TABLE OF CONTENTS 
Within Section 1, the event operations management model is introduced and explained. The event operations management model provides the structure for the entire book, and the four sections within the book relate to the four stages of the model.
The importance of analysis is stressed in Chapters 1 6. An event manager must work with eyes, ears and mind open to activities that are going on around the organization not only those that are close to the organization but also those that are thought to be remote and of no direct importance to the event. The concept that everything has a knock-on effect somewhere is very difficult to challenge.
This book identifies how, by using conventional operational management theory and project planning techniques, the event manager can be better equipped to manage events in the twenty-first century.
The chapters in Section 1 therefore concentrate upon internal and external analysis to identify the environments in which the event manager is working.
Chapter 1 introduces the development of the event operations management model. This model is proposed as the ideal process for an event manager. It is based on extensive research, and brings together aspects of previously published models. The model embraces all the aspects of...
