12.2.1 OPTIONAL STUDIES

Objectives:
The course aims to present a coherent view of knowledge
and knowledge management from multidisciplinary perspectives. Students should gain an appreciation of the sources of knowledge in the organisation. Students will have an opportunity to learn about current views on knowledge management from the organisational viewpoints.

Content:
Concept of Knowledge and Knowledge Management / Knowledge Creation / Knowledge Sharing/Development of Knowledge Management in Organisations

Method:
Lectures, case studies, examination

Semester:
Term 3

Objectives:
The focus of the course is on the processes through which the organization as a system learns and and on the processes that allow the organization to take in, use, develop, and retain knowledge

Content:
Tradition and Concepts of Learning Organisation / Individual and Team Learning / Team Work / Innovations in Organisations / Organisational Memory / Latest Models and Theories

Method:
Lectures, assignments, case studies, examination

Semester:
Term 3

Objectives:
The student will learn how to develop an information security policy in an organisation.

Content:
Development of Information Security in an Organisation / Defining Key Processes / Defining Requirements of Information Security / Building Information Security for an Organisation / Sub-Areas of Information Security and Developing Them

Method:
Lectures ,case studies, examination.

Semester:
Term 3

Objectives:
This course aims to present how the convergence of computing and communications technologies is set to influence the creation, management and use of information on both local and global scale.

Content:
Current State of and Theoretical and Practical Issues Connected with Developments in Information Networking / New Integrated Information Services / Wireless and Mobile Technologies

Method:
Lectures, assignments, demonstrations, case studies

Semester:
Term 4

Objectives:
The student will learn how to use technologies for capturing information and knowledge and how new techniques are used for the search and retrieval of information and knowledge. Students will also learn to use technology for data conversion and analysis.

Content:
Data Management, Data Warehousing and Data Mining / Decision Support Systems and Group Decision Support Systems / Groupware, Intranet, Portals and Content Management Systems / Document and Product Management Systems / Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Systems / Communications Technologies

Method:
Lectures, demonstrations, assignments.

Semester:
Term 4

Objectives:
On completion of the project student will have shown his/her ability to apply learning, problem solving and analytical skills to real situations and ability to use materials from courses in order to define and clarify approaches to the identified problem for investigation.

Content Student will have to develop material drawn from the areas covered in courses HT7526 Information Networking and HT7527 Information Technologies in Information and Knowledge Management and apply this to an in-depth investigation of a complex problem. A key part of the project will be your ability to devise or recommend creative and appropriate solutions to the problem.

Method:
Project work

Prerequisites:
HT7526 Information Networking and HT7527 Information Technologies in Information and Knowledge Management

Semester:
Term 4