Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Department of Art, Pori Unit. Course for Creative Business Management MA students and MA Students of Visual Culture

Wednesday 31 October 2012

Reading for the Essay

Ina Bertrand, Peter Huges, Media Research Methods. Audiences, Institutions, Texts. Palgave. Macmillian 2005. Part I Research on Audiences (35-106)

Keith Goffin, Rick Mitchell, Innovation Management. Staregy and Implementation Using the Penthalon Framework. Palgave, Macmillian 2005. Chapter 5 (144-185)

and:

Ettlie John E., Managing Innovation. New Technology, New Products and New Services in a Global Economy. Rochester Institute of Technology 2006 (second edition). Chapters 2: Thories of Innovation, 8: Public Policy, 9: Globalizing Change

OR
Saara Taalas, Alf Rehn, Tekijänoikeus ja jälkiteollisen talouden omistamisen murros. Teoksessa Tuomas Mylly, Juha Lavapuro, Marko Karo (toim.), Tekemisen vapaus. Luovuuden ehdot ja tekijänoikeus. Gaudeamus 2007 (svut 59-79)

Sam Inkinen, Homo Creativus. Havaintoja  eräistä aikalaiskäsitteistä sekä luovuuden mysteereistä. Teoksessa: Inkinen, Karkulehto, Mäenpää, Timonen (toim.) Minne matka luova talous, 2006. Kustannus Oy Rajalla (sivut 15-51)

Sanna Karkulehto, Ann-Mari Virta, Johtamisesta mahdollistamiseen. Teoksessa: Inkinen, Karkulehto, Mäenpää, Timonen (toim.) Minne matka luova talous, 2006. Kustannus Oy Rajalla (sivut 131-164)

Marjo Mäenpää, Luovan luokan koulutus.  Teoksessa: Inkinen, Karkulehto, Mäenpää, Timonen (toim.) Minne matka luova talous, 2006. Kustannus Oy Rajalla (sivut 185-194)

See also:

Leadbeater, Charles (2009 updated edition), We Think. Mass Innovation not mass production. Profile Books. (First print 2008)

Lessig, Lawrence (2005) Free Culture. The Nature and Future of Creativity. Benguin Books.

Lessig, Lawrence (2008) Remix : making art and commerce thrive in the hybrid economy. London : Bloomsbury Academic. Borrowed from: http://openlibrary.org  

Lietsala, Kari; Sirkkunen Esa (2008) Social Media. Introduction to the Tools and Processes of Participatory Economy. University of Tampere, Hypermedia Laboratory. Net Series 17. Tampere http://tampub.uta.fi/sarja.php?Sarja_Id=6

Keen Andrew (2006) The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet Is Killing Our Culture. Currency

Kulttuuriosaaminen. Tietotalouden taitolaji (2009) toim. Liisa Uusitalo, Maria Joutsenvirta. Gaudeamus

Surowiecki James (2004) The Wisdom Of Crowds. Random House, Inc

Tapscott, Williams (2006) Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything. see also: http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/

Wednesday 24 October 2012

Course Program


31.10 10-12 Ateljee: Paavo Paunu: How to Proceed an Artistic Idea
13-15 Classroom 241 Building up a community - Methods of Co-creation

7.11. 10.30-12 Ateljee: How to manage a creative hassle, leading creativity. Agile  Project Management (Tarmo Toikkanen – lecture and conversations via skype )
          13-15 Creative productions and management

14.11. 13-17 Ateljee: NOTE THE TIME  Learning Circle – knowledge transfer, knowledge management  

12.12.10-15 Kuppila: Project Presentations

Delivery and working methods


  1. Team work: A detailed project plan done in the team (we each group makes common document about an ongoing project)
  2. Essay and reading material from a list of literature provided during the lectures. Each student writes an short essay (5-7 pages) reflecting the literature - one text or more, according to student's own choice. Essay could also be a brief project plan from one's own personal project (or diary or notes from the ongoing project, reflecting one's own role in the team) or a learning diary (i.e. notes from lectures reflected through some project, weather on going, own or done project).
  3. 80 % presence and active participation to the group assignments.

About the Course


cb0004 Creative Producer (6 cr)

Students will learn how to plan, produce and manage artistic and media productions.
Content: The course will present the different stages of artistic and design productions such as ideation, production process itself, financing, copyrights and IPR etc. The course will give tools for managing creative processes.
Evaluation: 0-5 Pass/ fall 80 % presence and active participation to the group assignments.
Language of Instruction: English
Delivery and Working Methods:
Lectures, tasks in groups, discussions, demos by students and an essay