Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Harlow, United Kingdom : , : Pearson, , 2014
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Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (xxii, 393 pages.)
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Soggetto topico |
Special events - Planning
Special events - Management
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ISBN |
1-78764-228-3
0-273-75864-0
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Cover2 -- Half title page -- Title page -- Brief contents -- Contents -- Case studies -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the authors -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Events management - an introduction: John Beech -- Learning outcomes -- Overview -- Introduction -- The scope of events management -- The rationale and format of this book -- Conclusion -- Guided reading -- Recommended websites -- Key words -- Bibliography -- Part 1: The events management context -- Chapter 2: The dimensions of events management: Robert Kaspar -- Learning outcomes -- Overview -- Introduction to event dimensions - the old school approach -- New perspectives of event dimensions - the new school approach -- Event strategy success factors -- Conclusion -- Guided reading -- Recommended websites -- Key words -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Theories and models in events management: Sebastian Kaiser -- Learning outcomes -- Overview -- Introduction -- Events management as an academic field -- Theories in events management -- Events management as a profession -- Events management models -- Conclusion -- Guided reading -- Recommended websites -- Key words -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4: The business of sports and cultural events: Gernot Wolfram and Sebastian Kaiser -- Learning outcomes -- Overview -- Introduction -- Common features of sports and cultural events -- Arts management and cultural events -- Sport management and sports events -- The business models: similarities and differences -- Conclusion -- Guided reading -- Recommended websites -- Key words -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5: The business of corporate events: Rob Davidson -- Learning outcomes -- Overview -- Types of corporate events -- Stakeholders in the corporate events sector -- Trends in corporate events -- Conclusion -- Guided reading -- Recommended websites -- Key words -- Bibliography.
Part 2: Business functions applied to events -- Chapter 6: Managing people and the role of volunteers: Terri Byers and Samantha Gorse -- Learning outcomes -- Overview -- Understanding organisations -- Change -- Event industry context: managing sustainability -- Strategy -- Motivation -- Strategies and techniques for managing people -- Tips for success in managing people -- Conclusion -- Guided reading -- Recommended websites -- Key words -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7: Marketing and destination branding: Martina Lettner and Rick Burton -- Learning outcomes -- Overview -- Theoretical background -- Implementation experience -- Conclusion -- Guided reading -- Recommended websites -- Key words -- Bibliography -- Chapter 8: Financing events: Martin Schnitzer -- Learning outcomes -- Overview -- Introduction -- Features unique to events and their impact on event financing -- Introducing a frame for financing events -- Revenues and expenses of an event -- Techniques applied to financial operations -- Critical success factors for financing events -- Conclusion -- Guided reading -- Recommended websites -- Key words -- Bibliography -- Chapter 9: Event planning and strategy: Scott McRoberts, with additions from Chris Charlebois and Clay Melnike -- Learning outcomes -- Overview -- Understanding the event market place -- Understanding motivation -- Determining the viability of your event -- The event planning process -- Appraising a strategic plan and auditing the planning process -- Conclusion -- Guided reading -- Recommended websites -- Key words -- Bibliography -- Appendix A: Self- assessmenttool -- Part 3: Management issues specific to the events sector -- Chapter 10: Sustainable events management: Cheryl Mallen and Chris Chard -- Learning outcomes -- Overview -- Introduction to sustainability -- Defining sustainability for events management.
Resource-based theory and sustainability in events management -- Behavioural-based theory and sustainability in events management -- Sustainable citizenship in events management -- Measuring sustainability -- Conclusion -- Guided reading -- Recommended websites -- Key words -- Bibliography -- Chapter 11: Events, the law and risk management: Dominik Kocholl -- Learning outcomes -- Overview -- Introduction and disclaimer -- Event risk management -- Legal-based risk management - limiting liability -- The law and event law -- Legal liability - some details -- Insurance -- Labour law -- Data protection, personality rights and security -- Intellectual property and broadcast contracts -- Sports law and the Olympic Games -- Sponsorship contracts -- International business -- Conclusion -- Guided reading -- Recommended websites -- Key words -- Bibliography -- Chapter 12: Event operations and project management: Martin Egger and Helmut Lux -- Learning outcomes -- Overview -- Why use project management (when organising an event)? -- Who and what basics: explanation of terminology -- Project: event -- Conclusion -- Guided reading -- Recommended websites -- Key words -- Bibliography -- Chapter 13: Events and new media technologies: Lukas Rössler -- Learning outcomes -- Overview -- Introduction -- Events 2.0 - the convergent combination of offline events with the online world -- Seven pillars between the poles of offline events and new media technologies -- Interactive new media tools for events management -- Mobile tools for smart phones and tablets -- Apps -- Mobile augmented reality -- Bluetooth marketing -- New interactive ways of event staging - Events 2.0 -- Conclusion -- Guided reading -- Recommended websites -- Key words -- Bibliography -- Chapter 14: The event life cycle: Robert Kaspar -- Learning outcomes -- Overview -- Introduction.
The event as product - the product life cycle -- The destination as product - the destination life cycle -- The event life cycle -- Formation -- Destination brand and destination image -- Growth -- From the formation of the organising committee (OC) to the event branding strategy -- Staging -- Future development -- Conclusion -- Guided reading -- Recommended websites -- Key words -- Bibliography -- Chapter 15: The role of sports and event venues: Louise Bielzer -- Learning outcomes -- Overview -- Historic development of sports and event venues -- Sports and event venues in a complex environment: four dimensions and their interdependencies -- Key issues in planning and designing a sports or event venue -- Architectural competition and the bidding process -- Financing of a sports or event venue -- Ownership structures and operational concept for a sports or event venue -- Conclusion: key success factors in planning and managing sports and event venues -- General discussion questions -- Guided reading -- Recommended websites -- Key words -- Bibliography -- Chapter 16: Economic impact evaluation of events: Norbert Schütte -- Learning outcomes -- Overview -- Introduction -- Basic definitions and problems -- Methodological approaches -- Conclusion -- Guided reading -- Recommended websites -- Key words -- Bibliography -- Chapter 17: Events management and the hospitality industry: Stefan Walzel -- Learning outcomes -- Overview -- Introduction -- Corporate hospitality as a business-to-business communication tool -- Sport hospitality industry -- Conclusion -- Guided reading -- Recommended websites -- Key words -- Bibliography -- Chapter 18: Creating and designing events: Hilary S. Carty -- Learning outcomes -- Overview -- Introduction -- The impetus for an event -- The creative lens -- The design lens -- Conclusion -- Guided reading -- Recommended websites.
Key words -- Bibliography -- Chapter 19: Events in public spaces: Gernot Wolfram and Claire Burnill -- Learning outcomes -- Overview -- What do we mean by 'space'? -- Conventional barriers to cultural events -- The democratic nature of public spaces -- Public space: living museum, gallery and stage -- Event planning in the public sphere -- Conclusion -- Guided reading -- Recommended websites -- Key words -- Bibliography -- Chapter 20: Events as sponsorship investment: Ariane Bagusat -- Learning outcomes -- Overview -- Introduction -- Defining sponsorships and events as a sponsorship investment -- Development and growth of sponsorship -- Advantages to sponsor and event organiser -- Event sponsorship acquisition and management -- What makes a sponsorship investment successful? -- Risks of sponsorship investment -- Conclusion -- Guided reading -- Recommended websites -- Key words -- Bibliography -- Part 4: Conclusions -- Chapter 21: Trends in events management: Andreas Reiter -- Learning outcomes -- Overview -- Introduction -- Trends and issues in sport events -- Trends and issues in culture -- Outlook on the meeting industry -- Conclusion -- Guided reading -- Recommended websites -- Key words -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index.
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