Week 3 Learning Activites
Learning Activity #1
Compare and contrast the cognitive and connectionist approaches to knowledge management. Please provide examples.
What is the major advantage and disadvantages of a complex adaptive system approach to a KM model?
How would you go about selecting a model for a given organization?
How would you justify the need for a KM model?
Do respond to any one of the above questions.
Learning Activity #2
Why is it difficult to directly codify tacit knowledge?
What is the purpose of a learning history and what are its key components?
Define knowledge continuity management and why is it strategically important?
Do respond to any one of the above questions.
Learning Activity #3
This week we focus on knowledge gathering and how organizations are challenged with this initiative. This week you will pick up an article related to knowledge management that you will be discussing in next week’s assignment.
Select Current Event topic for approval –
Themes: Knowledge Creation, Innovation and Learning Organization
Read:
Dalkir, K. (2005). Knowledge Management in Theory and Practice. Elsevier; Oxford, England, ISBN: 07506-7864-X
Chapter 3: Knowledge Management Models, (Complex Adaptive Systems) p. 67-71; (Knowledge Creation) p. 52-58
Chapter 4: Knowledge Capture and Codification, p. 95-107.
Uriarte, F.A. (2008). Introduction to Knowledge Management. ASEAN Foundation; Government of Japan. ISBN:978-979-19684-0-9
Chapter 4: Elements of Knowledge Management, p. 45-65.
Thinking for a Living
Innovation and Knowledge Creation
The Knowledge Creating Company
