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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.

Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases.

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

Field of Education:

 90300 Studies in Human Society (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

1  

Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information:

 Not Online  

Result Type:

 Pass/Fail


Availability

YearLocationPeriodInternalArea ExternalCentral External
2004Bentley CampusSemester 2Y  

Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

 
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