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Event Management

Structure Type: Study unit
Code: TLS7202
Type: Compulsory / Professional Studies
Curriculum: LT 2015
Level: Bachelor of Business Administration
Year of Study: 3 (2017-2018)
Credits: 5 cr
Responsible Teacher: Smeds, Peter
Language of Instruction: English

Learning Outcomes

The student gets familiar with the demand and supply of events and knows the characteristics of them. The student understands the meaning of the planning process in the events.

Student's Workload

Total work load of the course: 135 h
- of which scheduled studies: 60 h
- of which autonomous studies: 75 h

Contents

- Definition of events
- The market demand for events, customer segments
- The event business (supply and suppliers)
- Managing events (Getting started, Events planning, Financial management, Marketing
Evaluation and close-down
-Event Design and Experience

Recommended or Required Reading and Other Learning Resources/Tools

Sharples, L. 2014 Strategic Event Creation. Goodfellows Publishing
Berridge, G. 2007 Events Design and Experience. Butterworth-Heinemann
Shone, A. 2004 Successful Event Management - A practical Handbook. London. Continuum
Watt, D. 2000. Event Management in Leisure and Tourism. Longman

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

- Lectures
- Discussions
- Learning by writing (Course work report)
- Assignments
- Oral presentations
- Web-supported learning

Notice! The report for the course work should be returned when you do your oral presentation.

Assessment Criteria

Grade 5
The student is able to identify/analyse/evaluate critical success factors of events and is also able to implement innovative and creative solution to event management.
Grade 3
The student understands the success factors of a events and is able to use different analyzing methods to develop them.
Grade 1
The student is able to recognize the terms for a successful tourist events and understand the importance of planning and networking.

Assessment Methods

Numeric scale is used (0-5)
- Active participation on contact lessons (recommendation 75%)
- Assignments (group, individual)
- Course work: planning of an event concept
- Course work 60% (Oral presentation 30% and written report 30%), assignments and activity in class 40%


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