LFU:online

Institut für Management und Marketing Institut für Management und Marketing

Mag. Dr. Julia Müller Mag. Dr. Julia Müller

436018

Internationales Management

PS 2

3,5

Good knowledge of English

Block

jährlich

Englisch

Students should be able to understand the nature and dynamics of knowledge management processes as the basis for innovation. They will be able to understand how a firm can manage its most valuable asset (knowledge), especially in a cross-cultural setting.

Resource-based View/Knowledge-based View Network Theory (Relational-based View), Social Network Analysis Perspectives of knowledge management Processes of knowledge management, especially knowledge sharing Communities of Practice, Communities of Innovation Enabling factor corporate culture Evaluation of knowledge (processes), Intellectual Capital Report

Lecture, individual papers and group work, discussions, case studies

Term Paper (50%) Individual paper (30%) Oral discussions and written group work to different case studies (10%) Active Participation (10%)

Alavi, M. and Leidner, D.E. (2001). Review: Knowledge Management and Knowledge Management Systems: Conceptual foundations and Research Issues. MIS Quarterly, 25 (1), 107-136. Ardichvili, A., Maurer, M., Li, W., Wentling, T. and Stuedemann, R. (2006). Cultural Influences on Knowledge Sharing Through Online Communities of Practice. Journal of Knowledge Management, 10 (1), 94-107. Brown, J.S. and Duguid, P. (2001). Knowledge and Organization - A Social-Practice Perspective. Organization Science, 12 (2), 198-213. Hansen, M.T., Nohria, N. and Tierney, T. (1999). What's your Strategy for Managing knowledge? Harvard Business Review, March-April, 106-116. Schein, E.H. (1985). How Culture Forms, Develops, and Changes. In Kilmann, R.H., et al. (Eds), Gaining Control of the Corporate Culture (17-43), San Francisco: Jossey Bass Inc. Spender, J.-C. (1996). Making Knowledge the Basis of a Dynamic Theory of the Firm. Strategic Management Journal, 17 (Winter Special Issue), 45-62. Tichy, N.M., Tushman, M.L. and Fombrun, C. (1979). Social Network Analysis for Organizations. Academy of Management Review, 4, 507-519. Wasko, M.M. and Faraj, S. (2000). It is What One Does: Why People Participate and Help Others in Electronic Communities of Practice. Journal of Strategic Information Systems, (9), 155-173. Wenger, E.C. and Snyder, W.M. (2000). Communities of Practice - The Organizational Frontier. Harvard Business Review, (1), 139-145.

Interactive part of the course including the lecture 436021 Dr. Stadler Good knowledge of English!
Beginn: 13.3.2008