Module Information
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Seminars / Tutorials | On line support from the module coordinator is available to students on a regular basis. |
| Other | The module is taught according to distance learning principles, using specially designed distance learning materials. |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | MANAGEMENT STUDY REPORT ( CIRCA 2,500 WORDS) | 50% |
| Semester Assessment | CASE STUDY ( CIRCA 2,500 WORDS) INCORPORATING A RICH PICTURE | 50% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
* identify the principal issues of knowledge management in organisations
* discuss the advantages and disadvantages of effective knowledge management within organisations
* interpret and analyse complex organisational information and knowledge management problems
*assess information as a resource
*explain a range of information audits and audit information
*map and audit the communication flows with an organisation
*discuss models which attempt to identify and explain knowledge transfer
*measure intellectual assets and capital using various techniques including the balanced scorecard
* explain the role of organisational learning and communities of practice to knowledge management
*discuss the advantages and disadvantages of effective knowledge management within organisations
Brief description
The module will explore the key concepts and techniques of knowledge management. Knowledge management is concerned with the effective management of an organisation's intellectual capital. The module will examine the relationship between information and knowledge management and information strategy and knowledge management. The module will focus on the role of knowledge and information in decision-making and on their contribution to strategic and management information systems. The relationship between knowledge and information and organisational culture and politics will be studied. Knowledge and information management techniques including knowledge and information audits and communication mapping will be analysed as well as the role of gatekeepers and intranets in the knowledge management process. Case studies of knowledge and information management practices in the private and public sectors will be used to highlight the role of knowledge management in practice.
Content
Introduction to information management; information management in the private sector. Introduction to knowledge management information and knowledge management in the private sector. Strategic information and management. Information systems and knowledge management. Knowledge management and information strategy. Information and knowledge management in the public sector. Knowledge management, information and decision-making. Motivating collaboration to generate knowledge capital in online communities. Networked information systems. Communities and virtual communities. Problems in the measurement of intellectual assets. De-constructing knowledge management.
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Communication | Presentation of the different perspective by written formal report. Online communications |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Developed throuhg the progressive nature of difficulty of the case studies |
| Information Technology | Module requires application of IT skills in the communication and presentation |
| Personal Development and Career planning | Knowledge management is a developing professional and academic specialism relating closely to the disciplines of information management and human resource management, from which it draws some of its foundations as well as introducing concepts and techniques of its own. The demand for studnets with the appropriate expertise in the fields of knowledge and information management is buoyant and expanding. The module is diectly relevant to the career needs and aspirations of students on information management courses and is highly topical for students on courses in the broader management environment. |
| Problem solving | Individual and group solving from the different perspectives of each of the case studies. |
| Research skills | Anylising the results of the perspectives of the different groups and taking the role of consultants |
| Subject Specific Skills | The module introduces the core concepts, theories and models of knowledge management |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7