Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Brisbane - The Hotel School | ||
| Coffs Harbour | ||
| Gold Coast | ||
| Melbourne - The Hotel School | ||
| Online | ||
| Sydney - The Hotel School |
Unit description
Explores the technical and creative processes of production operations commonly used in convention, exhibition and event management in order to provide students with the ability to apply the technical processes of production operations: on-site management, hazard management, and staging. The unit investigates effective means of evaluating options and making the selections required to successfully manage a range of diverse events in a variety of contexts and apply complex production planning documents.
Unit content
Topic 1 Operations management overview
Topic 2 Crowd management
Topic 3 Site layout
Topic 4 Site construction and hazard management
Topic 5 Site management
Topic 6 Front of house & auditorium operations
Topic 7 Emergency management procedures
Topic 8 Staff, volunteers, performers and contractors
Topic 9 Stage management
Topic 10 Resources acquisition
Topic 11 Production scheduling
Topic 12 Security
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Examine management operational processes used to conduct conventions, exhibitions, festivals and special events | Knowledge of a discipline | ||||||
| 2 | Critically analyse real world examples of event management operations | Intellectual rigour | Knowledge of a discipline | |||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- Examine management operational processes used to conduct conventions, exhibitions, festivals and special events
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
- Critically analyse real world examples of event management operations
- GA1: Intellectual rigour
- GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
Prescribed texts
- Wynn-Moylan, P, 2018, Risk and Hazard Management, 1st edn, Routledge, Abingdon U.K.. ISBN: 978-1-138-67839-2 (pbk) 978-1-315-55897-4 (ebk).
Teaching and assessment
| Teaching method |
| Lecture on-site 1 hour (12 weeks) |
| Tutorial on-site 2 hours (12 weeks) |
| Assessment | |
| Case study | 20% |
| Event Operations Critical Analysis | 50% |
| Exam: open book | 30% |
| Teaching method |
| Lecture online 1 hour (12 weeks) |
| Tutorial on-site 2 hours (12 weeks) |
| Assessment | |
| Case study | 20% |
| Event Operations Critical Analysis | 50% |
| Exam: open book | 30% |
| Teaching method |
| Lecture online 1 hour (12 weeks) |
| Tutorial on-site 2 hours (12 weeks) |
| Assessment | |
| Case study | 20% |
| Event Operations Critical Analysis | 50% |
| Exam: open book | 30% |
| Teaching method |
| Lecture on-site 1 hour (12 weeks) |
| Tutorial on-site 2 hours (12 weeks) |
| Assessment | |
| Case study | 20% |
| Event Operations Critical Analysis | 50% |
| Exam: open book | 30% |
| Teaching method |
| Lecture online 1 hour (12 weeks) |
| Assessment | |
| Case study | 20% |
| Event Operations Critical Analysis | 50% |
| Exam: open book | 30% |
| Teaching method |
| Lecture on-site 1 hour (12 weeks) |
| Tutorial on-site 2 hours (12 weeks) |
| Assessment | |
| Case study | 20% |
| Event Operations Critical Analysis | 50% |
| Exam: open book | 30% |
Fee information
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