MGX5510 - Organisational learning and knowledge management

Leader: Mr Jeff McLean

Offered

Caulfield First semester 2007 (Evening)
Caulfield Second semester 2007 (Evening)

Synopsis

Organisations as open learning systems in turbulent environments; introduction to learning at the individual, group, organisational (inter-organisational and community levels); the concepts of organisational learning and learning theories, models, techniques and practices of the learning organisation; leadership, culture and organisational learning; case studies and action learning.

Objectives

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

• demonstrate an understanding of organisations as knowledge based learning systems, including having an understanding of various contemporary learning and knowledge management issues, influences, models and theories
• combine systems thinking and other approaches to describe, analyse and compare various models of organisational learning and knowledge management (OL&KM) and the way learning, knowledge and systems approaches inter relate
• design a practically useful, theory based, model of an ideal organisational learning and knowledge management (OL&KM) system
• examine and evaluate an existing organisation's OL & KM activities from the perspective of the model developed and their impact on organisational strategy and success.

Assessment

Individual project report (2000 words): 30%
Syndicate learning model and presentation (3000 words): 40%
Topic literature review paper (2000 words): 30%

Contact hours

3-hour class per week, block mode

Prerequisites

Must have passed four 9000-level units