IT2043 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT Syllabus


IT2043                      KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT                L T P C 
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UNIT I     KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT                   9
KM Myths  –  KM  Life Cycle  – Understanding Knowledge  –  Knowledge,  intelligence  –
Experience  –  Common  Sense  –  Cognition  and  KM  –  Types  of  Knowledge  –  Expert
Knowledge – Human Thinking and Learning.
UNIT II   KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM LIFE CYCLE             9
Challenges in Building KM Systems – Conventional Vrs KM System Life Cycle (KMSLS)
–  Knowledge  Creation  and  Knowledge  Architecture  –  Nonaka’s Model  of  Knowledge
Creation and Transformation. Knowledge Architecture.

UNIT III   CAPTURING KNOWLEDGE                    9
Evaluating the Expert – Developing a Relationship with Experts – Fuzzy Reasoning and
the Quality of Knowledge – Knowledge Capturing Techniques, Brain Storming – Protocol
Analysis  –  Consensus  Decision  Making  –  Repertory  Grid-  Concept  Mapping  –
Blackboarding.

UNIT IV   KNOWLEDGE CODIFICATION                             9
Modes  of  Knowledge  Conversion  –  Codification  Tools  and  Procedures  –  Knowledge
Developer’s  Skill  Sets  –  System  Testing  and  Deployment  –  Knowledge  Testing  –
Approaches  to  Logical  Testing,  User  Acceptance  Testing  –  KM  System  Deployment
Issues – User Training – Post implementation.

UNIT V   KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER AND SHARING                          9
Transfer Methods – Role of  the  Internet – Knowledge Transfer  in e-world – KM System
Tools – Neural Network – Association Rules – Classification Trees – Data Mining and
Business Intelligence – Decision Making Architecture – Data Management – Knowledge
Management Protocols – Managing Knowledge Workers.
                           TOTAL: 45 PERIODS


TEXT BOOK:
1.  Elias.M.  Award  &  Hassan  M.  Ghaziri  –  “Knowledge  Management”  Pearson
Education 2003.

REFERENCES:
1.  Guus  Schreiber,  Hans  Akkermans,  Anjo  Anjewierden,  Robert  de  Hoog,  Nigel
Shadbolt, Walter  Van  de  Velde  and  Bob Wielinga,  “Knowledge  Engineering  and
Management”, Universities Press, 2001.
2.  C.W. Holsapple, “Handbooks on Knowledge Management”, International Handbooks
on Information Systems, Vol 1 and 2, 2003

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