Course detail
Knowledge Management in Theory and Practice
ÚSI-RSZMAAcad. year: 2021/2022
The course focuses on explaining the basic theoretical concepts related to the management theory, management of knowledge and its practical application in the company. The emphasis is on obtaining, using, storing and sharing knowledge. The interpretation is realised gradually. First, it focuses on the description of knowledge management environment outside the organization (knowledge-based economy, knowledge society, learning region) and subsequently within the organization (knowledge organization, learning organization, knowledge strategy, market knowledge, knowledge worker, tools and knowledge management, implementation of knowledge management, knowledge modelling, knowledge management in decision-making process). The course also provides basic information on the integration of knowledge management with other managerial disciplines (Risk management, Project management, Innovation management).
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Number of ECTS credits
Mode of study
Guarantor
Department
Learning outcomes of the course unit
• Understand the complex range of knowledge management.
• Apply methods of getting of knowledge for management of company.
• Apply knowledge as a support of management decision making.
• Apply the principles of knowledge management in a company.
• Apply methods and tools of knowledge management.
Prerequisites
Co-requisites
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
1) Active participation in seminars: one unexcused absence per semester permitted. Absences outside the permitted limit must be excused by a doctor, and the teacher has the right to assign a substitute task in the case of such absence.
2) Successful completion of the semester projects within the specified deadline.
Examination requirements:
The exam has a written form, using open questions (max. 20 points). Oral examination if necessary. Overall evaluation of the course is based on the results obtained by exam with possible reference to the results obtained during the semester.
The mark, which corresponds to the total sum of points achieved (max. 20 points), consists of:
The grades and corresponding points:
A (20-18), B (17-16), C (15-14), D (13-12), E (11-10), F (9-0).
Course curriculum
1. Introduction to Knowledge Management
2. Knowledge Management Perspectives and the Levels with Knowledge Work
3. Knowledge Hierarchy and Classification
4. Knowledge Strategy and Knowledge Market
5. Knowledge Worker and their Management
6. Methods, Techniques and Tool of Knowledge Management
7. Knowledge Management in Decision Making Process
8. Knowledge Representation from the Point of Knowledge Engineering
9. Selected Approaches to Knowledge Modelling
10. Knowledge (Expert) Systems
11. Implementation of Knowledge Management
12. Knowledge Management in Project-Based Organization
13. Integration of Knowledge Management with other Selected Managerial Disciplines (Risk Management, Innovation Management)
Seminars:
1. Introduction to the Seminar, Assignment of Seminar Works
2. Complex Knowledge Model of Project Management
3. MS Project as a Knowledge Base for Project Management – Case Study
4. MS Project as a Knowledge Base for Project Management – Case Study
5. MS Project as a Knowledge Base for Project Management – Own Processing
6. MS Project as a Knowledge Base for Project Management – Own Processing
7. Individual Semester Work – Presentation
8. Individual Semester Work – Presentation
9. Knowledge Management in the Selected Company – Team Semester Work - Presentation
10. Knowledge Management in the Selected Company – Team Semester Work - Presentation
11. Knowledge Management in the Selected Company – Team Semester Work - Presentation
12. Knowledge Management in the Selected Company – Team Semester Work – Presentation
13. Summary, granting credits
Work placements
Aims
• To provide students with importance of knowledge for company and their management.
• To provide students with the basic conception of knowledge management.
• To provide students with the basic methods and tools of knowledge management.
• To presented the new trends of knowledge management.
• To presented integration of knowledge management with other managerial disciplines.
Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Recommended reading
COLLINSON, CH. a G. PARCEL. Knowledge management. 1. vyd. Computer Press, Brno, 2005. ISBN 80-251-0760-4. (CS)
DALKIR, K. Knowledge management in theory and practice. Boston: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005, 356 p. ISBN 978-0-7506-7864-3. (EN)
MILTON, N., LAMBE, P. The Knowledge Manager's Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Embedding Effective Knowledge Management in your Organization. London, Philadelphia: Kogan Page Publishers, 2016, 320 p. ISBN 978-0-7494-7553-6. (EN)
MLÁDKOVÁ, L. Management znalostních pracovníků. 1. vyd. Praha, C. H. Beck, Praha, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7400-013-3 (CS)
PETŘÍKOVÁ, R. a kol. Moderní management znalostí. 1. vyd. Praha, Professional Publishing, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7431-011-9. (CS)
SCHWALBE, K. Information Technology Project Management, Eight Edition. Cengage Learning, 2015, 672 p. ISBN-13 978-1285452340. (EN)
ŠUBRT, T. et all. Mastering knowledge. Praha: Alfa Nakladatelství, 2010, 318 p. ISBN 978-80-87197-37-0. (EN)
TRUNEČEK, J. Znalostní podnik ve znalostní společnosti. 1. vyd. Praha, Professional Publishing, 2003 ISBN 80-86419-35-5. (CS)
Elearning
Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Elearning