Courses Bachelor Display 2013-2014
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Course title | Knowledge Management | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course code | EBC2039 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ECTS credits | 6,5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assessment | None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Level | Introductory/Intermediate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinator |
Mark Vluggen For more information: m.vluggen@maastrichtuniversity.nl |
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Language of instruction | English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Goals |
Students that have followed this course should be able to:
-Understand Knowledge Management (KM) concepts and tools; -Understand KM processes (acquisition, selection, generation, internalisation, externalisation); -Identify how KM can be used effectively within specific environments; -Understand the facilitating role that information technology can play in knowledge management; -Understand the challenges posed by KM implementation. |
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Description |
This course studies the knowledge management practices of contemporary Organisations. Knowledge management can be defined as the systematic, explicit and deliberate acquisition, storage and application of Organisational knowledge, aimed at maximizing Organisations’ return on knowledge assets. The discipline of knowledge management is a very young one: it is little more than ten years old. Yet, people in Organisations have always acquired, used and valued knowledge. Explicitly recognizing knowledge as a corporate asset is new, however, as is understanding the need to manage it with the same care paid to other, more tangible assets. Now that the foundation of industrialized economies has shifted from natural resources to intellectual capital, executives have been compelled to examine the knowledge underlying their businesses. This is a difficult endeavour, because knowledge originates in the human mind and can be difficult to codify. Hence, this course is concerned with a very fundamental question: “How can we manage knowledge?”
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Literature |
Electronic Reader
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Prerequisites |
An advanced level of English
No prerequisites |
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Teaching methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) | PBL / Presentation / Lecture / Assignment / Groupwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assessment methods (indicative; course manual is definitive) | Final Paper / Participation / Written Exam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Evaluation in previous academic year | For the complete evaluation of this course please click "here" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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