Course Catalog 2008-2009 International Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Course´s person responsible

Ilona Ilvonen

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 1, 2 : Wednesday 12 - 14, K1703

Requirements

Passed examination and completed exercises. Required attendance at the assignment discussion sessions.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Objectives

To give the student an understanding of information and knowledge management issues, central terminology and theories. Both business and ICT points of view are covered. During the course, students are familiarised with knowledge management and knowledge intensive organisations and their management. The course also covers the basics of intellectual capital management, business information management, e-business, information security management, enterprise information systems and corporate communications.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	To give the students an overwiew of the field on infomation and knowledge management
2.	To introduce the basic terminology related to infomation and knowledge management	Using this terminology in scientific writing
3.	To introduce the key theories related to infomation and knowledge management	Application of these theories in corporate life

Evaluation criteria for the course

70% of the course grade is based on the exam grade, 30% on the exercises.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Book	Knowledge Management	Awad, E.M. Ghaziri, H.M.					English
Lecture slides							English

Correspondence of content

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1		Lectures Excercises	Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 0 %

Last modified	13.08.2008
Modifier	Ilona Ilvonen