Course Catalog 2009-2010 Basic Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Person responsible

Jussi Okkonen

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 2 : Monday 14 - 17, FA217 Thursday 14 - 16, FB118	International Students

Requirements

Written exam on designated literature, an exercise and an essay.

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Learning outcomes

The aim is to give additional knowledge on the features of knowledge work organisations, management of knowledge based organisation and knowledge workers. The main emphasis is on management and leadership, management of competencies and different managerial conventions. In addition to general perspectives also managerial tools and use of those are covered.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Organisation, resource based view of a firm.	organisation as a context for knowledge work	post-modern organisation
2.	Measurement as a managerial convention.	performance measurement in knowledge work context	measurement as a tool for MBO
3.	Management cycle for competence and knowledge management.	competence management in knowledge work
4.	Relative and absolute competence.
5.	Classification of knowledge based resources.	activity theory

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Book	Knowledge Work and Knowledge-Intensive Firms	Alvesson, M.					English
Book	Managing Knowledge work	Newell, Robertson, Scarbrough & Swan					English

Correspondence of content

More precise information per implementation

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

Last modified	16.12.2009
Modifier	Jussi Okkonen