IEMA6028 - International Event Management: MOBO Awards Analysis

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of taking the MOBO Awards, a British event celebrating Music of Black Origin, to Sydney, Australia. It includes a SWOT analysis of the event, a TOWS matrix, and a PESTLE analysis of the Australian market to assess the relevance of the new location. The report also examines Porter's Five Forces to understand the competitive landscape, focusing on segmentation, targeting, and positioning strategies to reach the appropriate audience. An Ansoff's matrix strategy is outlined, along with discussion of market entry modes and relevance to the target audience, incorporating Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions and communication styles. The report details the event's theme and design using the EMBOK model, followed by a marketing plan employing the 7Ps framework. Finally, it addresses potential issues and barriers, offering solutions to ensure the successful launch of the MOBO Awards in Sydney. This document is available on Desklib, a platform offering a wide range of study tools and solved assignments for students.

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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Overview of event........................................................................................................................3
Event’s Current SWOT Analysis.....................................................................................................4
TOWS matrix...............................................................................................................................5
Relevance of the new location for the event....................................................................................6
PESTLE analysis.........................................................................................................................6
Porters’ Five Forces.....................................................................................................................8
Segmentation, targeting and positioning.....................................................................................9
Segmentation...........................................................................................................................9
Target market.........................................................................................................................10
Positioning.............................................................................................................................10
Ansoff’s matrix Strategy............................................................................................................11
Market entry mode.....................................................................................................................11
Relevance to the target audience...................................................................................................12
Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions................................................................................................13
Communication styles...............................................................................................................14
Detail of the event’s theme and design..........................................................................................15
EMBOK model..........................................................................................................................15
Domains dimension...............................................................................................................16

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Marketing Plan...............................................................................................................................19
Product.......................................................................................................................................20
Price...........................................................................................................................................20
Place...........................................................................................................................................21
Promotion..................................................................................................................................21
People........................................................................................................................................21
Process.......................................................................................................................................21
Physical evidence.......................................................................................................................22
Issues/barriers and their solutions..................................................................................................22
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................23
References......................................................................................................................................24

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Introduction
The aim of the report is to take one existing British event into a new international market or to
existing international event brought to the UK. Being the international events manager, it was
selected to take the British event to the overseas market. The event that has been selected is the
MOBO Award that mainly stands for the Music of Black Origin. The event will be taken from
the United Kingdom to Australia (Precisely Sydney). This report includes the analysis related to
the new location where the event is going to conduct. It also includes the details related to the
target audience with the help of models and theories. In addition, there is description related to
event themes and design with the marketing plan for launching the event. In the end, it includes
the analysis related to the issues that might be faced by the organizer along with their solutions.
Overview of event
MOBO awards stand for the "Music of Black Origin" and the awards were established in the
year 1966 by Kanya King and Andy Ruffell. The MOBO Award show is held every year in the
UK on annual basis. In the current market, this award has become one of Europe’s biggest and
most influential music award ceremonies (MOBO, 2018). The award includes the celebration of
the musical fields which include hip-hop, grime, RnB, soul, reggae, Jazz and African music. The
aim behind the award was to establish a position for the music. In the current era, this has been
found that from the year of establishment, 3000 trophies have been awarded under this award in
a total of around 1,500 nominations (MOBO, 2018).

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Event’s Current SWOT Analysis
SWOT analysis is an internal analysis which is used to evaluate competitive position by
determining the strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities (David, 2011). The analysis of
the British event is discussed below: -
Strengths
 The award appreciates the talent of the people in the field of music.
 The award is something which is most powerful, robust, adaptable and iconic for the
identity for their Music of black origin (Woode, 2016).
Weaknesses
 The biggest weaknesses of the MOBO awards are that it is no longer represent the best of
black music. In attempting to appeal to mass listeners for which they have diluted their
unique selling point that is raw, black music talent (Moore, 2011).
Opportunities
 The opportunity that is associated with the MOBO Award is that it is giving away to
MOBO Awards has the opportunity to expand the award range to the international
market.
 The awards can also bring new categories and forms that help in making their awards
diversify.
Threats

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 The introduction of another music award is one of the biggest threats for the MOBO
award.
 The cultural disputes within the UK related to the black music are a threat for the music
award that is MOBO award.
TOWS matrix
Internal factors
External
factors
Strengths (S) Weaknesses (W)
Opportunities
(O)
The award is powerful, adaptable
and iconic which is strength.
MOBO Awards can expand their
awards with the help of its
strength.
Moreover, this award is able to
give an international platform to
the awards and talent. Along with
this, the strength can be utilized
in adding new categories in music
(Woode, 2016).
MOBO awards are diluting
their Unique selling point
which is their weakness but
this can easily be converted
into opportunities if the
awards will include some
more forms then this
weakness can turn to
opportunities.
Threats (T) MOBO Awards provides a stage
or platform to the black music but
there is a threat because of
competitor’s award in the same
field. These other awards will
One of the major threats
that are faced by the
company is a cultural
dispute. This MOBO award
is getting weak in handling

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attract the black talent also to
participate. This will reduce the
number of participants for the
MOBO award.
the black music uniqueness
due to which there is the
possibility of cultural
disputes.
Relevance of the new location for the event
New location that has been selected for launching the MOBO Award event is Sydney, Australia.
This section of the report includes the analysis of award in the new location and their relevance
with the help of the theories and frameworks.
PESTLE analysis
PESTLE is a framework that is used for analysing the external environment of the country
(Hollensen, 2015). It is essential for the event manager to analyse the market of Sydney for
Black Music. The analysis is conducted below with the help of PESTLE framework.
Political factors- The event of the MOBO award will get affected if the government of Australia
will not permit to conduct the event in Sydney. Though, it is expected that the government will
allow for the event because this will reflect that they are supporting the Black music which will
provide the benefits to the talented people living in Australia migrated from Africa.
Economic factors- In Australia, Sydney is considered as the largest economy. This is found that
more than $ 108 billion is generated every year within the city of Sydney local area. This shows
that the market of Sydney is growing with the rise in GDP (City of Sydney, 2016). In the year
2015-16, it was noted that GDP was $400.9 billion and reflects that they contribute approx. 24.1

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per cent of the national GDP. In clear terms, it reflects the rise in GDP which means the ultimate
rise in purchasing power of people. This will show that it is a positive sign for the event
organisers as they can easily get the profit or benefit by organizing the MOBO award event in
Sydney.
Social factors- The social factors include the customer trend in the market in Sydney. This is
found that there is an African Australian present in Sydney (Cullors and Diverlus, 2017). Some
people get emigrated from Africa to Australia and according to the data, there are 2005-06
permanent settler arrivals to Australia which include 4,000 South African and 3,800 Sudanese.
These people welcome and appreciate the talent of black music and they also try to maintain this
talent. The consumer and cultural trends will allow the event manager to plan for the event in the
market in Sydney. Moreover, these people take the participation in the event of MOBO awards.
Technological factors- The technological factors include the use of advanced technology in the
event. This has been found that a technology factor doesn’t bring the major influence on the
event (Dawson, 2014). Though the event organiser can make use of the technology for arranging
the event and the participants can bring the advance music instruments.
Legal factors- The legal factors include the rules and regulations that are related to the
organizing of MOBO awards in Sydney. The organizers can face the issues while arranging for
the land where they can organize the event. It includes the legal obligations related to the rent of
the place or any agreement.
Environmental factors- The event organiser needs to ensure that they are not creating an impact
on the environment (Hollensen, 2015). Along with this, while selecting the place of the venue for

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the event they need to check that the impact of global warming is not there. The organiser needs
to select the venue after considering the changes in climate.
Porters’ Five Forces
The Porter's five forces is a framework that is used for analysing the competitiveness within the
industry that can influence the decision taken for introducing the MOBO awards (Kotler, 2015).
Factors Description
Bargaining power of
customers
 The bargaining power of customers in the market of Sydney is
high because most of the talented people keep searching for the
place or platform where they can easily get the acknowledgement
for their work.
Bargaining power of
suppliers
 The suppliers include the people or companies who can contribute
effectively in organizing the event for the MOBO Awards (The
Surgery Design and Digital Ltd, 2018).
 The suppliers for the catering, decoration, environment, the
program has high bargaining power in the Sydney because there
are numerous events take place for which they offer the facility.
The threat of new
entrants
 The threat of new entrants is moderate because there are many
new events that they are willing to take into the overseas market
(Kotler, 2015).
 Though, there is a need for huge capital for organizing the event
which will stop the new entrant to enter into Sydney.
Threat of substitutes  The threat of substitute is high in the market of Sydney because

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there is the presence of the ARIA Music Awards (ARIA Awards,
2018).
 Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards can be
preferred by the talented black people who have the talent of
Black music.
Competitive rivalry  The rivalry in the market of Sydney is intense because of the
presence of ARIA Music Awards (ARIA Awards, 2018).
 These awards can grab the attention of different people who have
the talent and the people generally participate in these awards
because these awards are considered as the public voted awards.
 This is the reason due to which MOBO Awards organizers might
find the issues.
Segmentation, targeting and positioning
In Sydney, Australia it is essential for the MOBO awards event manager to decide the target
segment of customers which is possible with the help of segmentation. In addition, the
positioning of the Awards can be analysed after considering the views of the targeted customers.
Segmentation
The market segmentation refers to as the distribution or division of the market in groups of
different categories that are present in the market (Armstrong, Adam, Denize and Kotler, 2014).
The segmentation for MOBO awards is given below: -

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Demographic: - This market group is divided on the basis of age, income, gender and others.
The event organizer can segment the people with different age groups which include 5-14 years,
14-24 years, 24-48 years and above. The participants who can participate are required to be in
the age group of 14 or above (MOBO, 2018).
Geographic: - This segment divided the market considering the geographic regions where the
product or services are offered. The geographic segment for the event is urban and rural people
who reside in Sydney and in other parts of Australia.
Behavioural: - This segment divides the customer or group on the basis of the consumption.
Most of the people in Sydney are willing to enjoy the events that take place in Sydney as they
feel it makes them refresh and they get a chance to appraise the talent of black music.
Target market
The event organizer makes use of the differentiation targeting strategy in which they target the
different segments. MOBO award event is open for the people who fall under the age group of 5-
14 years and14-24 years mainly and on the secondary basis, the organizer targets 24-48 years
and above. Along with this, this segment includes male and female irrespective of their income
group. Along with this, the organizers welcome the people from different areas with different
perception for the event.
Positioning
Positioning refers to as the value of goods and services in the mind of customers (Armstrong,
Adam, et al 2014). The positioning of MOBO awards events lies in between the high
entertainment and low popularity. On the other hand, the competitor’s position lies between the
moderate entertainments with the high popularity.

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Ansoff’s matrix Strategy
Ansoff matrix is the marketing planning model that supports the business in identifying the
growth of product and services in the market of Sydney. It includes the major strategies that are
product development, market penetration, market development and diversification.
Market development for MOBO awards
Out of this, the event organizer has made use of the market development strategy. In this growth
strategy, the existing products are taken into the new markets (Frynas and Mellahi, 2015). The
organizers selected this strategy for the MOBO awards in which they decided to take the existing
services into the market of Sydney, Australia.
Market entry mode
It is essential for every business to decide the mode of entry which means the way that is opted
by them to enter the market. There are different types of market mode of entry that can be
selected and this includes a joint venture, licensing, wholly owned subsidiaries, strategic
alliances and others.
Licensing
Over here, the event manager should opt for the licensing mode of entry to enter into the market
of Sydney for their MOBO awards event. In this, the manager needs to take the permission from
the government to organize an event in Australia. After the approval, they will be to organize the
event within the country.