Postgraduate Course: Client Consulting Project (EFIE11118)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh Futures Institute |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | Please Note:
This course is only available to students enrolled on the Creative Industries (MSc) degree.
The client consulting project develops student skills in leading and managing creative organisations. In the client consulting project, student teams apply knowledge of creating and capturing value through strategy, law and data literacy to a client led challenge with a cultural organisation.
The consulting project develops key skills:
(1) Examining client specific data to understand their problem and devise solutions that can realistically be implemented given client's financial and human resources and the market in which the client exists;
(2) Gathering information and identifying specific issues, whether digital strategies, international expansion or sustainability, and;
(3) Collaborating as a team to solve complex problems. |
| Course description |
The client consulting project develops student skills in leading and managing creative organisations. In the client consulting project, student teams apply knowledge of creating and capturing value through strategy, law and data literacy to a client led challenge with a world class cultural organisation.
Students learn how to:
(a) Work collaboratively and manage themselves to provide a presentation and report to client and;
(b) Interact with clients to gain insight, pitch their ideas and receive client feedback.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Apply concepts and frameworks from law, business and EFI to client situations to generate original insights that are appropriate for client's strategies and practices.
- Deal with complex issues, including conflicting client priorities, and make informed judgements in the client situation in the absence of complete or consistent data/information.
- Undertake critical evaluations of client financials, gather and interrogate additional data as needed utilising skills from core EFI courses, and visualise data to offer interpretations of trends and patterns.
- Demonstrate leadership and/or originality in tackling and resolving complex client problem, and engage effectively with group work, set common goals and manage collaboration.
- Learn effective client engagement skills, including how to structure and refine queries, how to listen effectively and focus on client requests for outcomes to meet client expectations, and how to present solutions and analysis to clients.
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Reading List
| Reading list will depend on client project, who provide background material, clients annual reports and other client specific information, and the students will engage with literature specific to the client project, whether tourism, sustainability, digital strategy or something else. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
By requiring students to work on complex real-world problems, this course develops the following skills: curiosity, problem solving, reflection and adaptivity. By requiring work to be done in small teams, it also develops collaboration and inclusivity.
By requiring project teams to present solutions to clients, the course develops communication. By requiring proposed solutions to be supported by evidence, the course further develops critical thinking, data and digital literacy.
Finally, by allowing students to draw on knowledge accumulated across EFI courses and helping them gain first-hand experience of consulting, the course develops individuality.
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| Keywords | Creative Industries,Creative Organisations,Project,Culture,Cultural Organisations |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Michele Piazzai
Tel:
Email: michele.piazzai@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr David Murphy
Tel:
Email: dmurphy7@ed.ac.uk |
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