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Learning outcomes |
• Provide an insight into the importance and role of Knowledge Management and how it enables organizations to increase their competitiveness.
• Develop the main theories and draw attention to its importance in the development of scientific knowledge.
At the end of the course students should:
• Have a thorough overview of the importance and role of Knowledge Management and how it enables organizations to identify, acquire, store, analyze, distribute, and reuse in a systematic information and knowledge to increase their productivity and competitiveness.
• Know the main underlying theoretical contributions to Knowledge Management.
• Know the main background to these theories.
• Be able to use qualitative research methodologies.
• Having the ability to investigate issues related to Knowledge Management and Organizational Wisdom.
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Main Bibliography |
Bierly III, Paul E., Kessler, Eric H. and Christensen, Edward W. (2000), "Organizational learning, knowledge and wisdom", Journal of Organizational Change Management, vol. 13, No. 6, p. 595-618
Bueno Campos, Eduardo (2003), "Approaches tendencies en dirección y principales del conocimiento (knowledge management);" Dirección del conocimiento: Desarrollos theoretical y aplicaciones, edited by Ricardo Hernandez Mogollon, Ediciones La Coria, Trujillo, p. 21-54
Davenport, Thomas H. and Prusak, Laurence (1998), "Working Knowledge - How Organizations Manage What They Know", Harvard Business School Press, Boston
Drucker, Peter F. (1993), "Post-capitalist society", HarperCollins Publishers
Nonaka, Ikujiro and Takeuchi, Hirotaka (1995), "The Knowledge-creating company: How Japanese companies create the dynamics of innovation", Oxford University Press
(There are many other articles and books that are used)
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
Students should be able to review Knowledge Management articles and books, such as how to plan and build an investigation that includes some of the key topics covered.
Thus, students will be evaluated by 3 factors:
- Individual and substantiated analysis of an article: 25%
- Development of an article on Knowledge Management: 70%
Due date: May 22, 2020
- Participation in class and discussion of the works: 5%
In the first two assessment periods students must obtain a minimum grade of 8 points and a positive average for passing this course unit.
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