Unit of Study INDG2013 Aboriginal Community Organisations: Ethics and Sustainability (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian Peoples
Placement

No

Unit description

Investigates the origins, development and governance of Aboriginal organisations to create safe and effective working environments within Aboriginal communities. Students will explore resistance, difference and knowing, to describe the eco-ethical roots of Indigenous cultures while examining concepts of social sustainability.

Unit content

Module 1: History: Aboriginal Corporations Policy

Module 2: Indigenous Governance Systems

Module 3: Organisational Cultures and Ethics

Module 4: Community and Government Relationships

Module 5: Measuring Sustainability at the Margins

Module 6: Strengthening the Voice of Indigenous Australians

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Online	Term4	N/A

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

summarise the different demands and constraints that influence Indigenous practice in work, administration and organisational behaviour

critically analyse the differences between implicit cultural and community approaches and imposed administrative and business expectations in organisations

synthesise the differences in outcomes through co-design of solution spaces within cross-cultural business and organisational practice.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Annotated bibliography	40%
Essay	60%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

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Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

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