| Learning objectives |
At the end of the course, students should be able
to:
- Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the central
concepts and theories presented through the course
- Critically examine and apply theory and tools to the management
of organizations and projects within the creative industries.
- Understand the principles of creativity, creative processes,
and creative labour, and recognize these in real-life cases
- Know the basic concepts and methods relevant to management of
creativity of specialized skill-holders
- Know the basic concepts and methods relevant to management of
highly uncertain and political external environments
- Analyze and recognize organizations and projects within the
creative industries, and provide theory-based suggestions for
management of real-life problems.
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| Course prerequisites |
| English language skills equal to B2 level (CEFR)
and math skill equal to Danish level B are recommended. |
| Examination |
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Management of
Cultural projects, processes and organizations:
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| Exam
ECTS |
7,5 |
| Examination form |
Home assignment - written product |
| Individual or group exam |
Individual exam |
| Size of written product |
Max. 10 pages |
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The project can be max. 10 standard pages in
length. |
| Assignment type |
Case based assignment |
| Duration |
72 hours to prepare |
| Grading scale |
7-point grading scale |
| Examiner(s) |
One internal examiner |
| Exam period |
Spring |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Oral Exam |
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Duration: 20 min. per student,
including examiners' discussion of grade, and informing plus
explaining the grade |
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Preparation time: No
preparation |
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Examiner(s): If it is an internal
examination, there will be a second internal examiner at the
re-exam. If it is an external examination, there will be an
external examiner. |
Description of the exam
procedure
The final exam a written project.
The re-exam/ make up exam is in the full curriculum.
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| Course content, structure and pedagogical
approach |
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Many private as well as public organizations provide “content”
or “experiences” in the guise of cultural services, events or
products. Examples span from public cultural institutions, such as
theatres and museums, to private firms within e.g. architecture and
advertising, and over to the entertainment industries of e.g.
music, film and literature.
These otherwise very different industries share certain managerial
challenges. The two most important such challenges are a)
Successfully managing the creativity of highly specialized
skill-holders who develop these industries’ products and services
(such as artists, musicians, designers, and writers); b)
Successfully managing highly uncertain and political external
environments, shaped by unpredictable tastes and trends in consumer
markets, cultural policies and subsidies.
This course introduces these fundamental managerial challenges and
discusses some basic management methods of overcoming them.
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| Description of the teaching methods |
| The course is based on a mix of lectures, cases,
and group work. Students are expected to contribute actively to
discussing the relevance of different management principles to
situations where creativity and creative processes are central to
competitiveness. |
| Feedback during the teaching period |
| Each session will be supplemented by brief
student presentations (in groups of 3–5 people). In these
presentations, students are asked to critically reflect on the
specific texts under discussion (what are the texts' main
theses?; how do they make you think about the Management of
Cultural Projects, Processes and Organizations? what are the
analytical strengths and weaknesses of the texts? can the texts be
related to examples, so as to ‘probe’ and explicate its power to
shed light on contemporary doings?). Students will be assigned
presentations during the first session and are encouraged to
consider in advance with whom they would like to form
groups.Continuous feedback then consists of feedback given to
students in class throughout the course after their oral
presentations of class material in each lecture session (and
students are encouraged to use staff consultation hours for
individual or small group feedback). |
| Student workload |
| Classes |
30 hours |
| Home assignments |
7 hours |
| Preparation for class(including exam) |
187 hours |
| Exam |
1 hours |
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| Further Information |
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The students are expected to submit a home assignment discussing
and applying management principles to a real-life case, where
creativity and creative processes are central.
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| Expected literature |
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• Chris Bolton (2006), Management and Creativity, Wiley
• 14 journal articles, selected chapters and cases
Please note, minor changes may occur. The teacher will
uploade the final reading list to CBS Canvas two weeks before
the course starts.
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