PhD TIM-Review and Analyze Conference Venues in Knowledge Management

Barnes, S., & Milton, N. (2014). Designing a successful KM strategy: A Guide for the knowledge management professional. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. ISBN: 9781573877152.

http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ncent/detail.action?adv.x=1&docID=10991710

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Serenko, A. A. (2013). Global ranking of knowledge management and intellectual capital academic journals: 2013 update [PDF document]. Journal of Knowledge Management, 17(2), 20p. http://www.aserenko.com/papers/Serenko_Bontis_KM_Journal_Ranking_2013.pdf

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Koenig, M. E. D. (2012, May 4). What is KM? Knowledge Management Explained. KMWorld. http://www.kmworld.com/Articles/Editorial/What-Is-.../What-is-KM-Knowledge-Management-Explained-82405.aspx

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Association for Project Management. (2014, April 10). Courageous conversation: We really need to talk about knowledge management [Video file].

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwMzpJa6Y-w

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Purushotham, D. (2015). Knowledge Management Basics - Lear[n]Gain

https://youtu.be/mFNh4jp4yBo

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For this assignment, you will familiarize yourself with some of the top Knowledge Management conferences.

Select three conferences that interest you and do the following for each:

• Describe the types of papers and research being presented at the conference.
• Many conferences are comprised of several tracks. Describe each track and types of papers that are submitted to each track.
• Find three full papers presented in each conference, and write a report about each addressing the following:
  1. What problems do they solve?
  2. What was their methodology?
  3. What are areas of future work/improvement?
  4. What are some related works, and how does this paper build upon the body of knowledge of those works?
  5. Why, in your own words, is work important?

Length: 5 – 7 pages, not including title page and references

Your assignment should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.