Intent: Students imagine that they have been asked by their manager to research a community development response to a chosen community issue and prepare an issues paper to seek resources for the exploration of this issue from senior management. Choose one community issue that you are dealing with in your locality that you would like to learn more about and prepare a paper that informs senior management about this issue.Type: ReportTask: Choose one community issue that you are dealing with in your locality that you would like to learn more about. The issue may be affordable housing, boarding houses, urban renewal, sense of place, or other.You have been asked by your manager to research a community development response to this community issue, and prepare an issues paper for senior management to seek resources for the exploration of this issue. The finished paper will provide senior managers with:A thorough understanding of the chosen issue drawing on research undertaken,The relevance of this issue to your locality, providing a justification for why your council should be engaged with this issue,Current responses for dealing with this issue nationally and internationally, Question and challenge current approaches to dealing with the chosen issue, Suggest steps for addressing the chosen issue over the next 5-10 years.To prepare this issues paper, you will undertake research to develop your understanding of the issue you have chosen. You will draw on course readings, session discussions, individual research and explore models and frameworks that could support you to address this issue. Compare and contrast at least two models that you have come across through your research, drawing on examples where these models have been successfully applied or where lessons for application have been learnt.
