MPH_OKDM Organizational Knowledge Development and Knowledge Management

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2014
Extent and Intensity
2/2. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mag. Dr. Eva Born (lecturer)
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rainer Born (lecturer), Mag. Dr. Eva Born (deputy)
DI Johannes Göllner, MSc. (lecturer), Mag. Dr. Eva Born (deputy)
Guaranteed by
Mag. Dr. Eva Born
Department of Business Management – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Ing. Bc. Bohdana Čechová
Supplier department: Department of Business Management – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
each even Monday 14:35–17:55 S311
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
MPH_OKDM/01: each even Friday 12:00–15:20 S311, E. Born
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 24 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/24, only registered: 0/24, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/24
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
At the end of the course, students will be able to manage creatively the adaption and adoption of international developments and research, especially in Management and Business Economics (i.e., not just “copy and paste” but adapting and adopting by “grasping the principles” which will be applied in a new way based upon a proper knowledge of the organisational context). Thus, students will be able to fit and embed their new knowledge into the local situation and cultural circumstances and generate the appropriate organisational behaviour, especially in form of corrective decision making and acting. All that will be possible because of having developed a reflective in-depth understanding of Institutional Theory, Systems Science, Epistemology and Ecology within Organisational Studies. Furthermore, students will learn about a variety of modern instruments to be used in the practice of organizational knowledge development and knowledge management. Applying in practice, the acquired knowledge can lead to competitive advantages of a firm by selecting and enforcing the support of local expertise in problem solving and by sharpening the eye for identifying local chances for the development of creativity, flexibility and innovation.
Syllabus
  • 1. Session (4 hours): 1.1. Creating a knowledge-based view of organizations and their environments 1.1.1. Reflecting the management of organizational behavior 1.1.2. Improving competitiveness through (managerial) decisions based on knowledge, creativity, flexibility and innovation 1.1.3. Temptations and paradoxes of information society 1.1.4. Organization: elements and perspectives for analysis 1.1.5. Forms of knowledge in organized contexts 1.1.6. Firm as a distributed knowledge system 1.2. Knowledge Management I. 1.2.1. Problem solving area 1.2.2. Definition 1.2.3. Foundations 2. Session (4 hours): 2.1. Introduction to the semantico-systemic framewok LIR (Language – Information – Reality) as the main method of analysis, the practice of theory: „explanation“ vs „description“ (figured as Scissors of Knowledge and Meaning) and the transfer of expertise, implications for the practice (case studies) 2.2. Knowledge Management II. 2.2.1. Concepts of organizational knowledge development and knowledge management 2.2.2. Relevant (legal) standards of organizational knowledge developmet and knowledge management 2.2.3. Practical example: System of organizational knowledge development and knowledge management at the Austrian Armed Forces and its documentary, process and technical parameters 3. Session (4 hours): 3.1. Coping with organizational complexity 3.1.1. Introduction to the enhanced semantico-systemic framework LIR++ as the main method of analysis 3.1.2. Types of organizational decisions 3.1.2.1. Decisions by rational (means-end rational caculations) and rule-based procedures (principle-based decisions) 3.1.2.2. Decisions by dominant coalitions 3.1.2.3. Decisions in organized anarchies 3.1.3. The Institutional Logics Concept as a systemic approach to the analysis and management of organizational behavior (history, problems and suggested solutions) 3.2. The contribution and interfaces of organizational knowledge development and knowledge management to the processes of management and controlling in an organization, organizational development and the development of skills at the individual and organizational level 4. Session (4 hours) 4.1. Organizational culture, analysis with the help of LIR++ 4.2. Foundations of knowledge logistics and knowledge intensive business processes 5. Session (4 hours) 5.1. Organizational learning and intelligence 5.2. Business intelligence and its contribution to the Operational Research and risk management from the perspective of knowledge management 6. Session (4 hours) 6.1. Institutional perspective: Organizational ecologies as a framework for knowledge management measuring systems 6.2. Reporting and measuring systems in knowledge management (basics): 6.2.1. Intellectual Capital Report and its relation to the organization performance monitoring (financial, structural, human a relationship capital) 6.2.2. Knowledge Controlling and its relation to the risk controlling, quality management and HR management 7. Session (2 hours) 7.1. Course summary 7.1.1. Reflections on the past and the future of organizational knowledge development and knowledge management 7.1.2. Network forms of organization in relation to the managing networks of creativity 7.1.3. Feedback, evaluation 7.2. Written exam
Literature
    required literature
  • Reader (available at the beginning of the semester) - compulsory
  • Tsoukas, H. (2005). Complex Knowledge. Studies in Organizational Epistemology. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Teaching methods
lectures, group discussion, analysis of selected case studies
Assessment methods
Continuous preparation for lectures and workshops, active participation in group discussions and at workshop activities, written exam. Attendance in lectures and workshops is principally compulsory. Repeated absence without a proper excuse is considered as a failure to fulfil requirements for allowing students to take the exam. Any copying, keeping a record of tests or carrying the tests out, using forbidden aids including any communication devices or any other breach of objectivity of the exam is regarded as a failure to meet the obligations of the subject and as a serious breach of study regulations. As a consequence, the teacher grades the student with "F" and the dean is allowed to initiate a disciplinary action, which might lead to the termination of the studies.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
Information about innovation of course.
This course has been innovated under the project "Inovace studia ekonomických disciplín v souladu s požadavky znalostní ekonomiky (CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0227)" which is cofinanced by the European Social Fond and the national budget of the Czech Republic.

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The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2015, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019.
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