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This course is required of all students intending to major in Global Creative Industries. It examines the actual operation and practices of the cultural and creative industries. We will investigate the roles of cultural worker, the complex organizational networks of the industries as well as the management principles of people, resources and creativity embedded in the production system. We will analyze and explain the social logics of a variety of prevailing business models of public and private cultural enterprises. We will discuss theoretical and practical issues facing entrepreneurs, artists and managers in the industries, for instance, funding, piracy, sustainability and marketing and branding. Our goal is to help students understand the concrete details of the division of labor, institutional arrangement and business principles of the global creative industries and challenge them to seek new solutions to the existing problems.