| Effective Term: | 2025/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Innovation, Science & Sustainability |
| Unit Title: | Planning and Economic Development |
| Unit ID: | DLGLM1005 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | (DLGLM1000) |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 080300 |
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| Brief description of the Unit |
Planning plays an important role in the economic development of local communities. Good planning ensures transparency and accountability to local communities and other tiers of government to demonstrate how money has been spent and the quality of services delivered. Economic development aims to improve a local community’s economic growth, economic well-being, and quality of life. Economic development entails a variety of activities including those designed to attract, create, and retain jobs, attract new projects and investment, all of which help grow a municipality’s rate-paying base. Successful economic development is a collaborative effort between industry, local government, and a variety of community stakeholders. In undertaking this unit, students will gain an understanding of the primary roles, theories, and practices applicable to planning and economic development in the context of local government. Students will gain a better understanding and be able to identify the local resources, ideas and skills that are required to stimulate economic growth and development. In developing an appreciation of the fundamentals for planning and economic development, students will understand the need for a vision and framework when developing strategies, and the need for effective collaboration with community and stakeholders to achieve sustainable economic, environmental, heritage and social development outcomes.
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| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: | |
| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | | |  | | | | Advanced | | | | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Define the relevant theories and stages of planning in local government, and how they are applied in the context of economic development. |
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| K2. | Explain the need for a broad vision and framework when implementing plans and strategies for local government. |
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| K3. | Describe how local governments consult and collaborate with local communities to achieve sustainable economic, efficient, effective, environmental, heritage and social development outcomes. |
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| K4. | Explain the importance of strategic and statutory planning in a local government context. |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Demonstrate the importance of clear communication, the recognition of protocols and process to achieve economic, efficient, and effective outcomes. |
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| S2. | Identify stakeholders, data, and theoretical models that assist with the consultation and planning process. |
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| S3. | Illustrate how planning assists and encourages communities to work together to achieve sustainable economic, efficient, effective, environmental, heritage and social development outcomes. |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Critically analyse current sustainable practice in local government agencies and propose alternatives. |
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| A2. | Appraise and effectively communicate local government functions and their impact on sustainable development goals. |
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| Unit Content: |
Topics covered may include: - Planning theories and strategies
- Leadership considerations
- Link between planning and economic development
- Strategies for economic development
- Collaboration with stakeholders
- Investment and business strategies
- Resource management
- Sustainable, economic, efficient, effective, environment, heritage and social development outcomes
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| Graduate Attributes: |
| Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FEDTASKS (Transferable Attributes Skills and Knowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are be embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and Co-operative Learning opportunities. One or more FEDTASK, transferable Attributes, Skills or Knowledge must be evident in the specified learning outcomes and assessment for each FedUni Unit, and all must be directly assessed in each Course.
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| FED TASK and descriptor | Development and acquisition of FEDTASKS in the Unit | | Level | FEDTASK 1
Interpersonal | Students will demonstrate high-level skills to effectively communicate, interact and work with others both individually and in groups Students will be required to display (in person and/or online) high-level skills in-person and/or online in: • Effective verbal and non-verbal communication via a range of synchronous and asynchronous methods • Active listening for meaning and influencing • High-level empathy for others • Negotiating and demonstrating extended conflict resolution skills • Working respectfully in cross-cultural and diverse teams | 1 - Yes | FEDTASK 2
Leadership | Students will demonstrate the ability to apply leadership skills and behaviours Students will be required to display skills in: • Creating, contributing to, and enabling collegial environments • Showing self-awareness and the ability to self-reflect for personal growth • Inspiring and enabling others • Making informed and evidence-based decisions through consultation with others • Displaying initiative and ability to solve problems | 1 - Yes | FEDTASK 3
Critical Thinking and Creativity | Students will demonstrate an ability to work in complex and ambiguous environments, using their imagination to create new ideas Students will be required to display skills in: • Reflecting critically on complex problems • Synthesising, evaluating ideas, concepts and information • Proposing alternative perspectives to refine ideas • Challenging conventional thinking to clarify concepts through deep inquiry • Proposing creative solutions in problem solving | 1 - Yes | FEDTASK 4
Digital Literacy | Students will demonstrate the ability to work proficiently across a range of tools, platforms and applications to achieve a range of tasks Students will be required to display high-level skills in: • Finding, accessing, collating, evaluating, managing, curating, organising and appropriately and securely sharing complex digital information at a high-level • Receiving and responding to messages in a range of digital media • Using digital tools appropriately to conduct research • Contributing proficiently to digital teams and working groups • Participating in and utilising digital learning opportunities | 1 - Yes | FEDTASK 5
Sustainable and Ethical Mindset | Students will demonstrate the ability to think ethically and sustainably. Students will be required to display skills in: • The responsible conduct of research • Making informed judgments that consider the impact of devising solutions in multiple global economic environmental and societal contexts • Demonstrating commitment to social responsibility as a professional and a citizen • Generating research solutions which are sustainable,ethical, socially responsible and/or sustainable • Extending lifelong, life-wide and life-deep learning to be open to diverse others • Demonstrate extended actions to foster sustainability in their professional and personal life. | 1 - Yes |
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| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1, K2, K4, S1, S2, S3, A1, A2 | Group/Individual presentation and or task | Presentation | 20 - 40% | | 2. | K1, K3, K4, S1, S2, S3, A2 | Final report on Planning and Development scenario | Written Report | 60 - 80% |
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