57103 Knowledge Management Strategies

8cp

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.

For detailed information, see the full subject description at:
http://www.hss.uts.edu.au/subject_descriptions/57103.pdf

Typical availability

Spring semester, City campus

Fee information

2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $1,186.33
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $3,040.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.167
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Access conditions

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