Creating leadership & management protocol in event production : in the case of the production of Finland International Improv Festival

Abstract

This thesis will focus on the recruitment, management, and leadership in being an executive producer of Finland International Improv Festival (the commissioner) with a supervisory role in respect to the interns and volunteers both before and during the festival itself.

In the expansion and growth of the festival, a protocol for the management process is highly necessary for the annual production of FiiF. The festival production itself has multiple moving parts which to explain each task as it occurs takes numerous hours. There is currently no middle management between the founder and the producers/volunteers, which causes congestion in the production process. Creating a systematic process for the supervision of interns and volunteers would create an ease to event production that FiiF currently lacks.

The purpose of this thesis is to provide the commissioner with proper protocol and management tools for future use and implementation in regards to acquiring and managing interns, producers and volunteers and to provide a systematic solution for organizing tasks, management, and leadership roles for the commissioner to use in the future.

All research done for this thesis was done through application of secondary research methods. Literature was collected, analyzed, and applied to present a thorough conclusion and understanding with which management protocols should be implemented in each stage of production based on the standard procedure in management and event production. In addition, background in leadership was applied in order to create a smoothly running production of Finland International Improv Festival.