MPH_RMZO Organizational Knowledge Development and Knowledge Management

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mag. Dr. Eva Born (seminar tutor)
Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Rainer Born (seminar tutor)
Ing. Peter Kelemen, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mag. Dr. Eva Born
Department of Business Management – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Vlasta Radová
Supplier department: Department of Business Management – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MPH_RMZO/01: each even Friday 8:00–11:50 P201, E. Born, R. Born, P. Kelemen
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students will have a better understanding on how practically use contemporary theories in organizational epistemology for the resolution of knowledge management issues in organizations.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
- reproduce the main issues of contemporary theories in organizational epistemology;
- briefly describe meaning of basic notions of contemporary theories in organizational epistemology;
- describe selected problems of knowledge management and organizational epistemology;
- describe these problems in practical examples;
- describe and compare selected solutions to these problems.
Syllabus
  • 1. session (2x2h): Kick-off: Organization as a knowledge system: Introduction into the problem area (theoretical input and group game); content, aims, organization of the course, assignment of topics
    2. session (2x2h): Prep Stage 1: Configuration, contingencies and life-cycles of organizations: Theoretical input, short test, presentations, discussions
    3. session (2x2h): L&D1 Stage: Epistemic processes in learning organizations underlying their effectiveness (organizational epistemology): Theoretical input, short test, presentations, discussions
    4. session (2x2h): L&D2 Stage: Relational presuppositions for organizational learning and knowledge management, knowledge, knowledge management, aspects of knowledge management: Theoretical input, short test, presentations, discussions
    5. session (2x2h): L&D2 Stage: Relational presuppositions for organizational learning and knowledge management, knowledge, knowledge management, aspects of knowledge management: Theoretical input, short test, presentations, discussions
    6. session (2x2h): L&D3 Stage: Structural presuppositions for organizational learning and knowledge management, the practice of knowledge management, final reflexion: Theoretical input, short test, presentations, discussions
    7. session (2x2h): Written exam (for students which do not pass the minimum required points in a short test in Sessions 2, 3, 4, 5)
Literature
    required literature
  • Výukové materiály (k dispozici na začátku semestru)
    recommended literature
  • Tsoukas, H. (2005). Complex Knowledge. Studies in Organizational Epistemology. Oxford: Oxford University Press
  • HISLOP, Donald. Knowledge management in organizations: A critical introduction. Oxford University Press. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2013. info
Teaching methods
lectures, autonomous reading of academic literature, presentations, group discussions, group games, case study analyses, short tests, written exam
Assessment methods
All students responsibility is to read all mandatory readings. This will be examined through a short test at the beginning of sessions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Students which do not pass the minimum requirement (less than 13 points out of 25 in tests) will have to do a long exam in Session 7. Others do not have to show up in Session 6. Thematic work (student presentation of an assigned topic), active in-class work.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017.
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