Project Management for Publishing

obligatory courses

Blended learning

Here students are familiarized with tasks like publishing project management from the project manager level. The student learns this responsibility both in the variant in which he has to carry out the task within the predefined / established budget, and in a situation in which he independently acquires funds for the targeted publishing project.

During the publishing project management exercises, students will learn step by step the stages and conditions necessary for the effective publishing of contemporary publications, both print and digital. To this end, the exercises consist of topics such as:

1) the project manager's competences

2) the concept of a work within the meaning of copyright

3) Creative Commons licenses and tools, such as CC0 or Public Domain Mark

4) sources of financing for publishing projects

5) planning and implementation of the publishing project budget

6) types of contracts with employees and contractors on selected examples

7) distribution and promotion of the publishing project.

The student knows the possibilities and limitations of managing a publishing project. He can assess his own competences, also in the context of interpersonal communication, in such a position. He knows the next stages - from the idea to the final publication, managing the publishing project.

For the final assessment and completion of design exercises, projects in class and the preparation of a draft of your own publishing project under the examination of the stages of its creation (the sketch must include such elements as a budget, listing the means of implementation along with their timing and distribution of tasks among contractors of its elements, draft contracts, including license).

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