LibGuides: Business, Management and Leisure: Events Management

eBooks

Event Planning by Judy Allen
ISBN: 9780470156186

Publication Date: 2009

This bestselling all-in-one guide to the event planning business is back and better than ever, fully updated and revised to reflect the very latest trends and best practices in the industry. This handy, comprehensive guide includes forms, checklists, and tips for managing events, as well as examples and case studies of both successful and unsuccessful events.
Event Risk Management and Safety by Peter E. Tarlow
ISBN: 9780471431107

Publication Date: 2002

With any event comes risk-from rowdy guests at a festival or convention to a life-threatening riot at a sports event. Event Risk Management and Safety provides a comprehensive resource for managing event risk and limiting liability for modest and grand events.
Events Management by Glenn Bowdin; Johnny Allen; Rob Harris; Ian McDonnell; William O'Toole
ISBN: 9780080964317

Publication Date: 2012

Events Management is the must-have introductory text providing a complete A-Z of the principles and practices of planning, managing and staging events.
Events Management by Charles Bladen; Nick Wilde; James Kennell; Franc Avila; Emma Abson
ISBN: 9780415577410

Publication Date: 2012

Contemporary events management is a diverse and challenging field. This major new introductory textbook is the first to fully explore the multi-disciplinary nature of events management and to provide all the practical skills and professional knowledge students need to succeed in the events industry.
Human Resource Management for the Event Industry by Lynn Van Der Wagen; Lauren White
ISBN: 9780415727839

Publication Date: 2014

Human Resource Management for Events still remains the only text to introduce students to the unique application of HR principles in the context of a highly complex event environment.

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Marketing information, including reports on drink, food, lifestyles, media, clothing and footwear.
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Function Central - Event Planning
A guide to all aspects of health and safety when planning an event
Health and Safety Executive - Event Safety
This website will help organisers run events safely. Others may also find the website useful, eg contractors, health and safety advisers and workers at events.
National Outdoor Events Association
NOEA, established in 1979, is the only trade association specialising in the Outdoor Events Industry
What's On Scotland
Listing of events around Scotland