Event Production Project (10 cr)

Learning outcomes

The student is able to:
- plan and establish an customer oriented event
- manage event process successfully
- evaluate and measure event process on different perspectives (aims, economic efficiency, functionality, customer satisfaction) and create new improvement ideas

Location and time

Preliminary schedule! Please note, changes possible.

3.2. / 14-17.30 / Leppävaara
10.2. / 15-17.30 / online
17.2. / 15-17.30 / online
24.2. / 15-17.30 / online
3.3. / 15-17.30 / online
10.3. / 15-17.30 / online
17.3. / 15-17.30 / online
31.3. / 15-17.30 / online
14.4. / 14-17.30 / Leppävaara


+ INTENSIVE WEEK 20.-25.4.2025

Materials

Event management basic library, please note new editions available possibly - always find the most recent version if possible.
Also, keep an eye on current news!


Shone, Anton ; Parry, Bryn 2019 tai 2013
Successful event management : a practical handbook
Cengage Learning

Human Resource Management for the Event Industry
Lynn Van Der Wagen and Lauren White
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/laurea/detail.action?docID=1818173

Festival and Events Management : An International Arts and Culture Perspective
Ian Yeoman, Martin Robertson, Jane Ali-Knight, Siobhan Drummond, and Una McMahon-Beattie
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/laurea/detail.action?docID=294126

Damster, Greg. ; Tassiopoulos, Dimitri
Event management : a professional and developmental approach. Lansdowne : Juta.


Van der Wagen, Lynn. & White Lauren 2010:
Events management : for tourism, cultural, business, and sporting events. Upper Saddle River : Pearson
New editions available (only small modifications...)

Watt, David C.: 2001
Event management in leisure and tourism / Addison Wesley Longman, 2001.

Conway, Des. 2009.
The event manager's bible : the complete guide to planning and organising a voluntary or public event Oxford : How To Books,

Allen, Johnny ; O'Toole, William ; Harris, Robert ; McDonnel, Ian 2011
Festival and special event management
John Wiley. 5th ed

Hanya Pielichaty, Els, Georgiana, Reed, Ian, Mawer, Vanessa,
Events project management

Ferdinand, Nicole, Kitchin, Paul J. 2017
Events management : an international approach
SAGE 2017. Second edition

Dowson, Ruth, kirjoittaja. ; Bassett, David, kirjoittaja. 2018
Event planning and management : principles, planning and practice
Kogan Page 2018. Second edition

Raj, Razaq ; Walters, Paul ; Rashid, Tahir 2013 (voi löytyä myös uudempi painos)
Events management : principles & practice

Teaching methods

PLEASE, READ CAREFULLY THIS INFORMATION:

In the spring 2025 Event project course, students get to plan and implement the SDG Action Festival together with our international partner schools

IMPORTANT: The STRETCH project includes intensive days online in the spring of 2025 according to a separate schedule and an intensive week in Breda, Holland on 20.-25.4.2025.

Students are reimbursed for travel and accommodation costs through the Erasmus program.

A maximum of 15 students are accepted for the course. If there are more applicants, the students will be selected based on the motivation letter.

The student must have completed the Basics of Event Production course. If you have not done that course, unfortunately you can not enroll to this course.

The course is implemented in English.

Event pages: https://sdgactionfestival.eu/

If you have questions, please contact: heidi.vahanikkila@laurea.fi

Employer connections

100% cooperation with non profit partners.

Exam schedules

Please, see the schedule above.

International connections

In cooperation with:
VIVES
Inholland University of Applied Sciences
Breda University of Applied Sciences
Lapin amk
ESHTE - Estoril Higher Institute for Tourism and Hotel Studies

Completion alternatives

Possible, but not advisable.

Student workload

The total of 10 credits includes face-to-face teaching, online meetings and an intensive week. Working with one's own group will also take place, the times scheduled in the calendar were agreed upon.

Evaluation scale

H-5

Qualifications

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