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Venue Management (WP)

Niveau

first cycle, Master

Learning outcomes of the courses/module

Students will be able to:
- analyze and evaluate the need for the building of new and renovating of existing infrastructures.
- identify the stakeholders involved in the conception of infrastructures (authorities, clients, investors, future operators, citizens etc.).
- apply efficient marketing practices.
- use the know-how of real estate economics.
- assess the life-cycle of infrastructure.
- adapt the familiar ways of thinking and acting to new situations in order to learn to address challenges in a flexible manner.
- recognize and estimate the chances and risks of implementation.
- demonstrate negotiating skills.

Prerequisites for the course

not applicable

Course content

- Introduction to event venue management
- Overview of clusters of event venues
- Features of selected clusters of event venues
- The significance of architecture and the concept of space
- Stakeholders of event venues
- The question of construction costs
- Interaction between construction and business
- The lifecycle of event venues
- Planning, financing and construction of event venues
- Market and demand analysis as a basis
- Site factors and site selection
- Development of financial concepts, business plans
- Strategic and operational management of event venues
- Application of strategic management methods to event venues
- Successful strategic positioning of event venues in the marketplace
- Interaction of strategic management and operational management of event venues
- Challenges in the operational management of event venues (including facility management)
- Special features of conference and congress infrastructure
- Special features of infrastructure in the leisure industry (e.g. garden shows, waterfront development)

Recommended specialist literature

Atkin, B. (2015). Total Facility Management. 4th ed. New Jersey (USA), Wiley-Blackwell;
Berners, P. (2018). The Practical Guide to Managing Event Venues. London, Routledge
Mahoney, K. (2015). Public Assembly Venue Management: Sports, Entertainment, Meeting, and Convention Venues. Dallas (USA), Brown Books
Nolan, E. (2017). Working with venues for Events: A Practical Guide Hardcover. London, Francis and Taylor.
Roper, K. and Payant, R. (2014). The Facility Management Handbook. 4th ed. USA; AMACOM.

Assessment methods and criteria

examination

Language

English

Number of ECTS credits awarded

5

Share of e-learning in %

25

Semester hours per week

2.0

Planned teaching and learning method

seminar

Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered

2

Name of lecturer

Team SCEM

Academic year

Key figure of the course/module

vz.OME.1

Type of course/module

seminar-degree

Type of course

Compulsory

Internship(s)

not applicable