Requisite(s): 57087 Knowledge Management and the Organisation OR 32534 Knowledge Management Systems OR 21860 Managing Knowledge
Graduate subject – Information and Knowledge Management – 400 level
This subject builds on an understanding of organisational drivers for managing information and knowledge. Students investigate the characteristics of a broad range of strategies within the current rhetoric of knowledge management. This investigation considers the roles of enablers such as people, process, content and technology in planning and managing knowledge initiatives to reinforce, support and/or strengthen the knowledge environment. Topics covered are largely driven by current developments within knowledge management and include topics such as: building knowledge cultures, creativity and innovation, organisational memory, facilitating communities of practice, managing content, value creation and knowledge transfer. By subject end, students are be able to propose appropriate strategies for creating, sharing and using knowledge to achieve goals at both a group and organisational level.
Spring semester, City campus