Module manager: Alex Timewell
Email: a.timewell@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
This module is not approved as an Elective
In this module, you will critically explore the range of business models found in global cultural and creative sectors. You will develop an understanding of business modelling processes and their application to real-world situations by researching creative ventures and cultural institutions. You will explore the key people who lead and manage these businesses, the strategic considerations and structural elements that are needed for these organisations to operate effectively, responding to changes in technology and consumer markets. You will examine essential industry practices that aim to generate meaningful experiences, create aesthetic objects with cultural value and social impact, and produce economic returns for organisations.
On completion of this module, through lectures and seminars, you will have developed an understanding of business development and enterprise activity undertaken by cultural and creative organisations and entrepreneurs.
Your assessments will allow you to identify and evaluate these business models, providing examples of significant strategies and process that can be applied in different contexts, such as your own entrepreneurialism, in managing businesses or in providing consultancy services.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. Evaluate a range of value creation and business development activities across cultural and creative organisations.
2. Critically analyse different examples of business models and entrepreneurship across international contexts.
3. Critically reflect upon significant structural elements and operational strategies applied by practitioners and organisations in a creative industry or cultural sector.
Skills Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
4. Collect, consider and critically evaluate information.
5. Work independently to research, plan, synthesise concepts and articulate opinion following appropriate conventions.
Details of the syllabus will be provided on the Minerva organisation (or equivalent) for the module.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workshop | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Lecture | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Private study hours | 280 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 20 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 300 | ||
Students will be encouraged to contribute to a database of global business model briefings as they prepare for the first assignment, providing opportunity for peer and tutor feedback both as written comments and verbally in workshops.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Report | 30 |
| Coursework | Report | 70 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Check the module area in Minerva for your reading list
Last updated: 14/02/2025
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