HTM 440 Event Management
In this course the psychological, organizational and social foundations necessary for staging events will be covered. New trends in the event sector will be explained on the basis of these foundations. Basic technical knowledge needed to stage events will be discussed, such as 1) legal and business parameters; 2) the main technical and organizational considerations in mounting events; 3) entrepreneurial approaches to planning events, including budgeting of supplies, personnel, time and costs on the basis of concrete examples; 4) important risks connected with the mounting of events, such as accidents, as well as strategies to minimize these risks through the use of checklists and other means.