12159 (v.5) Information Studies 533 - Knowledge Management Principles

Area:

Department of Media and Information

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

2.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Seminar:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

Develops an understanding of knowledge management, its history and scope, underlying theories and their implications for information processing professionals and professional practice. Learning is put into practice through discussion, an online diary and a reflective report. Covers six main modules - introduction to knowledge management, recognising and creating knowledge, communicating and sharing knowledge, knowledge management resources and capabilities, establishing some principles of knowledge management and a review.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

091301 Librarianship and Information Management

Funding Cluster:

05 - Behavioural Science, Social Studies

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Fully Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2005	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y			Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External