Area: | Centre for Aboriginal Studies |
Credits: | 50.0 |
Contact Hours: | 30.0 |
Seminar: | 1 x 30 Hours Quarterly |
Prerequisite(s): | 303307 (v.1) CAS - Project Planning Application 213
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Co Requisite(s): | 303317 (v.1) CAS - Indigenous Ways of Working 225
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Syllabus: | Community development and management principles - applied to implementation of project and work activity, commitment to indigenous ways of working, in the workplace and in project implementation. Workplace cross-cultural activities - communication, negotiation, human resource skills, dealing with monitoring and implementation issues, upholding indigenous ways of working and community development and management principles in decision-making. Financial management - formal and informal monitoring of finances. Legal and management implementation systems and accountability requirements. Indigenous decision-making and control. |
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Not available for enrolment - No fee att: | On successful completion of this unit, students will have- Suggested strategies to use in work-related issues. Applied principles of self-management in the workplace and community settings. Explained the use of financial management principles in the workplace and community settings. Applied project implementation processes in the workplace or community settings. Explained the use of community development and management principles in the workplace and in project implementation. Analysed and responded to policy issues arising from the implementation of a project. |
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: | Ngarritjan-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. New York, 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: | Participation in individual and small group work, Presentations, Professional development groups, Written assignments 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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