Course description
Course Description
The MSc in Creative Industry Management explores innovative leadership capabilities amongst managers of entrepreneurial organisations in the creative industries of performing and visual arts, new digital media, and design.
Modules and Options
The lists of modules below represent the range of options available for each year of study. This may not be a complete list of the options you will study, and may be subject to change, so please contact the department for further details.
Stage 1
Compulsory: BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS
Compulsory: CREATIVE INDUSTRIES: ENVIRONMENT, TRENDS AND CHARACTERISTICS
Compulsory: ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICY, CULTURE, AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Compulsory: INNOVATION AND CREATIVE BUSINESS LEADERSHIP
Compulsory: THEORIES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Core: DISSERTATION
Core: MANAGING CREATIVE ENTERPRISES
Teaching and Assessment Methods
A: Knowledge and Understanding
Learning Outcomes
A1 : Critical understanding of key aspects of entrepreneurship and innovation, notably economic, sociological and psychological theories of entrepreneurship, typologies of entrepreneurial people and organisations, enterprise culture and attitudes, and entrepreneurship in practice with specific reference to small and medium sized enterprises;
A2 : Systematic understanding of entrepreneurship and its economic, social and technological contexts, and entrepreneurship policy and regional development
A3 : In-depth and critical understanding of the creative industrial environment, its characteristics and trends
A4 : Critical understanding of key concepts and tools of leadership in the creative industries
A5 : Critical understanding of managing creative enterprises
A6 : Critical understanding of the value, purpose, nature and application of research methods in detailed investigation into key creativity and leadership issues
A7 : In-depth and critical understanding of key aspects of entrepreneurship and innovation theories, practices, and policies with particular reference to the creative.
Teaching Methods
Postgraduate Certificate stage, Postgraduate Diploma stage, and Masters stage:
Directed pre-reading and writing tasks on different aspects of enterprise; lectures;
Directed self-study, observation and reflection of practice; comparative case work in workshops and the classroom; consultation with library materials, projects with creative enterprises and agencies.
Assessment Methods
Postgraduate Certificate stage, Postgraduate Diploma stage, and Masters stage:
Learning outcomes (A1) - (A6) are assessed by:
Course work assignments,
Written examinations,
Learning outcome (A7) is assessed by the dissertation
B: Intellectual/Cognitive Skills
Learning Outcomes
B1 : Organising thoughts, analysis, synthesis, and critical appraisal of issues of entrepreneurship, policy, and creative industrial environment
B2 : Assimilation and acquisition of applied action/experiential learning skills applicable to the study of entrepreneurship policy and regional development
B3 : Identification, evaluation and use of methodologies appropriate to analysing the creative industrial environment
B4 : Carrying out independent research on topical issues of entrepreneurship and formulating coherent and cogent arguments
Teaching Methods
Lectures; workshop exercises, preparation of individual and team-based assignments, presentations of assignments to academic and practitioner panels; peer group work; final examination.
Project-based work with small and medium enterprises, and business support agencies concerned with creative enterprise and innovation.
Recommended directed reading, networking with external communities of practice, peer groups, practitioners; reference to public and private fora.
Development of learning logs from the beginning of the course.
Assessment Methods
Learning outcomes (B1) - (B4) will be assessed by
Coursework assignments
Written examinations
A dissertation
C: Practical Skills
Learning Outcomes
C1 : Compare and contrast different theoretical and practical approaches to entrepreneurship, policy, leadership and management of the creative industries
C2 : Development of practical skills in screening and analysing business environment, managing creative enterprises, and collecting, validating and interpreting data
C3 : Development of skills in gaining the necessary commitment from others in order to achieve the quality of outcomes.
Teaching Methods
Direct reading, lectures; review with practitioner advisory group; networking with peers; reference to public and private fora, the International Entrepreneurship Forum; on-line discussions; formation of teams linked to creative enterprises and business support agencies; workshops; discussions with tutors and supervisors; projects; maintenance of learning logs; opportunities will be provided for self-funded international visits (2-3 days duration).
Routine classwork, management of self-learning, group work and interactions with experts.
Assessment Methods
Learning Outcomes (C1) to (C3) will be formally assessed by
Written assignments,
Individual and group work presentations,
Written examinations
D: Key Skills
Learning Outcomes
D1 : Oral and written communication to different audiences in a coherent, cogent and effective manner.
D2 : Use of information technologies including word processing, spreadsheets, databases, statistical and web-based packages to read, download, analyse and evaluate different types of data and information
D3 : Use and manipulate different types of numerical data, solve mathematically based problems, apply and interpret statistical data
D4 : Use and application of analytical, morphological and other creative problem skills
D5 : Understanding and appreciation of different communities of interest, good spoken and written communication skills, empathy and resolution of conflict.
D6 : Work as project management, including time management, critical task prioritisation, meeting deadlines, evaluating self- learning.
Teaching Methods
Key projects on different aspects of entrepreneurial management in the creative industries, as per assignments; support and evaluation of supervisors and practitioner panel (including their feedback); links with the external platforms, such as associations of creative industries, business support agencies.
Communication in the classroom, written assignments, group work, interactions with external and internal providers and experts, and use of information should provide for the means of assessing the range of key skills.
Assessment Methods
Learning outcomes (1), (5) and (6) will be assessed by presentations of individual and group work.
Learning outcomes (2), (3), (4) and (6) will be assessed by written coursework assignments
