Management for Digital Content Industries

Management for the Content Industries is the complex task of managing, exploiting and disseminating all digital assets used by an organisation. This module includes an overview of the current state-of-the-art in the field and will address a range of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches. It will also present a number of case studies, based on real-life examples from business, media, digital archives and research, which are representative of using digital assets in the content industry. These case studies are based on real-life examples from work with researchers, archivists and other information workers within King’s, and they cover both research and business environments. It covers content regulation, IPR issues and infrastructures for the management and delivery of digital content.

This module provides an understanding of the importance to digital asset management of various approaches to managing information in an enterprise environment. Enterprise information management addresses as a whole the people, processes and technology involved in gathering, managing, disseminating, exploiting and disposing of all information assets used by an organisation.

You will develop critical skills for assessing the relevance of different approaches to organising information in enterprise contexts. Because of the quantity and variety of digital content used by information workers, and the difficulties of discovering, using and integrating information, information management is essential to managing operations, growth, productivity, efficiency and cost within an enterprise.

By the end of this module, you will:

• have gained a deep and systematic understanding of enterprise information management approaches and systems, and an ability to work with research-based knowledge at the forefront of your academic discipline or professional role, plus be able to apply this understanding to your own work
• have gained transferable skills that allow the confident communication of the outcomes of analysis, application and interpretation to an academic or professional audience
• have developed critical and reflexive skills to assess the relevance of information management for research and business
• be able to offer a critical evaluation of the theoretical issues, research outcomes, and methodologies around enterprise information management
• demonstrate an understanding of the issues around open access and open data in comparison to closed enterprise data
• possess the analytical skills required to assess critically research in this field, plus be able to reflect upon your own and others' work with a view to improving it
• have developed professional skills in oral presentation and report writing
• understand the role of enterprise information in wider digital ecosystems
• be able to undertake research tasks with minimum guidance, becoming an independent and self-critical learner
• be able to appraise critically the social, ethical, political and economic background of enterprise information management systems
• demonstrate initiative and originality in problem solving in the analysis and design of technical solutions
• be able to act autonomously in planning and implementing enterprise information management tasks at a professional level.

The standard entry requirements comprise:

• A 2:2 honours degree or international equivalent
• A CV and personal statement outlining your reasons for study
• English language band B (for example, IELTS 7.0 overall with a minimum of 6.5 in each skill).

You will be assessed via coursework, in the form of a 4,000-word project report.

This is an on-campus module so you will be expected to attend sessions in-person each week. Exact days and times will be provided upon enrolment.

This module is offered as part of our flexible master’s awards in Professional Development. The awards are one of the most flexible currently offered in the UK, providing the opportunity to study a range of modules from across King’s, both on-campus and online. Whether you are looking for a promotion or to retrain, you have come to the right place.   

Designed for mature professionals juggling life and work commitments, our postgraduate awards will enable you to study at your own pace. In challenging financial times, you are also able to fund your studies module-by-module. We will support you to select the right module diet that meets your objectives while ensuring that you are well prepared for success. We will also help you to build your professional network of peers from across our suite of CPD modules.  

We can’t wait for you to continue your lifelong learning journey here at King’s.