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2010/2011  BA-HAS_VEEF  Experience Economy and Festivals – Strategy and Management

English Title
Experience Economy and Festivals – Strategy and Management

Course Information

Language English
Point 7,5 ECTS (225 SAT)
Type Elective
Level Bachelor
Duration One Semester
Course Period Spring
Teaching week’s 6-10. The oral exam is tentative planned for week 18-19.
Time Table Please see course schedule at e-Campus
Max. participants 120
Study Board
Study Board for BSc in Service Management
Course Coordinator
  • Lise Lyck - Department of Marketing
Secretary Susanne Faurholdt - sf.tcm@cbs.dk
Main Category of the Course
  • Experience economy and service management

Taught under Open University-Taught under open university.
Last updated on 29 maj 2012
Learning Objectives
The course’s development of personal competences:
• The student shall master the main models of experience economy and festivals
• The student shall demonstrate knowledge and understanding of experience economy and festivals in relation to innovation and marketing
• The student shall be able to apply the models from the curriculum
• The student shall be able to use experience economy and festivals in relation to strategy and management
• The student shall be able to use experience economy and festivals in relation to managed primary and secondary productions.

Objectives:
• To enable the student to understand an experience economy and creative economy operation as well as festivals in a framework developed from a combination of a theoretical base and examination of practical operations.
• To develop an understanding of the elements which compromise an experience and how effectiveness of experience and attraction management can be achieved.
• To provide an appreciation of the nature of the processes embedded in experience operations and festivals and to examine business areas especially innovation and marketing.
Prerequisite
Knowledge of managerial economics and of basic micro- and macro economics. The students must document a level in English equal to TOEFL 575 and a level in mathematics equal to Danish level B.
Examination
Oral exam based on synopsis
Exam Period May/June

Examination
Oral exam is based on an individual synopsis – 3 pages.
The grade is based on an overall evaluation of the project and the oral examination. The synopsis must be handed in on 27th April 2012 before 12:00 (noon) to Susanne Faurholdt, TCM Centre for Tourism and Culture Management, Solbjerg Plads 3, 5th floor in section C. You must hand in 3 copies of the synopsis. The oral exam is tentative planned for week 18-19.

Re-examination is held according to the same examination regulations as the regular examination. A new synopsis should be handed in and questions from Curriculum should be expected.
Course Content

The course focuses on:

  • Experience economy - theory and models
  • Strategic context for use of experience economy and festivals
  • Management and strategy
  • Experience economy and festivals in relation to innovation and marketing
Teaching Methods
Teaching is based on lectures and case analyses
Literature

Pine B. J. and Gilmore J, H (1998): The Experience Economy,

HarvardBusiness SchoolPrint, Boston.

Robinson Peter, Wale Debra and Dickson Geoff: Events Management, CABI (2010).

Articles: To be announced