Analytics Implementation III: Knowledge Management, Methods and Ethics

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• recognising the challenges facing those responsible for the creation, transfer and storage of organisational knowledge.
• appreciation of the role and importance of knowledge in 21st Century organisations;

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• present convincing and well-argued cases for managerial action plans;
• understand the complexity of the knowledge management tasks facing organisations;
• evaluate appropriate courses of managerial action from a range of alternatives;
• be aware of, and understand, the appropriate relevant research literature.

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• understand and reflect upon the difficulties of implementing knowledge management systems in organisational settings.
• appreciate the knowledge needs of organisations in commercial and public sectors;

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• confidently understand the knowledge needs of organisations, and the managerial mechanisms available to accommodate such needs;
• produce an integrated written report at an appropriate intellectual and practical level.

• Knowledge and knowledge management - Key concepts
• Knowledge discovery and creation
• Knowledge sharing
• Knowledge storage and retrieve
• Information technology (IT) in knowledge management
• Organisational learning and the learning organisation
• Organisational
• Social issues relating to managing and sharing knowledge
• Analytical methodology
• Analytical strategy
• Design thinking
• Agile methods
• Ethics

Teaching methods include:

• lecture-based
• with supporting classes where appropriate.

Learning activities include:

• You will be expected to actively participate in the learning process
• using Blackboard or other facilitative media.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Questions and answers

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: - In-lecture review questions/problems. - Solutions to class questions/case study will be uploaded to Blackboard. - Response to students’ questions during lectures, classes or through other means (e.g. email and Blackboard-Discussion Board).
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.