Zoo Management
Zoo Management
21st Century zoos and aquariums cannot be managed with 19th Century management systems. Top-down patriarchal hierarchies are being replaced by more horizontally structured and cross-connected interdisciplinary teams and decisions are more often based upon science and consensus. Professional growth, personal responsibility and gender equity are growing expectations. Facility planning, design and operation are becoming an interdisciplinary, multicultural, team-building process. Yet each institution must find its own pathway to success.
Major zoo management decisions are increasingly made with support from interdisciplinary and multicultural teams. But each team member must earn their “seat at the table” through professional excellence and knowledge currency.
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Coe, Jon C., Beattie, Ted, 1998. “Twenty-First Century Management Systems For Twenty-First Century Zoo Exhibits” in 1998 AZA Convention Proceedings, American Zoo and Aquarium Association, Bethesda, MD. Abstract