Course deals with research in knowledge management.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course a student is expected to be able to:
-be familiar with the basic concepts and research topics in the area of organizational learning and knowledge management -master the key research areas and trends in knowledge management -know the key ideas and principles of knowledge management in practice and can analyze them from the viewpoint of supporting organizational work practices -be familiar with core theories in knowledge management research
Contents
Knowledge management theories and practice, organizational learning theories, knowledge sharing, supporting collaborative work in organizations. Different types of knowledge.
Modes of study
Option
1
Available for:
Degree Programme Students
Other Students
Open University Students
Doctoral Students
Exchange Students
Essay
In
Finnish
In
English
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.
Study materials
Huysman & de Wit, Knowledge sharing in practice. Kluwer. 2002.
AND one (1) book of the following:
Gherardi, Organizational knowledge: the texture of workplace learning. Blackwell. 2006.
Patriotta, Organizational knowledge in the making: How firms create, use and institutionalize knowledge. Oxford University Press. 2003.
Senge, The fifth discipline: the art and practice of the learning organization. Doubleday. 1994 (or newer edition).
AND two (2) articles from the following:
Blair, Knowledge management: Hype, hope, or help? Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 53 (12): 1019-1028. 2002. Verkossa Nellin kautta: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asi.10113/pdf
Blackler, Knowledge, knowledge work and organizations: an overview and interpretation. Organization Studies, 16(6): 1021-1046. 1995. Verkossa Nelli/Ebsco: http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=3&hid=104&sid=9b2e9b28-c943-4061-836d-45f1fb02e7d8%40sessionmgr104
Brown, J.S & Duguid, P. (1991) Organizational learning and communities-of-practice: Toward a unified view of working, learning, and innovation. Organization Science 2, 40-57. Verkossa Nelli/JSTOR: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2634938
Orlikowski, Knowing in practice: Enacting a collective capability in distributed organizing. Organization Science, 13(3), 249-273. 2002. Verkossa Nelli/JSTOR: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3086020