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COMP492 Knowledge Management Systems

Updated: 11 August 2009
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 2 On line
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus
ISBT Sydney ISBT Semester 1 On Campus
ISBT Sydney ISBT Semester 2 On Campus
Online level
  • Level D - Comp/internet essential
  • Level E - Wholly online unit
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions COMP292 or COMP592
Notes

on-campus online D; off-campus online E; 200- and 300-level COMP units (excluding COMP 286) require a knowledge of, and programming experience with the C or C++ language. Any student who completed COMP 130 prior to 1995 should contact the School of Science and Technology for advice. It is recommended that students enrolled for 200-level and above COMP units have access to an IBM compatible computer running the Linux Operating System.

Combined Units COMP292 - Knowledge Management Systems
Coordinator(s) Paul Kwan (wkwan2@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit provides a detailed coverage of knowledge management concepts and methodologies that include knowledge management systems life cycle, knowledge creation, knowledge architecture, knowledge capture, knowledge codification, system testing and development. The knowledge management tools and knowledge portals as well as the notions of knowledge transfer in the E-world will be discussed. COMP492 extends COMP292 with an additional topic on managing knowledge workers. In addition, an extra research essay on a topic chosen by the students is expected. COMP492 students are expected to show a greater level of understanding of the unit material than that required for COMP292.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory
Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Knowledge Management: Challenges, Solutions and Technologies
ISBN: 9780131099319
Becerra-Fernandez, I., Gonzalez, A. and Sabherwal, R., Pearson Education/Prentice Hall 2004
Text refers to: Semester 2 and ISBT Semester 1, 2 and ISBT Summer , On Campus and Online
Knowledge Management in Theory and Practice
ISBN: 9780750678643
Dalkir, K., Elsevier 2005
Text refers to: Semester 2 and ISBT Semester 1, 2 and ISBT Summer , On Campus and Online
Knowledge Management
ISBN: AREB01
Awad, E.M. and Ghaziri, H.M., UNE Reprint
Note: For ISBT students only. Available from the United Campus Bookshops, UNE
Text refers to: ISBT Semesters 1 and 2 and Summer , On Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
   

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