Kurssin ryhmätyö
Ako-E3020 Knowledge
Management in Practice (5
op)
Ryhmässä
tehtävä harjoitustyö – case assignment: (ryhmän koko 3-5 opiskelijaa). Kurssille osallistuvat opiskelijat voivat jo ennen kurssin
alkua miettiä onko heillä mahdollisesti tiedossa organisaatiota, jossa kurssin
ryhmätyön voisi toteuttaa.
Case assignment will
be completed in a group of 3-5 students. The student groups are expected to
find the case organization by themselves. Use following criteria for finding
and selecting your case organization and its challenge:
- Select an organization where information/knowledge are the main inputs and outputs of work
- Select an organization that gives you access to e.g. interview few employees (knowledge workers)
- Select an organization that has a need or potential to develop its knowledge utilization (somehow related to the themes of course)
In previous similar
courses students have analyzed and resolved e.g. following challenges:
"how to manage knowledge in a multisite organization”, "how to apply
effectively ICT in intraorganizational knowledge sharing”, "managing
knowledge in interorganizational collaboration”, "how to transform
knowledge management project into knowledge management process”, "how to
improve collaboration between different professions”, "how to improve
sharing of tacit knowledge”. You may discuss with the course personnel about
the suitability of your case organization and its challenge.
The case assignment
should focus to a) analyze how the case organization currently utilizes
information/knowledge/competences, b) find out if there are unutilized
opportunities or specific challenges related to knowledge management or
utilization of information/knowledge/competence resources, and c) provide
solutions that will help improving the performance of the organization. Use
scientific literature, interviews in the case organization, and publicly
available information of the case organization in your case assignment. The
output includes a written report (should not exceed 20 pages).
If you wish to leave
your case organization anonymous, that is possible too. You can refer to
"organization X”. However, provide enough information on the case
organization so that a reader can understand something about its operations,
organizational design, etc. This can be explained in 1-2 paragraphs. If you
wish, see example on pp. 88-95
http://lib.tkk.fi/Diss/2008/isbn9789512291168/isbn9789512291168.pdf
Assessment and scoring
of the case assignment is based on:
- Objectives of the assignment (clarity, ambition, relevance, scope, originality) + style, design, layout (max 5 points)
- Comprehensiveness of the analysis (max 5 points)
- Reasoning and argumentation with appropriate reference material, correct usage of the subject specific terms and models/theories, achievement of the objectives defined by the group, ability to critical thinking (max 10 points)
- Practical relevance of the paper, production and argumentation of own ideas, implementation potential of the development ideas (max 10 points)