BSc. Event Management Project Scenario You have been approached by GSM London’s External Engagement Lead to identify a crowd-funded event and pitch your event idea to the GSM London’s External Engagement Lead in Week 8. Further information regarding the pitch will be provided in class. The venue for this event must be at a GSM London building or the surrounding area. You are required to complete a project report by undertaking analysis and discussion of the project, in relation to the business environment with recommendations. The area of analysis is to be agreed with the module tutor/supervisor as per your programme in the learning contract. The report will normally focus on a project related problem, improving practice, implementation of a new process. You must seek written permission for the project related tasks that you will be undertaking in order to compile the report. You are required to complete the learning contract (Appendix 1), agree with the module tutor/supervisor. For detailed guideline on learning contract, please refer to the module handbook. Assignment Task 1 (done) file attached to follow up the assignment task 2 Assignment Task 2 After you have agreed and signed of your learning contract, you are to complete the project and write a project report which must focus on the following. 1. A brief background and context of the project being discussed and analysed; 10% 2. To demonstrate trans-disciplinary models / theories to underpin your analysis; 15% 3. To assess the project phases (preparation and implementation) and evaluate their effectiveness; 15% 4. To discuss the skills that you developed to solve work based problems; 10% 5. To analyse and evaluate the action you did / did not take and why; 20% 6. What learning you took from the project by giving a portfolio of evidence (log books, critical incident diaries and feedback, to be included in the appendices). 30% Total Marks for Assignment: 100 Guidelines Your report must be based on a work related problem / practice / product. A good report will contain the following elements: • demonstrate the process of experiential learning in the work based project • be well-structured and presented (both report and a learning contract) • evidence a range of secondary research using texts, journals, magazines, newspapers, and computer based information sources • be analytical • reflect upon the impact of the work based project and work based learning on your future career plans • please be sure to completely research the project and provide references to both organizational data and academic theory. • you must make explicit reference to relevant theories and relevant market data. • your report should be carefully presented. Spelling mistakes, poor formatting, and poor referencing will be penalised. • appendices can be used. Diagrams and tables should be placed at the appropriate point and should be explained in full. If you don’t fully understand something, don’t use it. • if in any doubt, please consult your module tutor/supervisor. Assessment criteria Explanatory comments on the assessment criteria Maximum marks for each section KNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING • Knowledge and critical understanding (demonstrates project content, identifies learning that has occurred, demonstrates how it is achieved and establishes the validity of the conclusion) • Use of materials (demonstrates inclusion of project aim, work-based action planning and problem solving, learning contract, learning objectives, justification, methods, project scheduling etc.) • Independent reading (identifies, appropriate use of learning theories, concepts and themes of learning such as Kolb’s learning cycle, Honey and Mumford etc.) 40% INTELLECTUAL & COGNITIVE SKILLS • Conceptualisation (idea generation; using theories, concepts and principles) • Critical thinking and creativity (selects relevant evidence from the project to support recommendation and / or conclusion) • Synthesis, analysis and evaluation (critical analysis and summarising of project information, dealing with incomplete information, analysing risk, analysing and evaluating own performance) • Application (apply relevant concepts to the project and beyond, indicate the activities that have been carried out, problem solving, evaluating using theories such as Kolb’s learning cycle, personal SWOT analysis and project tools etc.) • Problem solving and research/investigation • Reflecting and evaluating performance (analysing and evaluating own performance; moral and ethical issues. reflecting critically and effectively and generating logical argument) 35% Graduate Skills: transferable employability , practical and academic skills • Written, oral and presentation skills (receiving and responding to information during the project, communicating accurate, clear and concise project information in written, oral and graphical forms, data collection and analysis in the project) • Interpersonal, group and teamwork skills (working with individuals and team(s)/group(s), recognising and respecting views and opinions in the project) • Leadership skills (planning and allocating work in the project) • Numeracy (solving numerical problems in the project) • Digital skills (use of technology and internet for communication and information sourcing in the project, research-related skills evidenced by collection and interpretation of data) • Practical, professional and academic skills including referencing/presentation (demonstrates self-management, adaptability, time management and organisational skills in the project, sets targets, works towards achieving them, generates portfolio of evidence, demonstrates professional behaviour and competence and shows right level of detail/ complexity, academic honesty- avoiding plagiarism, using Harvard referencing style) 25%