Notting Hill Carnival Strategic Review - Intelligent Space

Table 10: Three-Year Executive Management Development Strategy for the Carnival Arts Committee 79
Phase Year Staffing
1 One Managing director, finance and administration manager, public relations
manager and secretary/receptionist
2 Two Bookkeeper and clerical assistant
3 Three Operations manager
3.11 It was felt that the duties of the operational manager could be shared between the managing
director and the public relations manager during phase one and two until the workload
justified the recruitment of a new executive. The report took the view that phase three would
represent the total complement of the full time staff required for CAC.
Strategy for Organisational Development
3.12 The Coopers and Lybrand report proposed a three-year development strategy for CAC, which
included:
• the dissolution of the CAC board and the establishment of an independent caretaker
group;
• the creation of a new corporate structure by CAC members and the election of trustees;
• the appointment of a new management team with a mandate to run the administrative,
financial, business and operational aspects of the organisation;
• the formulation of a development strategy by the new board of trustees and the
establishment of formal policies and procedures for the implementation of such a
strategy;
• the creation and implementation of sound administrative and financial systems;
• the development of a realistic fundraising strategy, which identified new sources of
finance, either through direct grant aid or the commercial exploitation of Carnival to the
benefit of the proposed new organisation;
• the creation of formal links with all persons or organisations involved in the preparation,
participation, funding and commercial partnership arrangements of Carnival; and
• in conjunction with public agencies, the establishment of procedures and formalities for
the logistics of holding and managing the street Carnival event. These were to be
formalised and documented, assigning responsibilities where appropriate.
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Coopers and Lybrand Report, 1988
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