Area: | Centre for Aboriginal Studies |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 30.0 |
Seminar: | 1 x 30 Hours Quarterly |
Prerequisite(s): | 303307 (v.1) CAS - Project Planning Application 213 or any previous version
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Co Requisite(s): | 303317 (v.1) CAS - Indigenous Ways of Working 225
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Syllabus: | Planning and implementing programs and projects to support the empowerment, development and self-determination of indigenous communities and groups. Topics include principles of implementation, monitoring and reviewing. Design of accounting systems and financial documentation, cashbooks and interpreting periodical reports. Principles of human resource management. Principles of performance appraisal. Scheduling tasks. Relationships of community development method frameworks. Project review in the policy cycle. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit, the student will have- Explored concepts of project implementation, monitoring and reviewing. Explained principles of financial management systems. Applied principles of staff management .Utilised community development processes related to project implementation. |
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: | Narritjan-Kessaris, T., (1997). School Meetings and Indigenous Parents. In S. Harris and M. Malin eds. Indigenous Education - Historical, Moral and Practical Tales. Darwin, NTU Press. O'Regan, P. and O'Connor, T. (1989). Community. Give it a Go!. Wellington, Allen and Unwin. Peavey, F., (1994). By Life's Grace - Musings on the Essence of Social Change. Philadelphia, New Society Publishers. Quinn, R., Faerman, S., Thompson, M. and McGrath, M., (1996). Becoming a Master Manager: A Competency Framework. NewYork, John Wiley. Sullivan, P., (1996). All Free Man Now - Culture, Community and Politics in the Kimberley Region, North-Western Australia. Canberra, AIATSIS. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed text. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Assignment (1), Participation in individual and group activities, Presentations, Work sheets and written reports. 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 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Online | Result Type: | Pass/Fail |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
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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