PSY466 Knowledge management

                                                                                                 

   

                                                                                      Spring 2007

                                                                                                 

                                                                                                 

                                                                                                 

                                                                                                 

                                                                                                 

                                                                                                 

                                                                                                 

                                                                      Lecturer: Mgr. Ondřej Čapka

                                                                             Mgr. Ladislav Koubek

                                                                         Email: capka@fss.muni.cz

                                                                               l.koubek@gmail.com

                                                                                                 

   Structure of the Course

   

   “Experience is something you always get just a moment after you needed it.”

   

                      Lecture 1 – Intro, What is KM?, Where Does KM Come From?

   -         Introduction, structure of the course,

   -         What is KM

   -         Sources and Development of KM

   

   Lecture 2 – From Vision to Reality, Strategy

   -         SBU

   -         Vision Statement

   -         Strategy

   

   Lecture 3 – Knowledge processes and tools

   -         combination, integration, socialization, externalization

   -         knowledge markets

   -         Development plans

   

   Lecture 4 – System dynamics basics

   -         Cancelled – Easter Monday! Have nice Easter and be kind to the girls! (if you are
   not from CZ, ask the others what does it meanJ)

   -         (You can study Principles of SD, Archetypes, Consequences of SD thinking) 

   

   Lecture 5 – Management(?) of Knowledge, Organizational Culture, Cases to decide

   -         Leadership styles

   -         Organizational culture

   -         HRD

   -         Cases to decide (CRM, e-learning,

   

   Lecture 6 – Presentation of the Final Project

   Presentations

   -         all members should actively and verbally  participate on presentation (technical
   support is not a participation ;) )

   

   Final Project

   Project is to be created in teams of 3-4 members. Several topics are offered (see below) but
   final design is a matter of discussion with the lecturer. Teams are to be formed and topics
   selected until the end of March.

   

   E-learning course design

   Goal: To create a design of e-learning course with its features.

   There is many LMS on world markets. Your mission in this projects is to define what features
   would be useful and apply your abstract definition on selected domain. This project does not
   need to result in full course but all important “social scientific” (i.e. you don’t need to be
   IT specialist) decisions should be made.

   

   Analysis of KM in selected organization
   Goal: To map features of organizations culture, climate, rules, structure etc. in respect of
   knowledge processes.

   Analysis should include SWOT and proposals for change. Note that proposals should form a
   meaningful and coherent whole.

   

   Knowledge in physical space

   Goal: To map a physical space in respect of knowledge processes. (Where does participants
   share, gain, present... their knowledge? - existing and missing places, attributes, features
   and elements.) Where do the features of the places come from? What makes them attractive?

   (Photo)graphic presentation warmly welcomed.

   

   Feedbackloop diagram of selected topic

   

   

   

   Assessment

   To complete the course one needs to:

   -         Attend (one absence is tolerated)

   -         Actively participate in discussions, seminar work and final project

   -         Actively participate in project presentation

   

   Literature and learning resources are available at:

   

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