Events have often been conceptualised as special or unique types of experience getz, 2012. He works as a management consultant and also holds guest positions at several universities. It focuses on event planning and management, outcomes. He was cofounder of the research journal event studies in 1993, has authored or coauthored well over 100 refereed journal articles and a number of books including event management and. In addition to event studies, his areas of expertise include wine and food tourism, evaluation and impact assessment, consumer research and specialinterest travel. Impact assessment can be highly technical and complex, requiring a broad knowledge base and diverse skills, but like evaluation, it is a process fraught with philosophical, technical and political perils. Request pdf on jan 1, 2007, donald getz and others published event studies.
Theory, research and policy for planned events20091donald getz. Results are often discussed and referred to in newspapers sections on entertainment and culture where events and news have a symbiotic relation both feeding on, and feeding, each other. Event studies was an unnecessary and perhaps irrelevant idea until academics doing event related teaching and research had published a critical mass of papers and books. Progress and prospects for event tourism research sciencedirect. This book focuses on event planning and management, outcomes, the experience of events and the meanings attached to them, the dynamic processes shaping events and why people attend them.
This book provides, both an overview of event studies and a foundation for professional event management. A conceptual model of the core phenomenon and key themes in event tourism studies is provided as a framework for spurring theoretical advancement, identifying research gaps, and assisting professional practice. Students and practitioners with an explanation of why planned events are important from a socialcultural, economic and environmental perspective. Events are an important strategic tool for modern business. Typology of planned events study questionsadvanced study questions.
Many books exist on various aspects of event management, reflecting growing academic and professional interest, but there has not been a book written on event studies until now. Theory, research and policy for planned events events management donald getz download bok. Impacts cannot always be proven, so the nature of evidence becomes critical. He was cofounder of the research journal event studies in 1993, has authored or coauthored well over 100 refereed journal articles and a number of books including event management and event tourism, event tourism, and event studies. This title draws from a large number of foundation disciplines and closely related professional fields, to foster. Concepts, international case studies, and research has been an immediate addition to the recommended texts for the undergraduate and postgraduate event studies topics taught here at flinders university. It is still based on the table layout in the classic stock split event study of fama, fisher, jensen, and roll 1969. The field of event tourism has not been so thoroughly and forensically examined before. Donald getz has books on goodreads with 349 ratings. This is the first textbook and reference work on evaluation intended for event management and event tourism. It focuses on event planning and management, outcomes, the experience of events and the meanings attached to them, the dynamic processes shaping events and why people attend them. Theory, research and policy for planned events events management donald getz.
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Jan 01, 2007 event studies is the only book devoted to developing knowledge and theory about planned events. Pdf donald getz event studies theory, research and book. Feb 01, 2012 event studies is the only book devoted to developing knowledge and theory about planned events. The term mega event has no precise definition, but either refers to an absolute measure of size or is a relative term describing an events scale or importance. Feb 23, 2016 event studies is the only book devoted to developing knowledge and theory about planned events. Event studies is the first text to embrace this new. Theory, research and policy for planned events london. Donald getz is professor, school of tourism, the university of. In addition to event studies, areas of expertise include wine and food tourism, evaluation and impact assessment, consumer research and specialinterest travel.
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