Course info

Advancing through a career in Live Events means working in collaboration with others, both formally and informally. Whether managing project teams or building business relations as innovators and entrepreneurs, decisions are taken about a range of people-orientated issues. To manage successfully in this, or any other environment means understanding your skills and what responsibilities you can take in balance to what you can delegate and/or count on others experience and expertise. It is also about learning or developing the interpersonal skills to interact with others and understanding the processes involved in establishing and growing successful working “professional relationships”. This module will introduce you to the processes involved in learning, personal development and enhance your critical understanding of the skills you have, and the ones you need to pursue a postgraduate level career related to your specific course. In it, you will examine the importance and major areas of interpersonal skills from perception and communications and team work to resolving conflict and motivating both yourself and others, and how the impression you create 3 can contribute to a successful career. You will complete a series of tasks which will enable you to explore your own responses to the themes discussed and as part of your ongoing (lifelong) learning you will examine the importance of personal development and career planning.