Jonas Söderlund‚ Svjetlana Pantic 723G18‚ Project Management 13/02/12 Seminar group 2: Carlos Felipe Centelles García Magí Desveus Duran Sami-Petteri Rajala Gaylord Vidal 2012 London Olympic Games Opening Ceremony Table of contents 1 Introduction: 2 1.1 Background 3 1.2 Aim of the report: 4 1.3 Methodology 4 2 Frame of references 5 2.1 What is a Project? 5 2.1.1 What is a project management? 5 2.1.2 What is an event project management
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th he 2012 Gamees and the Olympic Park would be itss crown jeweel (see Exhib bit 1 for a ma ap of London n and the locaation of the Olympic O Park k). And if all went accordiing to plan‚ the sporting venues‚ houssing‚ transporrtation links‚ and a parks built to supportt the Games would w serve to revitalize the t East Lond don communiity. o 2009‚ howeever‚ William mson had mo ore pressing issues i to con nsider. As Heead of In the spring of Ticketting for the 2012 Games‚‚ he and his team were responsible
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The United States Olympic Committee (USOC)‚ initially named the American Olympic Association‚ was formed in 1896. Members of the committee sought to provide assistance to United States Olympic athletes with training and other needs. As the USOC is not government funded the committee has relied heavily on corporate funding and private donations (“Team USA‚” 2011). However‚ over the years while the continued appeal of the Olympic Games remained‚ the increased cost of housing‚ clothing‚ and caring for
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of London. The IOC (International Olympic Committee) awarded the city of London the right to stage the 2012 summer Olympics after fighting off fierce competition (Adam‚ 2005). The bid for the games has always had loud political undertones that were obvious during the bidding process. Some of the arguments raised included the benefits and negative effects hosting the games could bring. This paper examines the economic benefits and costs of hosting the Olympics. The net benefits are found to be positive
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Impacts of Beijing 2008 An appraisal of the impact of the Beijing Olympics presented by Lee Sands considered that‚ ‘the huge inflows of investment to support the Olympics and recreate Beijing have had an important ripple effect on economic growth’. To prepare for the games‚ China invested nearly $40 billion in infrastructure alone from 2002 to 2006‚ transformed the cityscape of Beijing. Furthermore‚ the Olympics have had a significant influence on Beijing’s economic development‚ environment‚ and
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Performing arts is a waste of time‚ money and resource? In the 21th centuries‚ many people may think that performing arts is a subject that existed for the teenagers who cannot excel well in studies. Most of the people also think that this subject is only for the teenagers that wanted to be an actress or singer‚ but actually this is a totally illogical mindset. However‚ the definitions of performing arts are actually a term that used to explain a national art that brings a message of a drama‚ rather
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The Sydney Olympic Games held in 2000 was perhaps one of Australia’s major investments. The event involved Private‚ Social and External costs and benefits. The NSW government experienced the Private costs. Financially‚ the government spent around $1.7 billion dollars on the event‚ which included the sporting facilities‚ advancing the city’s streets‚ transport organisation and the village. The takings received for the event‚ however‚ was around $6 million. The profits are still being made today‚
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------------------------------------------------- Space exploration is a waste of money Against space exploration Science may well give us good things. We all know Velcro came from NASA. But why bother spending all this money exploring space and finding out there was water on Mars at some point in the last few thousand years (we have water in Earth) when these same great minds could be applied to finding better ways to power humanity’s insatiable desire for energy‚ to feeding the starving millions
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for me please! The Olympic Games There are many factors that shape the modern Olympic movement from 1892 to 2002. The original reason was so people of many people of different races‚ religions‚ or genders could come together and compete against each other in various competitions. The Olympics first started in 776 B.C.E. but ended 393 C.E. they later started back up in 1892‚ but it was a bit different than before. Today‚ many of the factors that shaped the Olympics reflect what has changed
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Terra Davis English 1301 Dr. Ann M. Pearson April 9‚ 2014 “College is Not a Waste” In Bird’s article‚ “College is a Waste of Time and Money”‚ she approaches the topic of higher education as‚ “a ticket to the big show”‚ rather than the continuation of education in a chosen career field culminated with the tools to hone oneself socially and professionally. Furthermore‚ it would seem that personal accountability counts for naught‚ as she assigns the blame to societal values that
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