Course: Knowledge-Based Management

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Course title Knowledge-Based Management
Course code UPEM/KMZN
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Mikulecký Petr, prof. RNDr. CSc.
  • Hájek Petr, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Knowledge-based society (a man and knowledge, the role of science in a knowledge society). Knowledge economy (features, characteristics, needs and conditions for further development). Chain: data - information - knowledge. Knowledge worker, history and its current position in the organization. Knowledge processes and knowledge-information infrastructure. Knowledge management and the prospects for its examination. Introduction to knowledge management. Methods, techniques and tools of knowledge management. Knowledge management systems and their life cycle. Futural orientations of knowledge management. Selected case studies. Presentations and discussions over seminar work.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquaint the students with social changes and essentials of knowledge-based management. The course results from social changes in knowledge and skills leading to a knowledge society. The accent is put on knowledge company that complies with new social changes and analyses these changes using descriptive and normative models. .
A student will master the basic terminology of the knowledge-based economy and knowledge management. He will be able to critically assess the relevance of the methods, techniques and tools in a particular situation and will see the managerial aspects of the development of a knowledge-based economy and implementation of knowledge management.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination, Home assignment evaluation

The assignment is granted upon attendance at seminars and completion of the seminar paper. The examination is oral (written, conditioned by assignment granting).
Recommended literature
  • AWAD,E.,GHAZIRI,H.M.:. Knowledge management. Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2004..
  • BUREŠ,V.:. Znalostní management a proces jeho zavádění: příručka pro praxi. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2007..
  • DRUCKER,P.F.:. Výzvy managementu pro 21. století. Management Press, Praha, 2000.
  • HOLSAPPLE, C.W.(Ed.):. Handbook of Knowledge Management, 2 Volumes, Springer, Berlín, 2003.
  • LENGNICK-HALL,M.L., LENGNICK-HALL, C.A.:. Human Resources Management in the Knowledge Economy. Berrett-Koehler Publ., San Francisco, 2003..
  • McELROY,M.W.:. The New Knowledge Management. Butterworth-Heinemann, Amsterdam, 2003..
  • MLÁDKOVÁ,L.:. Moderní přístupy k managementu. Tacitní znalost a jak ji řídit. Praha: C.H.Beck, 2005..
  • ŘEPA, V.:. Podnikové procesy. Procesní řízení a modelování. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2006.
  • TRUNEČEK,J.:. Znalostní podnik ve znalostní společnosti. Praha: Profesional Publishing, 2003.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
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Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Security Management in Enterprises (2016) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Security Management in Enterprises (2015) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
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Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Security Management in Enterprises (2013) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Regional and Information Management (2013) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Economics and Operation in Enterprises (2014) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
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Faculty: Faculty of Economics and Administration Study plan (Version): Economics and Operation in Enterprises (2016) Category: Economy 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer