The different context in which people are employed, eg business events, sporting events, arts and entertainment and public events.
Managing the changing size of the workforce, the management team, paid staff on different contracts, volunteers and multiple contractors.
Engaging employee commitment and performance.
Recruitment and retention,
Training for performance
Managing stress and high pressure and employer duty of care
Leadership and followership

Electronic Library
Organisational Websites

Van der Wagen, L (2006) Human Resource Management for Events: Managing the event workforce. Butterworth Heinemann
Mullins, L 2001) Hospitality Management and Organisational Behaviour, 4th Edition. Pearson Education

Details:- 100% Assignment of 2000 words, based on a presentation to be designed but not presented from a choice of topics. Assess all Learning Outcomes.

The learning strategy for this module is based around students committing a total of 150 hours of activities towards achieving the learning outcomes. These will be split between 39 hours of direct contact with a tutor and 111 hours of directed, guided and self-study, together with preparation for and completion of the assessment tasks. Learning support material will be provided for the module.
The module will draw upon a mixture of activities including lectures, web-based activities, case study analysis, relevant videos and in-class discussions, individual and group problem solving and self-directed learning.