Events Management blog no:2

Valentine Dinner

The event was organized by hospitality students in collaboration with the student’s representative council (SRC). The event took place at school premises, the hospitality students prepared food and beverages to other students who purchased tickets intended for the event. 

Teams were created to manage the complex logistical and production elements of the event. “According to (Bowdin et, al, 2012) stated that it is very necessary to define roles and responsibilities across the required key elements of the event that would provide a clear channels of communication and allow for areas of specialty to operate for the common stability of the event. The main functional responsibilities included food production team, marketing team and food service team respectively.

On the day of the event, students executed their tasks well on time, as Sleight, (1989) said time management is a vital aspect in any kind of event. Time management is primary to all project management for events and festivals. Food and beverages were served well on time which at the end pleased the clients.

 Risk management is seen as one of the awareness areas of the event manager and Sorin, (2003) pointed out that, managing risk a fundamental function of the event manager. The risk assessment was not measured at that event. For example there was no security during the event.

Reference
 Bowdin, G., Allen.J, O’Toole.W, Harris.R. &McDonnell, I. (2012). Events management. Routledge: U S A.