ABSTRACT
Upon completion of this chapter students should know the foundation concepts and main research approaches to increasing knowledge about the following dimensions of event planning and management:
• leadership (including organizational culture); • organizational and inter-organizational behaviour (including organizational structure, coordination and
stakeholder management); • planning (strategic, project, business) and decision-making; • operations and logistics (including service quality management); • human resources (including volunteer management); • financial management and control (including sponsorship); • marketing and communications; • risk, health and safety; • research, evaluation and information systems.
