IA3117 - Community Management and Development 3 - 2003

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IA3117:03

Community Management and Development 3

External

HECS Band 1

Semester 1. 13 hours optional tutorials available at Cairns campus and videolinked to Townsville campus.

Staff: Ms L Thaker.

This subject explores the concepts of community development and community capacity building in the context of Indigenous Australian communities. Students will examine the role of community, government and non-government partnerships as Indigenous communities attempt to shift from a ‘welfare based economy’ to a ‘real economy’.

Learning Objectives:

1. review the history of service provision to Indigenous communities;
2. examine current government policy and the trend towards community, government and non-government sector partnerships;
3. develop an understanding of cross-sectoral partnerships theory in the management of Indigenous communities and organisations.

Assessment by participation (20%); journal (30%); a 2,000 word essay (30%); oral presentation (20%).

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