Indigenous Management and Organisations (MGMT90304)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Not available in 2025
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The formation of organisations has been part of Indigenous peoples’ collective efforts toward recognition and self-determination. A key imperative is to ensure that the strategies, principles, and practices of these organisations are based on Indigenous knowledges and ways of doing things.
This subject aims to introduce students to key issues, concerns and theories of Indigenous organisation and management. The subject will support students to question mainstream management concepts and tools and build the capacity to develop hybrid models that incorporate Indigenous knowledge systems and ways of being.
Students will explore how the decolonisation of management might create innovative ways of organising and managing. Students will also investigate alternative ways of organizing and alternatives to traditional business models.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Demonstrate an understanding about the distinctiveness of Indigenous organisations
- Develop practical insights into how organising principles can be based on Indigenous knowledges
- Critically evaluate mainstream management concepts and tools
- Reimagine mainstream management tools so that they incorporate Indigenous ways of doing things
- Explore how hybrid practices can produce innovative approaches to managing and organizing in Indigenous organisations
- Evaluate alternative business models that promote different forms of ownership and governance
Generic skills
- Critical evaluation of evidence in support of an argument or proposition
- Problem solving in management through the application of appropriate management theories, principles and data
- Demonstrate a capacity to successfully engage in collaborative activities such as group-based work and activities
Last updated: 4 March 2025