Stakeholder Managment

Question 1

Budget owner

Answer 1

Is a key stakeholder and, in some cases, may be the same person as the owner of the event. Has the overall responsibility for the income and expenditures related to the event.

Question 2

Event attendees/participants

Answer 2

These are the people whose participation is required to achieve the designated event objectives.

Question 3

Event owner

Answer 3

The person who has requested the event & is responsible for defining its overall objectives and measurable outcomes.

Question 4

External stakeholders

Answer 4

Includes attendees, sponsors and the community where the event is taking place.

Question 5

Internal stakeholders

Answer 5

Includes the owner of the project and the owner of the budget.

Question 6

Lockout

Answer 6

1) Refusal by a facility to allow guests access to their guest rooms. 2) Labor action where employers refuse access to the facility by employees.

Question 7

Minimum Call Agreed and Minimum Contract Time Agreed

Answer 7

Agreed upon minimum number of hours of work to be done by a worker under the labour agreement. In cases where the work to be done is shorter than the minimum call, the worker is guaranteed payment for the full minimum.

Question 8

OT

Answer 8

1) Overtime. 2) On Truck or Railway.

Question 9

Outsource

Answer 9

To subcontract a task or responsibility to a supplier to handle some aspect of an event, instead of using in-house staff.

Question 10

Overtime

Answer 10

Time worked by an employee outside of, or in addition to, regular working time or beyond the standard workweek.

Question 11

Overtime (OT)

Answer 11

Labour Work performed in excess of the standard day or week. Typically billed at a higher rate.

Question 12

Perk

Answer 12

Payment, benefit, or privilege received in addition to regular income or salary.

Question 13

Reporting Pay

Answer 13

Guaranteed payment to employees who report or show up ready for work at their usual time and find no work to do.

Question 14

Semi-Skilled Labour

Answer 14

1) Persons whose work is limited to a well-defined work routine. 2) Work in which lapses of performance would not cause excessive damage to products or equipment.

Question 15

Stakeholders

Answer 15

Persons or organizations who are actively involved in the project or whose interests may be positively or negatively affected by the performance or completion of a project.

Question 16

Stakeholder Approach

Answer 16

Event professionals take into account their responsibilities to others and adopt a consultative demeanor, including stakeholders in the event’s decision-making process

Question 17

Union Call

Answer 17

1) The number of union members hired to work for an event. 2) Additional servers obtained from a labour source shared by several hotels. 3) The minimum number of hours for which a union labourer must be paid, regardless of actual hours worked.

Question 18

Union Jurisdiction

Answer 18

The limits or territory within which control may be exercised by a union may be of at least two kinds. One has to do with geographical limits, the other with trade or craft activity.

Question 19

Union Shop

Answer 19

A business in which all employees must be members in good standing of a union.