According to the statistics of the Ministry of Education in 2006, there were about 1,000 students educated in more than 10 institutes of the arts administration field in Taiwan. Most of these institutes are in graduated level. However, in a survey of 517 full-time arts administrators of performing arts groups published by Council of Culture Affairs in 2007 showed there were only about 15% of them with master degrees. Besides personal interests of these administrators, this research want to clarify the situation: if these arts administrators have any other special personalities or abilities; therefore, if there are some differences between arts administrators¡¦ competencies of performing arts groups¡¦ requirements and the academic training of the arts administration and management. The researcher has approached this problem in three directions: the curriculum designs of the related master programs, the ideal competencies from literature review, and the interview with four personnel managers of performing arts cultivation teams. The analysis and comparison are done by this triangulation. The study finds that there are 32 competencies suggested by the past studies, and 30 important competencies are mentioned by the performing arts groups. On the other hand, the schools¡¦ courses can only cultivate 12 competencies, required by the performing arts groups. The result shows that the related master programs are more concentrated on visible competencies than hidden ones. They all can be improved to meet the working field required. Key words: performing arts group, arts administrator, curriculum design, hidden competency, visible competency

This thesis is about women arts administrators in Taiwan. From the general researches about arts administration, we found in Taiwan, most workers in this occupation are women, though we lack of research to know why women choose this occupation and how do they consider when making a career decision. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to present the workers¡¦ aspects, their real conditions on arts administration, and to figure out the gender facts influence in those women¡¦s career choice process. The study use case study method, eight cases were from different performance groups, including dance, music, theater, traditional theater and arts booking company. Each of them has at least four and half years working experiences on this field. The research findings will answer three major questions: 1.How and why do these women choose to be an arts administrator. 2.The features of arts administration. 3. How will this job influence personal lives? In the study I found in Taiwan, to be arts administrator does not need special degree or backgrounds, it require more on personalities and characteristics. It is not a high-level entrance occupation and it cannot afford good working conditions. Interest of arts is the major reason to be an arts administrator, in my case studies, there was no one mention about the salaries, the promotion or the welfare at first. In performing arts groups, women workers are more focus on human relations, working atmosphere. They like and enjoy more flexible working institution and more coequal relationship between co-workers. I concluded that on career choice process, gender factors do influence women to choose arts administration as an occupation, although the degree is hard to define in this study. It is also an important factor while explaining why arts administration becomes a woman dominance occupation. This thesis divided into five chapters. Chapter1: Introduction. Chapter2: Literary review. Chapter3: Research methods. Chapter4: Research findings. Chapter 5: Conclusion and discussion.