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Postgraduate Course: Knowledge Management (MBA) (BUST11158)

Course Outline
SchoolBusiness School CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits10
Home subject areaBusiness Studies Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThe field of knowledge management (KM) focuses primarily on the creation, encoding (some call it embedding), and sharing (some call it transfer) of knowledge. Of course, knowledge?know-how?has always played a vital role in organisations. What is new is the way in which organisations are recognising knowledge as a corporate asset.
KM strategies are typically tied to organisational objectives and are intended to achieve specific outcomes, such as shared intelligence, improved performance, competitive advantage, or higher levels of innovation.
Knowledge transfer is of particular interest to complex organisations. Such transfer (or sharing) has always existed in one form or another from the earliest days when craftsmen would teach others their skills. Today, especially in knowledge-intensive industries, we see on-the-job peer discussions, formal internships or apprenticeships, corporate libraries, professional training, ?communities of practice?, and mentoring programs.
But how can organisations best manage such processes? KM attempts to shed light on that question.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, students should be able to
- Appreciate the complexities of organisational knowledge management tactics and strategies
- Understand the distinctions between data, information, and knowledge
- Recognise the role of intellectual property and organisational learning in creating unique company competencies and competitive advantage
- Better understand ways individuals and organisations learn
- Consider the roles of tacit knowledge and appreciate the challenges associated with sharing (transfer) of such knowledge
- Conceptualise the challenges of creating a positive organisational context?one where consistent shared learning is commonplace
Assessment Information
Class participation and contribution: 40 points (up to 10 per class)
Presentation of article: 50
Topic presentation: 50
Topic handouts: 30
Final strategy pres/exec summary: 100 (50 for presentation, 50 exec summary)
Bonus (peer evaluation, max 10% of total mark):up to 30
Total: up to 300 points
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
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Contacts
Course organiserDr Inger Seiferheld
Tel: (0131 6)50 3801
Email: Inger.Seiferheld@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Freda Paterson
Tel: (0131 6)50 8065
Email: f.paterson@ed.ac.uk
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