57127 Knowledge Management Strategies

Requisite(s): 57087 Knowledge Management and the Organisation
Graduate subject – Information 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. At the end of the subject, students will be able to propose appropriate strategies for creating, sharing and using knowledge to achieve goals at both a group and organisational level.

Typical availability

Spring semester, City campus