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The purpose of this study is to explore educational philosophies and business development for afterschool music programs. To this end, development of afterschool music programs is depicted by collecting data via in-depth interviews, participatory observation and document analysis, selecting music as the theme for research cases, inviting stakeholders including operators, teachers and parents in the filed as interview subjects, and conducting multiple data analyses. The following results are obtained: First, how the development of music as business has evolved is understood. Causes for business growth are analyzed based on statistics of revenues from music business and numbers of students recruited. Position categories and salary profiles of private educators are described based on members and structures of music business organizations to look into the root cause of frequent employee turnover. Second, educational philosophies and business operations for music are realized through actually implemented program planning that covers program types for understanding music. In addition, management and deepening of educational philosophies is done by stage. Third, for operations of business strategies, there are strategic operations for music at different stages, including internal operations management and processes, guidelines for human resource management, and marketing strategies to ensure collaboration and unification of internal departments, smooth service processes, regulatory compliance, establishment of quality of service, and product positioning that attracts customers through marketing management. Fourth, factors that affect music development are analyzed by using SWOT analysis and researching business strategies at different stages for afterschool programs, as well as objectively analyzing the four aspects: advantages, disadvantages, opportunities and threats for the research cases and how these are dealt with.Fifth, Development context of music education: Music education itself has developed from single orientation to diversification; its business management has moved from centralization to empowerment; its targets have expanded from young children only to include adolescents; and its marketing method has changed from word of mouth to online campaign. Sixth,Concept of music education: Program development focuses on maintaining pedagogical advantages in the market and enhancing on-the-job training to improve employee abilities. Seventh,Business strategy for music: Market expansion needs enormous costs, setup of management systems and control over operational processes, contracting systems that require efforts on training, financial control that prevents losses; and building customer trust for long-term relationships. |