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Social Impact Assessment and Cross-Cultural Negotiation

Postgraduate | MAQ-GEOX802 | 2019

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Understand how social impact assessment can help stakeholders with different world-views find common ground.Explore the difficulties that can arise during cross-cultural negotiations. Pick apart case studies that deal with issues like native title.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
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Social Impact Assessment and Cross-Cultural Negotiation

About this subject

  • At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

    1. develop a critical literacy in the field of Social Impact Assessment in terms of inter-cultural communication, conflict and cooperation
    2. an ability to discuss the history of Social Impact Assessment and its basic theoretical and methodological foundations in Australia and internationally
    3. an ability to explain the requirements for negotiations-based approaches to Social Impact Assessment in cross-cultural settings
    4. understand the lessons of recent negotiations about resource industry and infrastructure developments in Australia
    5. understand the communications issues affecting cross-cultural negotiations and Social Impact Assessment research
    6. demonstrate written and oral communication skills and research skills at a high level.

Entry requirements

To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

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