George Mason University

MBA 732: Knowledge Management


Professor Michael D. Kull, Ph.D.



Links to:

Class Video Presentations

Class Interviews



Syllabus



Class 1:

Introductions




Readings for Class 2:

Buckman Labs

When Bad Things Happen to Good Ideas

KM Framework for DHS

Stories of Knowledge Management



Readings for Class 3 :

“Choosing your KM Strategy”

http://www.tlainc.com/articl51.htm

“Developing a KM Strategy”

http://www.steptwo.com.au/papers/kmc_kmstrategy/


Read up on Hubert Saint-Onge of Clarica and his work in knowledge management and intellectual capital. We will do an in-class video case study.

Search terms: knowledge management Clarica Saint-Onge


Readings for Class 4

Communities of Practice

http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/sj/404/lesser.html


Readings for Class 5: Best practices, lessons learned, and storytelling.


Case: DHS LLIS




Readings for Class 6:

Guest Speaker: KM and Branding

Readings (optional):

Mercer Management Journal:

   “Rethinking Brand Strategy”

   “Delivering on the Brand Promise”

Case: EPA (video)




Readings for Class 7:

Locating Experts and Expertise:

“Locating Expertise at NASA”

http://cba.fiu.edu/dsis/becferi/Ism6991/KMReview.pdf

Case: NASA (video)




Readings for Class 8:

Enabling Technologies for KM

Readings :

“Exploring Failure Factors of Implementing Knowledge Management Systems in Organizations”

http://www.tlainc.com/articl85.htm




Readings for Class 9:

Knowledge Retention

Readings :

“Six Mistakes to Avoid…” and others optional.

http://www.lostknowledge.com/pages/toolbox.html

"Knowledge Harvesting" (optional)



Readings for Class 10:

KM and Enterprise Intelligence

Readings :

A final word…

http://informationr.net/ir/8-1/paper144.html







Additional resource links:


KM Magazine

http://www.kmmag.com

KMWorld

http://www.kmworld.com

Brint.com

http://www.kmnetwork.com