303257 (v.2) CAS - Indigenous Organisational Practice 125

Area:

Centre for Aboriginal Studies

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

30.0

Seminar:

1 x 30 Hours Quarterly

Prerequisite(s):

303242 (v.3) CAS - Indigenous Community Practice 121 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Management models, values and assumptions, their influence on behaviour and role and fit with indigenous community development. Setting the policy agenda and organisational influence using the policy process. Values, principles and ethics of Indigenous Community Management and Development Practice. Analysis of own role in terms of Indigenous Community Management and Development practice.

Unit Outcomes:

In addition to identifying an agency's mission, philosophy, goals and objectives and the importance of organisational processes, on successful completion of this unit students will have- Described their own position and their potential to enact Indigenous Community Management and Development Practice, particularly in terms of their organisation's policy processes. Identified management models and their influence on own organisation or work.

Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.

Unit References:

Block, P., (1990), The Empowered Manager, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco. Lakey, B., (1995), Grassroots and Non-Profit Leadership: A Guide for Organisations in Changing Times, New Society Publishers, Philadelphia. Nutting, J. and White, G., (1981), The Business of Communicating, McGraw Hill, Sydney. Oldcorn, R., (1996), Management, 3rd Ed, McMillan Press, Hampshire. Shidles, K., (1991), In the Tigers Mouth, Millennium a Books, Newtown. Steiner, G., (1988), Business, Government and Society: A Management Perspective, Random House, New York.

Unit Texts:

No prescribed text.

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

Assignments (Applied to student's work place). Practicum (report on activities), Journal writing, short answer tests. Students must obtain a 50% grade in each assessment unit to achieve a Pass grade. This is by Pass/Fail Assessment

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y