LM2SX1 - Essential Event Operations 18 Jul 2019 - 31 Aug 2027 | Version 1

Associated Module Information

Module Code: LM2SX1
Module Title: Essential Event Operations
Faculty: Faculty of Business and Creative Industries
Faculty Group: Leadership and Public Services
Faculty Sub Group: Leadership and Public Services
Module Leader: Simon Thomas
Module Team: Graham Roberts
First Intended Intake: SEP 2020 Final Year of Intake: 2024
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 20 Credit Level: 5
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes:
HECOS Code Weighting:

Document Version Information

Version 1
Valid From 18 Jul 2019
Valid To 31 Aug 2027

Module Aims

To consolidate and develop knowledge of the events sector introduced across modules at Level 4.

To enable students to understand and analyse essential event operations processes using a project management approach.

To allow students to engage with the principles of event operations and planning in preparation for practical application at Levels 5 and 6.

Content Summary

Essential event operations processes including:

• Project management and events
• Suppliers and supply chains
• Stakeholder relationships
• Building and developing an event team
• Event marketing
• Budgeting and finance for events
• Licensing, regulation and law for events
• Risk assessment and event health and safety
• Crowd management and control
• Project completion and review
• The reflective practitioner concept in events

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Lecture 10
Practical classes and workshops 30
Independent Study 90
Directed Study 60
Formative Assessment - Independent 2
Groupwork 8
Total Hours Selected 200

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 To demonstrate an understanding of the key concepts of event operations.
LO2 To demonstrate an ability to evaluate critical issues commonly arising from event operations in practice.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Portfolio 1 A written portfolio that analyses current theory and practice in event operations processes using practical event scenarios/case studies. 0 4500 100 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Portfolio 1

Reading List

Bowdin, G., Allen, J., O’Toole, W., Harris, R., and McDonnell, I., (2012) Events management, 3rd Edition London: Butterworth Heinemann

Dowson, R., Bassett, D., (2018) Event Planning and Management: Principles, Planning and Practice, 2nd Ed., London: Kogan Page

O’Toole, W., and Mikolaitis, P., (2002) Corporate event project management, New York: Wiley and Sons

Pielichaty, H., Els, G., Reed, I., and Mawer, V., (2017) Events Project Management, Abingdon: Routledge

Shone, A., and Parry, B., (2013) Successful Event Management: A Practical Handbook, 4th Ed., Andover: Cengage Learning

Still, K., (2013) Introduction to Crowd Science, Boca Raton Fl: CRC Press