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Gold Coast Session 1 Session 1
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Singapore - MDIS N/A Session 1,  3

Unit Summary

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit

Credit points

12

AQF level

7

Level of learning

Intermediate

Former School/College

Former School of Business and Tourism

Unit aim

Enables students to apply event project planning and management techniques specifically to conventions and events. In particular, students will be introduced to various aspects of the event planning and management processes including: undertaking feasibility studies, scheduling and resource allocation, creating a work breakdown structure and Gantt chart, cost estimation techniques and event evaluation strategies.

Unit content

1. An introduction to Project Management for Conventions and Events
2. Project management and the project lifecycle
3. The project plan
4. The project schedule
5. The project budget
6. The project team
7. Monitoring the project
8. Evaluating and terminating the project

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.

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On completion of this unit, students should be able to: GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 describe the basic principles of project management in an event context
2 demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the key features, emergent issues and their implications of project management within the context of the event industry
3 identify, analyse and evaluate the different functions of project management when applied to the development and staging of an event
4 develop an event project plan utilising a project management framework

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. describe the basic principles of project management in an event context
    • GA4:
  2. demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the key features, emergent issues and their implications of project management within the context of the event industry
    • GA4:
  3. identify, analyse and evaluate the different functions of project management when applied to the development and staging of an event
    • GA1:
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  4. develop an event project plan utilising a project management framework
    • GA1:
    • GA2:

Prescribed texts

  • No prescribed texts.

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Prescribed texts may change in future teaching periods.