Continued progress in the tourism industry and rapid technological advances have pointed to the continued need for well-educated managers in the event sector. Attempts at professionalizing have also ...identified formal tertiary education and industry training to be significant components
in these efforts, and although there is a clear association between education and the needs of the industry, the correlation has often been questioned. This discussion examines the prevailing, but limited discourse on event management skills and attributes, analyzes its implications, and offers
several explicit research propositions to advance knowledge using job advertisement analysis. These suggestions will be of benefit to formal education providers and the event sector as an international agenda for event management skilling is advanced.
•TKIs for advanced HCC are associated with a range of adverse events.•Adverse events may lead to TKI treatment discontinuation.•Concomitant medications and comorbidities may influence adverse ...events.•Prevention and management of adverse events can help to maintain full dose treatment.•The literature contains approaches for adverse event management.
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common form of primary liver cancer. Sorafenib, regorafenib, lenvatinib and cabozantinib are tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) that target, in part, vascular endothelial growth factor receptors, and are approved in various regions of the world for the treatment of advanced HCC. All these agents are associated with a range of adverse events (AEs) that can have a substantial impact on patients’ health-related quality of life. Fatigue, diarrhoea, hand–foot skin reaction, nausea, vomiting, decreased appetite, hypertension and weight loss are among the most common AEs experienced with these four TKIs. In this review, we discuss strategies for the management of these AEs in patients with advanced HCC, with the aim of maximizing treatment benefits and minimizing the need for TKI treatment discontinuation. We also consider potential TKI–drug interactions and discuss the use of TKIs in patients with liver dysfunction or who have experienced tumour recurrence after liver transplantation. Use of appropriate AE management strategies and avoidance of contraindicated drugs should help patients with advanced HCC to achieve optimal outcomes with TKIs.
Background: One of the most task-relevant attributes in contemporary business environments relates to effective time management. Time management is directly related to employees' psychological ...impacts; it influences work-related aspects such as stress, employee turnover, well-being, job satisfaction, and job performance.Purpose of the study: The study determines the psychological impacts of time management on employees within a sector high in time demand and dependent on pre-set deadlines – event management, which is an under-examined business sector.Design/methodology/approach: An explanatory, deductive research approach was selected where an existing theoretical framework was applied to a sector high in time demand. The study used a quantitative approach – using a self-administered questionnaire representing the different dimensions identified in the time management environment (TiME) measurement scale – to collect data from 151 respondents in South Africa (RSA). Hierarchical regression analyses were performed to measure psychological impacts on employees based on their time management practicesFindings: Positive and negative psychological impacts were experienced based on the dimensions on the TiME scale. Positive psychological experiences resulted from the avoidance of procrastination, setting of deadlines, sufficient supervisory and procedural support, and sound time allocation. However, the tendency to focus on only one task could negatively influence the psychological impacts.Recommendations/value: The cost of employees experiencing negative psychological impacts is high and could lead to stress, procrastination, and demotivation. This could lead to loss of productivity, missed deadlines, and loss of contracts. To prevent these negative impacts, organisations could add policy recommendations to implement effective time management dailyManagerial implication: The study’s significance pertains to implementing time management practices to benefit the psyche of employees and employers, thus ultimately benefiting the organisation.
Promises are often made to potential stakeholders in exchange for supporting the initiative to host an event. This creates high expectations, which often fail to materialise. A unique characteristic ...of event projects is that time is a more critical constraint than in most other types of projects, as it is crucial that the event can be held on the planned date. Previous studies suggest the need for more actively planning the expected outcomes from an event and not just focusing on the event itself. In this article, we investigate the goal definition process in sports event projects to gain more insight into how organisers of events can meet stakeholder expectations. A single case study was performed on the World Cup Ski Tour 2020, where we conducted 50 h of observations and fifteen interviews. We contribute with lessons learned and recommendations for how future event organisers can define goals to meet stakeholder expectations. Furthermore, we introduce a stakeholder expectations matrix for event-type projects.
Event Management is a well-established international journal in event, festival, and culture management, which has published high-quality peer-reviewed research from the last 20 years. The current ...study represents a retrospective overview of the journal's publication journey
over the previous 14 years from 2006 to 2020. This period was chosen due to the availability of data in Scopus. The number of publications and citations received by these publications globally has exhibited continuous growth, which signifies the journal's widespread presence. This article
also analyzes the journal's impact, its prominent topics, and its most prolific authors, including their affiliated institutions and countries. The multiple dimensionality scaling analysis initially classified the publications of the journal into five broad clusters: Cluster 1 ("Event Management"),
Cluster 2 ("Customer Satisfaction and Service Quality"), Cluster 3 ("Mega-Events"), Cluster 4 ("Legacy Sports"), and Cluster 5 ("Economic Feasibility"). Clusters 4 and 5 are combined into a single cluster to improve the journal coverage. The coauthorship networks among authors, institutions,
countries, and keywords unveil the collaboration structure among this journal's contributors. The results of the current study provide useful insights for the potential contributors and global audience of the journal and the editorial board of the journal in terms of emerging topics for research.
This study addresses calls to understand the role of assessable virtual tours (AVTs) in fostering student engagement within event management courses. AVTs, by simulating real-world experiences, allow ...students to situate their acquired knowledge relative to real-world situations. Utilising the dimensions of Dixson’s (2010, 2015) Online Student Engagement Scale (OSE) as a guiding lens, this study explores nuances in its four dimensions of student engagement (skills, emotional, participation, and performance engagement) when applied to an AVT. An Australian undergraduate event management course was used as a case study to explore the role of AVTs in fostering student engagement. Through student focus groups conducted in 2021 and 2022, the qualitative findings expand understanding of student engagement using the OSE lens, identifying novel sub-themes whilst confirming the established engagement dimensions. The contributions of the study are situated relative to the OSE and practical implications for event management educators are highlighted.
The concept of an established international body of knowledge implies being updated with a respected good standing. The EMBOK (event management body of knowledge) may have some limitations in need of ...an update to be clearly distinguished. EM (event management) need a special kind of management considering the scope of the event industry with unfortunate event failures. The comprehensive nature of any body of knowledge (BOK) study led to a pre-study with respect to a conceptual integrated exploratory methodology. This provided the freedom to move outside conservatism to relate ideas, notions, theories, impressions and abstractions to the problem. The purpose was therefore not to obtain a final account but to propose a well-defined hypothesis for further studies. The conceptual data less structured casual observation, and an overview of secondary sources and literature. The overall exploratory study indicates a need for the update of the EMBOK also by means of the PMBOK (project management body of knowledge) or a synthesised event-project management framework (E-PMBOK).
This study aims to analyze the implementation of sustainable event management in weddings and its contribution to the environment, society, and the economy at The Apurva Kempinski Bali, Indonesia. ...The data collection method used in this study was by distributing questionnaires to 10 respondents and observing wedding event management. The data analysis method used is a descriptive statistical analysis by calculating the average and percentage of the questionnaire results. The results of the observations are described as reinforcement and explanation of the percentage results obtained from the questionnaire. The results of this study indicate that The Apurva Kempinski Bali has implemented sustainable wedding event management. The results of the questionnaire values obtained show a range of values from 2.60 to 3.40 which indicates poor implementation, then a range of 3.41-4.20 which states that it is implemented well, and a value range of 4.21 to 5.00 which states that it is implemented very well. Sustainable wedding events are currently being implemented in the hotel by establishing a sustainable wedding package program and several rules for implementing sustainability including permits and agreements. This implementation has had a positive impact on several indicators of sustainable activities at The Apurva Kempinski Bali.
This commentary examines the role of network-related research in event management studies. The reasons why networks are endemic in the event sector is stated with the goal of explaining why an event ...network theoretical framework is utilised in many studies. The change in topic and way networks and events are described in the literature are discussed with the goal of explicating the main topics. This helps to understand how research on networks and events has evolved and changed based on environmental conditions. After analysing the existing research primarily from the Event Management journal on networks and events, future research suggestions are highlighted that aim to take into account emerging event conditions and technological trends.
Abstract
Background
At the end of 2018, South Africa updated its all-oral regimen, to include bedaquiline (BDQ) and 2 months of linezolid (LZD) for all patients initiating the shorter 9–12 months ...regimen for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB). We assessed a group of patients in rural KwaZulu-Natal for safety and effectiveness of this treatment regimen under programmatic conditions.
Methods
We conducted a retrospective cohort analysis on RR-TB patients treated with a standardized all-oral short regimen between 1 July 2018 and 30 April 2019 in 3 facilities in King Cetshwayo District. An electronic register (EDR web) and facility-based clinical charts were used to collect variables, which were entered into an Epi-Info database.
Results
Our cohort included 117 patients; 68.4% (95% confidence interval CI: 59.3–76.3) tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The median time to culture conversion was 56 days (95% CI: 50–57). Treatment success was achieved in 75.2% (95% CI: 66.5–82.3) of patients. Mortality within the cohort was 12.8% (95% CI: 7.8–20.3). Anemia was the most frequent severe adverse event (AE). The median time to develop severe anemia was 7.1 weeks (interquartile range IQR 4.0–12.9) after treatment initiation. LZD was interrupted in 25.2% (95% CI: 17.8–34.5) of participants.
Conclusions
An all-oral shorter regimen, including BDQ and LZD as core drugs for the treatment of RR-TB, shows good outcomes, in a high HIV burden rural setting. AEs are common, especially for LZD, but could be managed in the program setting. Support is needed when introducing new regimens to train staff in the monitoring, management, and reporting of AEs.
An all-oral regimen, combining linezolid and bedaquiline, for the treatment of rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis shows good outcomes, irrespective of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status or CD4 level. Linezolid accounted for nearly half of severe adverse events and warrants close monitoring for myelosuppression and neuropathy.
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