Knowledge and Information Management

2021/2022

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

3

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

Department of Management

Course type:

Compulsory course

When:

1 year, 4 module

Instructors

Alsufiev, Artem

Pleshkova, Anastasiia

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course “Knowledge and Information Management” introduces basic concepts and ideas on knowledge acquisition, creation and externalization in modern organization. The main aim of the module is to enable students to acquire a critical understanding of knowledge as a driver of organization inimitable strategic capabilities; to learn how to measure knowledge resources; to develop analytical thinking when doing investments in knowledge resources; to apply econometrics for better understanding performance effect of company knowledge. This course addresses different aspect of knowledge management: knowledge taxonomies, SECI model and its applications, knowledge driven value creation, polarity management and learning organization. The course contains three group projects. The first project is based on a particular company, the second presents research case using the database of international companies, the third one is organized as a computer simulation of managerial decisions with regard to human resources.