Event Management Assignment 2022

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Executive summary
This paper is going to analyse and focus on the Tokyo Olympics 2020, which is popularly known
as the Tokyo 2020 which is an upcoming event. This paper will provide a literature review on the
potential impacts of the event on the society and the stakeholders. In this paper all the negative
and positive impacts will be highlighted and discuss the use of risk management strategy that
will help in effectively managing and organising the event. The decision of trade-off will be
shown which will contribute to the success of the event and the impacts on the stakeholders.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Literature review..............................................................................................................................4
Impact of Tokyo 2020.....................................................................................................................7
Discussion........................................................................................................................................9
Management strategies for the impacts of the event...................................................................9
Trade off between the types of impacts and the impacts on the stakeholders...........................11
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................12

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Introduction
The Tokyo Olympics 2020 is an upcoming international event which is officially
recognized as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad. This is a multi-sport event which is scheduled
to happen from July, 24 to August, 9 in the year 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. There are some
preliminary events that will begin on July, 22.
Tokyo was considered and chosen as the host city during 125th IOC Session in the
country Argentina on September 7, 2013. The Tokyo Olympics 2020 will mark the return of the
Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo since the year 1964. In Asia, Tokyo is said to be the first city
to twice host the Olympic Games. This event will see the introduction of various additional
disciplines with many sports of Summer Olympics which will include freestyle BMX, Madison
cycling and 3x3 basketball. The new IOC has added new games to make it greater and these
games will make Olympic debuts which will include surfing, skateboarding, sport climbing and
karate. The Tokyo Olympics will also see the return of two other sports which is softball and
baseball which were removed in the year 2008 from the summer program. The Tokyo Olympics
1964 changed and transformed Japan completely and the upcoming Tokyo Olympics 2020 is
said to be the most innovative which will help in bringing positive reform in the entire world by
establishing on three concepts which is achieving the personal best, acceptance of one another
and promote diversity and connecting to the tomorrow (The Tokyo Organising Committee of the
Olympic and Paralympic Games, 2019). This paper is going to reflect on the event, Tokyo
Olympics, 2020 and provide the impacts of the event on the city and their various stakeholders.