Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Introduction to knowledge management. Provides students with an understanding of theoretical and technical concepts, models of knowledge management and how they contribute to return-on-vision and return-on-investment driving organizational success.

Overview of the first phase of the knowledge management cycle, capture of explicit knowledge, and tacit knowledge creation. The major approaches, techniques, and tools used to elicit tacit knowledge, to trigger the creation of new knowledge, and to subsequently organize this content in a systematic manner (codification) are presented.

An overview of concepts in securing codification and transfer of knowledge management stored data while focusing mainly on, ethical, confidential, trust, and privacy aspects.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Discuss critical issues facing organizations that implement and sustain knowledge management systems, identify approaches to address issues and evaluate best practices in light of emerging technologies, using case studies.

Major steps involved in developing a knowledge management strategy are presented including knowledge audit, gap analysis, elicitation of KM objectives, short-term roadmap and the long-term KM strategy, and previews organizational learning and memory.

Addresses knowledge continuity management (KCM), the KM team, future challenges and knowledge management disciplines and nuances. KCM is a specific application of knowledge management with a goal of identifying valuable knowledge that is vulnerable and at risk of being lost due to the departure of one or more employees.