Knowledge Management
Department of Computer Systems and Communications
Academic Year: 2016-2017
Francesco Caputo
fcaputo@mail.muni.cz
Introduction
Learning objectives: Course aims to underline the increasing relevance of IT companies and IT
professional in the Knowledge Era . It aims to offer indications, observations, and guidelines to use KM
principles in field of Informatics. In this direction course will support students in developing a multi and
transdisciplinary approach to knowledge management. Final aim of course is to offer to students’
instruments and models to be more competitive in the knowledge economy.
Course contents: he course will offer to the student first elements about: - Tacit and explicit knowledge
- Social dimensions of knowledge transfer - Contribution of ITC in knowledge era - Knowledge sharing Knowledge
representation - Organizational learning - Communities of practice - Key performance
indicator and successful factors of Knowledge management.
Teaching methods: Presentations + case studies
Assessment methods: Course requires to apply theoretical concepts learned during the lessons to
investigate social and economic sectors of our society. Students will identify a firm to analyse in order to
explain in which ways firm’s strategies and behaviours endow principles of knowledge management.
Students will adopt a critical approach to analyse firm’s activities in order to underline possible
improvements in quality of managerial approaches. Project work will require to students to verify in
which way knowledge management can support a better understanding and evaluation of social and
economic problems.
SUMMARY OF THE COURSE
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Wilson A.G. (2010). Knowledge power: interdisciplinary education for a complex world.
Routledge, New York.
Zhang Z., Siekmann, J. (2007). Knowledge science, engineering and management :second
International Conference, KSEM 2007. Melbourne, Australia, November 28-30. Springer,
Berlin.
BOOKS AND FUTURE READINGS
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Lessons:
Monday 10:00 – 11:50 (C525)
Consultation hours:
Room: B415
Monday: 12:00 – 13:00
SCHEDULE
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