organizational analyses 2500 Problem Solving Case Study and Proposal Report
Organisational Analysis
Analysing and Codifying Organisational Knowledge
Tutorial Guide
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Knowledge Management
Critically discuss the concept of knowledge management
What forms of “knowledge” are said to exist?
Where would you find “knowledge” in organisations?
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The Neohumanist Perspective
Discuss the neohumanist perspective that was discussed in your earlier Assignment 1 Reading
What makes knowledge management neohumanist?
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Assignment 2
Critically discuss the knowledge creation cycle
Relate the knowledge creation cycle to the learning for your team for Assignment 2
Relate this to the RSD
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Assignment 2: How to Codify Knowledge
Develop the coding keywords for Assignment 2
How are these keywords informed?
In the context of Assignment 2, critically develop a means by which someone could control the organisational narrative
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Enterprise Taxonomies
Discuss formal classification structures
Developed top-down
Namespace – contextual
Hierarchical (parent-child relationships)
Controlled - rules are created for each taxonomy term
Taxonomy terms tend not to appear in more than one branch
Vocabulary tagging makes knowledge visible, i.e. findable/retrievable/discoverable, but organisations tend to lack the time or resources to build a taxonomy
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Meta-Data
In class, find the Document Properties menu. Identify how you would fill in document properties.
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Document Meta-Data
Critically discuss what tags would you use to identify your report for Assignment 2. Remember to use the perspectives.
Microsoft Word Document
Document Properties
Opportunities for you to “tag”
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Assignment 2
Update your tutor on the progress of Assignment 2
What is your report structure like?
How does your report reflect your demonstration of the four perspectives?
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The Rise of Fake-News
Critically discuss: in a social media sense, just because something trends, is it “correct”?
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Analysing the Organisational Narrative
Critically discuss:
What or who controls language use?
the meaning (semantics) e.g. dictionary, meta-data?
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