Evaluation

10 Management Rules
As explained this theory is broken in to three sections which categorise the
managers behaviour. I believe I exhibited several of these skills during the
process of the event.
The Informational - by being the figurehead/Leader doing the symbolic duties
and authority person, taking charge at moments of panic and making the
decisions that effected the rest of the night i.e. taking over security duties on the
door and deciding to not to let anyone else in due to overcrowding. Liaising with
the venue owner with any concerns and issues raised.
Interpersonal Managing acts and staff on the night, in a respectful,
professional manner. Disseminator; Delegating duties to those under my
management and as Spokesperson I promoted the event through papers and
online to get the word out about the event.
Decisional As stated I delegated duties and handled disturbances, on top of
which I negotiated with the venue owner about set times, capacity and crowd
control, whilst allocating resources for the bands i.e. breakables, backline etc.

Bureaucratic Theory
This theory was the second predominant theory adopted on the night, again key
elements where used like; defining job roles beforehand, establishing the
hierarchy of authority and the hiring of employees or in our case volunteers. In
hindsight we use this theory more in the planning and organising process of the
event, whereas the 10 Management Rules were used during the event itself.

Scientific Theory
While the Scientific theory didnt really become relevant in the process of the
event, except maybe in the case of monitoring performance as I was keeping an
eye of staff, audience and acts in order to try and anticipate the next actions
need to make the night a success.
Like the Bureaucratic Theory this one came in more in the preparation phase of
the event. I touched on the key elements of the theory such as; matching
workers to jobs they felt best suited to. But overall the theory was not
predominant in the evenings entertainment.
When looking over the key elements of each of these theories and how the
related to my event its interesting to note how similar they are. The Scientific
and Bureaucratic theories are very similar in how to organise and approach the
planning of an event or strategy; both agree on defining job roles, deciding on a
predominant leader and monitoring or record keeping, even the 10 Management
Rules also shares these elements; Figurehead/leader, Monitoring, Disseminator.
The only really difference between the theories, in my opinion, is that each
seems to elaborate on the previous theory defining key elements a little more

than its predecessor, looking at the 10 Management Rule its just a more
elaborate defining of the roles discussed in the Bureaucratic and scientific
theories. However what you can argue that these are the basic traits of
management so theres little maybe to add except a little more explanation.
Successes & Improvements
The event night was successful we made a profit, everyone had a good time,
except one or two moments of trouble, the organisation was well done, however
the what could have been improved was factors that were taken for granted
before the gig, none of us that were involved in the event were expecting more
than maybe 15 to 20 people on the night however we ended up with a surplus
crowd and no security to deal with any issues.
All I can personally take away from that experience is to try an anticipate the
unexpected even if its in your favour, meaning we didnt expect a huge crowd
but we got one, which as far as issues on the night go its a good problem to
have, but even good things can backfire. So for future terms I always take in to
consideration as many possibilities that could happen on the night, during the
planning phase, taking in to considerations the issues with the best outcomes as
well as the worst.
I think also for future events having a specific management theory to work from
would suit the organisation process and make the night easier to accomplish.
Peers Feedback
As far as how the night was dealt with for those who participated in the event,
the general consensus was that the night was a success, the issues that arose
could have been avoid but were generally accept as one of those things that
happen.
From the bands point of view; they felt that the tickets could have been sold
earlier which would of allowed for tracking of attendance which could of help
anticipate the issues that came up. However they accepted that getting pre-sales
on tickets is no easy task and that the issue regarding the bouncer would really
rest with the venue.
The Staff felt that the event would have benefited with more security, but that it
was a successful night. They also felt that we were professional throughout the
night and were really concerned about the audiences safety.
The Audience again mentioned the security issue; Security on the door, I didn't
see any and there was a moment were things almost kicked off. However they
stated that the bands were good were good and I had a fun time.
Conclusion
All in all, I feel it was a successful event money was made, the acts made money
and had a good time, the audience were pleased with the night and it was the
most successful night the Corinna had for a while so the owners were more than
pleased, which led on to them offering a few other nights to us off the their own
back. There were the issues of the security, as stated no one expected a turnout
that turned up and we figured that the venue would have security readily
available, which wasnt the case, so weve learned never to take things for

granted and expect the worst, even in the best circumstances. It seems that
everyone was willing to look passed the little blemishes on the night and accept
it as a successful event.