COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IYO 5032 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Management and Organization

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR ETHEM DUYGULU

Offered to

Management and Organization

Course Objective

The course objective is to cover the entire knowledge management cycle from knowledge capture and codification, to sharing and communities of practice, transfer and application.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to analyze the role of knowledge management in attainment of managerial objectives, quality and process improvement, and innovation.
2   To be able to understand knowledge management practices in organizations
3   To be able to define knowledge management tools
4   To be able to create a knowledge management system for an organization.
5   To be able to demonstrate critical thinking and analytical skills.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Competing in a new world and knowledge society
2 Definition of the core concepts in knowledge management: Data, information, knowledge,
3 Explicit and tacit knowledge and knowledge artifacts
4 The nature of knowledge and its creation
5 Learning organization: five components of learning organization,
6 Essentials Of Knowledge Management
7 Managing organizational knowledge, learning and intellectual capital
8 Managing Knowledge Workers
9 Technology and its role in knowledge creation, sharing, and management
10 Knowledge Management Tools
11 Knowledge management practices in organizations
12 The information professional and ethical considerations
13 Leadership and Assesment of Knowledge Management
14 Future of Knowledge Management

Recomended or Required Reading

1.The KM Toolkit Orchestrating IT, Strategy & Knowledge Platforms, Amrit Tiwana, Pearson, PHI, 2nd Edition.
2. The Fifth Discipline Field Book Strategies & Tools For Building A learning Organization Peter Senge Et Al. Nicholas Brealey 1994
3. Knowledge Management Sudhir Warier, Vikas publications
4. Leading with Knowledge, Madanmohan Rao, Tata Mc-Graw Hill.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, weekly readings, class discussions, student assignments and presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment includes; case studies, role playing, discussion, team work, presentation and written examination besides theoretical analysis.

Assessment Criteria

Students will be evaluated based on their written and oral presentation at the end of the term. In the final exam, they will be evaluated to what extent they will be able to appy their acquired experience in a given case.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Ability to use terminology properly, degree of consistency between cause and effect relationships of concepts. The solution to the problems should be well grounded, scientific, logical and convincing. Readings related to the course and having a grasp of the topics are important.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

pinar.ozer@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

The office hours will be announced at the begining of the semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for final exam 1 4 4
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 77

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.15333
LO.2433
LO.323332
LO.44454
LO.5543354

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