Units

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Sample subject outline - Semester 1 2013

Note: Subject outlines often change before the semester begins. Below is a sample outline.

Rationale

In today's creative industries environment, effective management skills are much sought after and for the independent artist, an understanding of the principles of arts management is highly advantageous. The creative industries manager is required to engage within a complex operating environment that may include interaction with government policy and government agencies, for-profit and not-for-profit business structures and an expectation that s/he will lead strategically and entrepreneurially, mediating between artists, art-consumers and arts-funding bodies. This is an introductory unit developing skills and understanding in creative industries management and of the environment in which it operates. It provides the foundation for more advanced management studies in KTB211 Creative Industries Events and Festivals and other units in the Performance Events and Festivals Minor.

Aims

This unit aims to develop the knowledge base and skills you will require for management in the creative industries and your awareness of some of the major issues and discourses in the contemporary creative industries management arena.

Objectives

On completion of this unit you should be able to:
1. Demonstrate an understanding of the policy, legal and industrial frameworks that influence management in the creative industries
2. Identify suitable organisational structures and strategies for arts, cultural and creative organisations
3. Apply basic organisational planning tools, techniques and procedures
4. Synthesise information relating to management structures and strategies of arts, cultural and creative organisations from a range of sources
5. Communicate organisational structures and strategies to stakeholders

Content

The unit addresses content necessary to anyone considering a career either in creative industries management or as an independent self-managing artist. You will gain an understanding of arts, cultural and creative industries policies, strategies and practices as they apply to planning, coordination, control within creative organisations. You will develop the skills to investigate business structures and evaluate the success of a creative industries organisation. You will also be introduced to the management approaches of a number of local creative industries organisations.

Approaches to Teaching and Learning

Lectures by QUT staff and/or industry-based professionals will be followed by tutorials exploring concepts and practising the skills required to undertake the assessment tasks.

Assessment

LATE ASSIGNMENTS
An assignment submitted after the due date without an approved extension will not be marked. If you are unable to complete your assignment on time, you should submit on time whatever work you have done.

Faculty Assessment Information
To access the Creative Industries Faculty Assessment Information see the Blackboard site for this unit.

Academic Honesty
Academic honesty means that you are expected to exhibit honesty and act responsibly when undertaking assessment. Any action or practice on your part which would defeat the purposes of assessment is regarded as academic dishonesty. The penalties for academic dishonesty are provided in the Student Rules. For more information you should consult the Academic Integrity Kit, and the QUT Library resources for avoiding plagiarism.

This unit may use the SafeAssign tool in BlackBoard. SafeAssign is a text matching tool that assists students to develop the academic skills required to correctly use and cite reference material as well as to check citations and determine possible instances of plagiarism. You may be asked to use SafeAssign, in which case you will be expected to submit draft and/or final versions of one or more assignments and may be asked to answer a short online survey about the tool. Using SafeAssign does not constitute formal submission of an assignment. Your Unit Coordinator will provide detailed information on how the software will be used for individual assignments. The use of the tool is for educative purposes and is entirely voluntary.FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
Tutor feedback: Your tutors will discuss your assignments with you and provide feedback.
A number of short formative assessment tasks will be set to assist tutors help you to absorb difficult concepts.
Weight: 0%

Assessment name: Exam
Description: (Summative) In Assessment 1, you will participate in an exam exercise that tests your growing understanding of suitable organisational structures and strategies for arts, cultural and creative organisations. This will be delivered in class or online.
Relates to objectives: 1, 2, 3
Weight: 50%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: Mid Semester

Assessment name: Report
Description: (Summative) In Assessment 2, you will present a structure and a strategic plan for an arts, cultural or creative organisation.
Length: 500 words
Relates to objectives: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Weight: 50%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Group
Due date: End of Semester

Academic Honesty

QUT is committed to maintaining high academic standards to protect the value of its qualifications. To assist you in assuring the academic integrity of your assessment you are encouraged to make use of the support materials and services available to help you consider and check your assessment items. Important information about the university's approach to academic integrity of assessment is on your unit Blackboard site.

A breach of academic integrity is regarded as Student Misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties.

Resource materials

Required Text:
Business structures and governance: a practical guide for the artsby Naomi Messenger, published by the Arts Law Centre of Australia 2008

Recommended References

Byrnes (2003) Management and the Arts, Oxford: Focal Press.
Volz (2010) How to Run a Theatre, London: Methuen.
Chong (2010) Arts Management, London & New York: Routledge.
Koteen, I. (1991) 'Strategic management explained' in Strategic Management in Public and Non-Profit Organisations, New York: Praeger, pp. 17 29
McCarthy, Kevin F. [et al.] Gifts of the muse : reframing the debate about the benefits of the arts Rand Monograph (Download from www.rand.org )
National Association for the Visual Arts (2002) Professional Practice Kit, New South Wales: National Association for the Visual Arts
Rentschler, R. (2002) The Entrepreneurial Arts Leader, Queensland: University of Queensland Press.
Scheine, E. 1992 Organisational Culture and Leadership, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Gibson, L. (2001) The Uses of Art: constructing Australian identities, Queensland: University of Queensland Press.
Hawkes, J. (2001) The Fourth Pillar of Sustainability: Culture's essential role in public planning, Victoria: Common ground, pp. 38.

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Risk assessment statement

There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with this unit in relation to lectures, tutorials and workshops.

Disclaimer - Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.

Last modified: 17-Oct-2012