The aim of this unit is to expand the conceptual frameworks and scope of reference students use in their creative practice. In particular, the unit will introduce and seek to integrate business thinking with creative practice. The aim is to help students develop balanced and critical judgement in leading and managing creative teams, projects and businesses. Students will explore a related series of polarities, for example, between Art and Business, Command and Persuasion, Direction and Collaboration, Tradition and Originality, Insider and Outsider, Control and Growth. Leadership will be positioned as the management of the tensions between these polarities, elaborated in a series of case studies from different creative industries.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Identify and critically analyse the central tensions in the leadership of creative ventures;
2. Evaluate and manage dynamic forces in their own creative work;
3. Lead other creative professionals through conflicts to balance creative and business outcomes; and
4. Reflect on diverse Indigenous and non-Indigenous frameworks for understanding and practising inclusive leadership.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - communicate and engage with Indigenous Australians in ethical and culturally respectful ways
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - use Indigenous histories and traditional ecological knowledge to develop and augment understanding of their discipline

Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.