Information and Knowledge Management Assignment
Information about the Assignments
Aims • To develop an integrative perspective of different approaches and views on the topics explored throughout the unit;
Objectives. • To develop an understanding of fundamental IM and KM principles, concepts and techniques
• To critically analyse current issues and debates in fields of IM and KM
Outcomes • You will be able to demonstrate a critical appreciation of the various themes covered throughout the module and of the debates generated around them
Sequence of Learning and Assessment
The individual assignment (2000 words) builds upon this and is an essay discussing the key issues identified in your diagrammatic representation, using the literature and the academic background to the subject to support your arguments and the cases studies of Xerox, NASA and Danone as examples. This involves comparing and contrasting different approaches to information and knowledge management strategies, drawing on material from both the literature and the case studies.
Individual essay: a discussion of the key issues identified in your group diagram against the literature and the NASA, Xerox and Danone case studies.
This assignment is an individual essay of 2000 words. It builds upon the group assignment and involves:
Outlining what, in your personal opinion, are the key issues that should be included in developing an integrative perspective on Information Management and Knowledge Management; this builds upon the your group work activity – you can, of course, present an alternative perspective if your view has changed as a result of furthering your readings and reflecting upon them;
Discussing these key issues using the using the literature to support your arguments and examples from all three case studies – Xerox, NASA and Danone.
For this, you are required to:
a) search, gather and review a pool of key resources; the skills developed in INF6320 will be key in helping you to undertake this activity;
b) compare and contrast different viewpoints and discuss the assumptions they make about the nature of organizations, the issues they face and the nature and role of information and knowledge in how those issues are tackled by different organizations;
c) discuss the usefulness of considering potential alternative approaches, considering the contexts of the case studies; as mentioned above, reference to the case studies that are analyzed in the module should be made, in order to provide an explanation and exemplification of your vie
