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Business Management in the Creative Industries - TFT00072M

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  • Department: Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media
  • Credit value: 20 credits
  • Credit level: M
  • Academic year of delivery: 2024-25

Module summary

This module provides you with critical understanding and knowledge of the main business skills as they apply to a wide range of creative and cultural industries: the visual arts, museums and heritage, fashion, advertising, design, film, music, theatre, television and interactive digital media.

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Semester 1 2024-25

Module aims

The module aims to:

  • Equip you with a set of business skills as they apply to working practices in creative and cultural environments.
  • Gain knowledge and understanding of entrepreneurship; management; and audience development and engagement.
  • Develop an individualised style of decision-making and problem-solving based on a comprehensive knowledge of key management and team-working techniques.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, you should be able:

  • To demonstrate a detailed understanding and critical knowledge of business management skills in the creative and cultural industries
  • To be able to apply knowledge and understanding of business skills to practical case studies to a wide range of creative and cultural industries environments: the visual arts, museums and heritage, fashion, advertising, design, film, music, theatre, television and interactive digital media.
  • To combine critical thinking with applied learning to develop their own individual style of decision-making and problem-solving skills in creative and cultural environments.

Indicative assessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 100

Special assessment rules

None

Additional assessment information

Formative work is embedded into weekly exercises in the seminar structure

Indicative reassessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 100

Module feedback

You will receive written feedback in line with standard University turnaround times.

Indicative reading

Schreiber, D. and Santilan, P. (2017). Managing organizations in the creative economy. organizational behaviour for the cultural sector.


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