[Year 12 IPM] Knowledge Management

[Stephen Loosley]

At 08:01 AM 25/10/2006, Wayne Hewett wrote:

>As important as KM is, expecially when related to schools and the
>continuing loss of expertise staff, I wouldn't like to push it as a
>major emphasis in the new course. I find it an enthralling subject and
>enjoy reading Dixon,  Davenport and Prusak, but the philosophy of KM
>stretches beyond the "hands on" aspect of ICT studies that students
>enjoy.  Wayne Hewett

Agreed Wayne. I do think we lost a significant way of thinking in
the translation from, "Information .. Management" (ipm) however.

Given the circumstances you relate, perhaps it was all we could
do, I agree. And, when enrollments settle down, after the flow-on
effect in education from the dotcom crash, and they will because
technology is here to stay, perhaps we can again look long term?

Cheers, Wayne
Stephen Loosley
Victoria, Australia






>>>> tigeroz at alphalink.com.au  >>>
>Nice try Stephen,
>but you forgot to include the quote from the article that has most 
>relevance to our study. That is,
>
>“KM supports knowledge creation, sharing, storage and retrieval, and the
>
>application of this knowledge to progress towards organisational, 
>community or personal goals,” she says.
>
>This is exactly what Unit 3, outcome 2 addresses. To quote from the 
>study design p 2, "Information systems that are netwoked can suppot 
>collaborative problem-solving and the sharing of knowledge between 
>individuals, employees and organisations. Students develop an 
>understanding of the variety of settings in which networked information 
>systems are used in our knowledge-based society for the applications of 
>collaborative problem-solving and knowledge sharing by real and virtual 
>teams"
>
>Knowledge management is the capturing of the espoused, explicit and 
>expert knowledge of an organisation's employees/members so that it is 
>not lost if anyone leaves and that it can be shared among all employees 
>so that all can develop professionally (becoming a learning 
>organisation). This also involves capturing and sharing project team 
>deliberations/decisions and tracking progress on projects, reflections 
>on team operations etc so that future teams can learn from earlier teams
>
>experiences, future team leaders can identify appropriate people to 
>invite onto their projects and more. This all is directly related to IT 
>Apps.
>
>Further, IT Apps is broader than knowledge management. It also studies 
>the use of spreadsheet and database software to solve information 
>problems. These may be related to knowledge management but are more 
>likely to focus on business operations.
>
>Charmaine Taylor
>Sunbury Downs College
>
>Stephen Loosley wrote:
>
>>Hi there,
>>
>>Remember the long list discussions regarding the ipm name change? 
>>
>>'Knowledge Management' does seem the info-tech 'mind-set' Victoria
>>needs and The University of Melbourne would certainly seem to agree. 
>>
>>One would urge that VCAA and VITTA support this initiative, long term.
>>
>>www.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/futurestudents/courses/postgraduate/programs/knowlman/
>>
>>In a world first, the University of Melbourne has drawn on the
>expertise
>>of three leading faculties ­ Education, Economics and Commerce,  and
>>Science ­ to teach the Master of Knowledge Management (MKM), whiich
>>tonight sees its first cohort of students walk across the graduation
>stage.
>>
>>As one of the ten masters recipients, Alice Freyne, wasted no time
>applying her
>>newly acquired knowledge management skills to her role as CEO of a
>research
>>based company.  The company specialises in the application of animation
>to
>>explain the details of surgical procedures to patients. 
>>
>>“This research project involves surgeons communicating their needs to
>animators
>>and IT professionals. These were like-minded people in many ways, but
>all coming
>>from different perspectives and talking different ‘languages’. It is my
>role to bring the
>>project together and encourage ongoing communication. Undertaking the
>masters
>>also taught me that when you bring in a new system, regardless of the
>context ­
>>health, IT, corporate ­ new ways of learning are needed. It helpped me
>understand
>>why people may resist new systems.”
>>
>>A slippery concept to define, knowledge management has become a
>catchphrase
>>of  corporate culture.  Professor Gabriele Lakomski, the Course
>Director of the KM
>>program in the Faculty of Education, explains, 
>>
>>“Knowledge management is a relatively new term for an old challenge. KM
>supports
>>knowledge creation, sharin>to progress towards organisational, community or personal goals.”
>>
>>The University of Melbourne’s Dean of Education, Professor Field
>Rickards explains
>>the significance of the Masters program and tonight’s ceremony, “The
>graduation of
>>these ten students from this one-of-a-kind degree represents a great
>success in the
>>Faculty and University’s history. Adopting a multidisciplinary view of
>postgraduate
>>education will be the way of the future. This is not just an Education
>Faculty story, but
>>really exemplifies the innovative programs that the University is
>offering, and the
>>collaboration between faculties.”
>>
>>Further information about the Master of Knowledge Management can be
>found at:
>>www.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/futurestudents/courses/postgraduate/programs/knowlman/
>>or by contacting Professor Gabriele Lakomski lakomski at unimelb.edu.au
>>
>>Media : http://www.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/news/media/releases.html
>>--
>>
>>Regards all ..
>>Stephen Loosley
>>Victoria, Australia.
>>
>>
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