{"product_id":"enabling-creative-chaos-katherine-k-chen-9780226102375","title":"Enabling Creative Chaos: The Organization Behind the Burning Man Event","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 2008, nearly fifty thousand people traveled to Nevada's Black Rock Desert to participate in the countercultural arts event Burning Man. Founded on a commitment to expression and community, the annual weeklong festival presents unique challenges to its organizers. Over four years Katherine K. Chen regularly participated in organizing efforts to safely and successfully create a temporary community in the middle of the desert under the hot August sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnabling Creative Chaos\u003c\/i\u003e tracks how a small, underfunded group of organizers transformed into an unconventional corporation with a ten-million-dollar budget and two thousand volunteers. Over the years, Burning Man's organizers have experimented with different management models; learned how to recruit, motivate, and retain volunteers; and developed strategies to handle regulatory agencies and respond to media coverage. This remarkable evolution, Chen reveals, offers important lessons for managers in any organization, particularly in uncertain times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katherine K. Chen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226102378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226102375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/25\/2009 pg. 20","brand":"Katherine K. Chen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086392471807,"sku":"9780226102375","price":101.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_510f4adf-4e9d-407f-b14f-e7e804e72fe7.jpg?v=1769094417","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/enabling-creative-chaos-katherine-k-chen-9780226102375","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}