BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| ECONOMICS AND FINANCE | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| ENM4102 | Knowledge Management | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Basic information
| Language of instruction: | English |
| Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
| Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi DİDEM YILDIZ |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
| Course Objectives: | Developing a basic understanding of the importance of knowledge as a resource in organisations. Identifying and applying approaches in managing individual, group and organisational level knowledge processes. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course; The students who have succeeded in this course will be able to - Apply theories and practice of knowledge and intellectual capital management; - Understand importance of knowledge management process on business and economy; - Formulate action plans for knowledge intensive organisations; - Distinguish industrial management era and knowledge management era; - Analyse characteristics of knowledge intensive organisations. |
Course Content
| During the course theories and applications in knowledge management will be discussed. Knowledge management concept and its effect on organisations and economy will be explained. Effect of technological improvements and their relationship with knowledge management will be covered. Course will be supported via business cases that will be discussed in class. |
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction, Course Overview, Knowledge Management Concept | N/A |
| 2) | Foundations of Knowledge Management | Textbooks and presentations |
| 3) | Technology and Knowledge Management | Textbooks and presentations |
| 4) | The Knowledge Creation Process | Textbooks and presentations |
| 5) | Knowledge as a Strategic Asset | Textbooks and presentations |
| 6) | Knowledge based organisations | Textbooks and presentations |
| 7) | Developing a knowledge strategy | Textbooks and presentations |
| 8) | Knowledge management tools and portals | Textbooks and presentations |
| 9) | Evaluation of Knowledge Management effectiveness: Tools and metrics | Textbooks and presentations |
| 10) | Networks and Social Capital | Textbooks and presentations |
| 11) | Innovation and Knowledge Management | Textbooks and presentations |
| 12) | Leadership and Knowledge Management | Textbooks and presentations |
| 13) | Managing Knowledge Workers | Textbooks and presentations |
| 14) | Global issues in knowledge management | Textbooks and presentations |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | North, K.; Kumta, G. (2014): Knowledge Management: Value Creation Through Organizational Learning. Springer. Jashopara A (2011), Knowlegde Management: An integrated approach, 2ed, Prentice Hall Davenport, Thomas H. & Prusak, Laurence(2000). Working Knowledge: How Organizations Manage What They Know. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press. |
| References: | Yok- N/A |
Evaluation System
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Attendance | 1 | % 10 |
| Homework Assignments | 10 | % 20 |
| Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
| Final | 1 | % 40 |
| Total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
| Total | % 100 | |
ECTS / Workload Table
| Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
| Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 70 |
| Homework Assignments | 10 | 30 |
| Midterms | 1 | 3 |
| Final | 1 | 3 |
| Total Workload | 148 | |
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Build up a body of knowledge in mathematics and statistics, to use them, to understand how the mechanism of economy –both at micro and macro levels – works. | 3 |
| 2) | Understand the common as well as distinctive characters of the markets, industries, market regulations and policies. | 2 |
| 3) | Develop an awareness of different approaches to the economic events and why and how those approaches have been formed through the Economic History and understand the differences among those approaches by noticing at what extent they could explain the economic events. | 1 |
| 4) | Analyze the interventions of politics to the economics and vice versa. | 3 |
| 5) | Apply the economic analysis to everyday economic problems and evaluate the policy proposals for those problems by comparing opposite approaches. | 2 |
| 6) | Understand current and new economic events and how the new approaches to the economics are formed and evaluating. | 2 |
| 7) | Develop the communicative skills in order to explain the specific economic issues/events written, spoken and graphical form. | 3 |
| 8) | Know how to formulate the economics problems and issues and define the solutions in a well-formed written form, which includes the hypothesis, literature, methodology and results / empirical evidence. | 2 |
| 9) | Demonstrate the quantitative and qualitative capabilities and provide evidence for the hypotheses and economic arguments. | 2 |
| 10) | Understand the information and changes related to the economy by using a foreign language and communicate with colleagues. | 3 |