Abstract: The study aims at exploring the relevancy of knowledge management (KM) to library and information science (LIS). Besides the review of relevant literature, the study has conducted an online survey of KM education programs offered by different schools of the world. An interdisciplinary approach of KM education is analysed to find its link with LIS. After a random search of KM education programs, 30 graduate programs are investigated to identify more...

Abstract: … In this work, we propose a model of individual knowledge management competence to support the education of knowledge managers … The model explains KM competence as specific combinations of presumed KM-related activities and the individual capabilities required to perform them. … The proposed model suggests not a single definition of KM competence, but multiple profiles based distinct understandings of what comprises KM. more...

Abstract: The purpose of this qualitative study was an investigation of the phenomenon of Knowledge Management (KM) program design and development. The interest in KM programs has grown during the last decade because of the increased demand for KM educational research and the importance of the emerging knowledge economy. This exploratory and explanatory investigation scrutinized two cases of graduate KM programs conceived in the year 2000. Choo’s more...

Abstract: Knowledge management (KM) is experiencing significant growth, and a good indication of its vitality is the existence of graduate degree programs being offered worldwide. Those programs, though, do not seem to properly cover all the diverse perspectives that contribute to the discipline. This paper takes a first step in the development of comprehensive KM programs, by suggesting a framework that consolidates the content being taught and facilitate more...

This wiki is the place where Andre Saito from the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology gathers notes and references for his PhD research on Knowledge Management education. Following Andre’s research proposal: Objective The aim of this study is to propose the concept of ‘competence in knowledge management’, or KM competence, and then to investigate how this competence is developed, particularly in the context of graduate more...