Lenape Indian Camp and the Rural History Project illustrate this approach to management. By taking classes with management majors and minors, Museum Studies students get more exposure to diversity than is often available in other classes and learn how to work with men and women with a business orientation, which may be part of their work with boards, donors and volunteers in the future. Museum Studies students offer the business students with a perspective on the commitment and interests of those who will work in the non-profit sector. In the past four years the Management Prgam has added courses and redesigned others to support students interested in non-profits, including museums.
Students conduct a semester - long organizational analysis in diverse teams.
Some student groups have chosen the Wayne County Historical Museum. Students who have not had a management course benefit from the experience of those who have had Mgt 16 and are experienced in working in diverse teams and in analyzing the needs of organizations. Students learn techniques and theories of conflict resolution and the skills of mediation in a variety of settings. This capability will be important ro museum staff in working with their boards, supervisors, other staff and volunteers.