Entry requirements
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS * For the MSc an Honours degree (minimum lower second classification) or equivalent is required in a relevant subject area, such as Business, Social Sciences, Information Management, Business Information Systems or Computing. Students possessing a UK Ordinary degree, or equivalent, with a minimum average of 50% may be considered for the Diploma, and on successful completion, transfer to the MSc programme. Applicants with relevant professional experience may also be considered.
Course description
Organisations are becoming increasingly aware of the latent potential of their workforces that, if accessed, could enhance the operations in all functions and at all levels. To tap into this employee knowledge pool, the organisations’ managers must equip themselves with the necessary management techniques and tools.
This programme is designed to provide an introduction to such tools and frameworks to assist managers to understand knowledge management and its importance within the modern organisation.
Knowledge management is an interdisciplinary subject dealing with the hierarchy of data, information, knowledge and wisdom. It focuses on the transfer of information into knowledge, treating the knowledge component of activities as a core concern reflected in strategy, policy and practice at all levels. It makes a direct connection between an organisation’s intellectual assets, both explicit (recorded) and tacit (personal know-how) and positive organisational results. Therefore, the focus of this programme is on knowledge development and identification, taking a humanistic approach, where technology is viewed as a facilitator for sharing knowledge once identified.
The programme provides a rigorous education in general management skills with a focus on the development, identification, capture and sharing of knowledge. A range of teaching techniques is employed to assist in the development of these skills including traditional lecture and seminar methods, student-centred learning, and use of group work and interactive computer packages.
Course Contents
Students study core modules in the following:
• Ethics for the IT Professional
• Innovation & Creativity
• Knowledge Management – Principles & Practice
• Knowledge Management & the Organisation
• Entrepreneurial Organisation
• Research Methods
Students should also select 2 of the following optional modules:
• Innovation Management
• International Business Management
• Managing Business Organisation
• Information Management for HR
MSc dissertation – the aim of the dissertation is to enable students to experience and develop the issues surrounding knowledge management as it applies to organisations. Different research techniques can be employed depending on the nature of the proposed dissertation and allocated supervisors will assist in the selection of the research topic and advise on the research technique to be used.
Career Prospects
Knowledge Management graduates can expect to obtain positions within both the public and private sector, including positions as Knowledge Officers, Product Managers, Business Account Managers and in roles related to media and publishing.
Professional Recognition
As an emerging discipline, exemption will be sought from the relevant developing specialist professional bodies. Exemption is also being sought from established professional bodies, including but not limited to, the Institute of Administration Management and the Institute of Leadership and Management.
