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The dissertation is in nine chapters, divided into three parts. This chapter explains why the dis... more The dissertation is in nine chapters, divided into three parts. This chapter explains why the dissertation was written and how it was done. Chapter 2 provides an overview of the Uniting Church in Australia. Chapter 3 explains the management technique of scenario planning. This is the first time that the technique has been applied to the future of an Australian church. 1 Part II consists five chapters. Chapter 4 is an introduction to the four scenarios ("futures"). Chapter 5 deals with the first scenario: "Word and Deed" and examines how the Uniting Church could become a church of a small number of large parishes providing both spiritual activities and social welfare. Chapter 6 deals with the second scenario: "Secular Welfare" and examines how the Uniting Church could just let the parishes fade away and instead focus on the provision of social welfare (albeit derived from a Christian tradition). Chapter 7 deals with the third scenario: "Return to the Early Church", which examines how the Uniting Church could reinvent itself as per the first three centuries of the Christian church. Chapter 8 deals with the fourth scenario: "Recessional" (taken from the name of the piece of music played at the end of a church service) in which the Uniting Church is wound up and its assets dispersed. Part III, containing chapter 9, asks the question "Where to from here?" In a usual scenario planning exercise, the task at this point would shift to the practicalities of following through the scenarios ("futures"), not least the creation of contingency plans. This chapter argues that the Uniting Church is
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Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 1990
India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs
Media Information Australia
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1996
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 2004
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1995
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1997
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 2001
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1996
The dissertation is in nine chapters, divided into three parts. This chapter explains why the dis... more The dissertation is in nine chapters, divided into three parts. This chapter explains why the dissertation was written and how it was done. Chapter 2 provides an overview of the Uniting Church in Australia. Chapter 3 explains the management technique of scenario planning. This is the first time that the technique has been applied to the future of an Australian church. 1 Part II consists five chapters. Chapter 4 is an introduction to the four scenarios ("futures"). Chapter 5 deals with the first scenario: "Word and Deed" and examines how the Uniting Church could become a church of a small number of large parishes providing both spiritual activities and social welfare. Chapter 6 deals with the second scenario: "Secular Welfare" and examines how the Uniting Church could just let the parishes fade away and instead focus on the provision of social welfare (albeit derived from a Christian tradition). Chapter 7 deals with the third scenario: "Return to the Early Church", which examines how the Uniting Church could reinvent itself as per the first three centuries of the Christian church. Chapter 8 deals with the fourth scenario: "Recessional" (taken from the name of the piece of music played at the end of a church service) in which the Uniting Church is wound up and its assets dispersed. Part III, containing chapter 9, asks the question "Where to from here?" In a usual scenario planning exercise, the task at this point would shift to the practicalities of following through the scenarios ("futures"), not least the creation of contingency plans. This chapter argues that the Uniting Church is
Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 03071848708522807, Jun 10, 2008
Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 1990
India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs
Media Information Australia
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1996
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 2004
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1995
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1997
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 2001
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1996