The Knowledge Management Education Hub

Communities

• South African Knowledge Management Professional Association (SAKMPA) ²⁾

Certificate/Diploma Courses

Knowledge Management and Innovation leadership development programme

• Modules (1st year, National Certificate): Managing Government and Organizational Information and Legal Issues; Information Services and Models Used; Knowledge Management; Library and Information Management; Managing Website; Knowledge Economy
• Modules (2nd year, National Diploma): Intellectual Trading and Intellectual Property Management; Research, Evaluation and Competitive Advantage; Competitive Advantage in Organisation; Research Projects; Health and Medical Informatics (Optional); Introduction to Foresight as a Tool for Policy-making

Courses

Short courses (Certificates of Attendance)

• Knowledge Management (3-5 days) ⁴⁾
  Knowledge Management Module 1 (day 1-3): Introduction to Knowledge Management; History of Knowledge Management; The Practice of Knowledge Managemen; Pillars of Knowledge Management; Human Capital in Knowledge Management; Knowledge Auditing & Mapping; Web Management; Transforming Government/ Legislature / Organisation with Knowledge Management; Community of Practice (CoP); The Legal and Ethical Aspects of Knowledge Management
• Research, monitoring and evaluation in Knowledge Management (3 days)
  Course content: Basic concepts; Data Analysis; Problem-based approaches; Knowledge Management Research and Implementation; Knowledge Management Monitoring and Evaluation; Evaluative Research Dynamics; Focus the evaluation; Delineate objectives; Select variables for evaluative research; Developing a Criteria for Selection of Indicators; Report Writing and Research Translation
• Managing government, organisational information and legal issues
• Knowledge Management champions training
• Information services and models
• Library and information management

Workshops

• Knowledge Economy Workshop
• The Practice of Knowledge Management Workshop

Conferences

International Conference on Knowledge Economy (ICKE)**

The biannual International Conference on Knowledge Economy (ICKE) aims to support the “Strategy Towards Knowledge Based Economy” launced by the South African Department of Science and Technology in 2007. ICKE plans to bring international Experts, Industry, Business and Civil Society to converge in South Africa to discuss dynamics of knowledge management and Knowledge Society in the Knowledge Economy. The aim is to provide information and knowledge that will assist the country as it moves towards Knowledge Economy and the Role that can be played by institutions of higher learning, industry, civil society and government in general.

Conference History:

• 3rd International Conference on Knowledge Economy (ICKE 2013), 27-30 October 2013, Cape Town, South Africa
  Conference Theme: Consolidating Pillars of Knowledge Economy for Economic Growth and Employment Creation: A Review and Structural Reform
  (Co-hosts: SANCIKMKE, Province of the Eastern Cape, South African Knowledge Management Professional Association, Informatics and Knowledge Management Academy)
  Plenary:
  Knowledge management the key for effective sustainable development in the Arab Region
  Harnessing Efforts in order to Realise the Promise of Abundant Wealth Creation brought about by Knowledge Economy and how this Translates to Job Creation
  Does Knowledge Economics Address Learning Challenges Problems in Poor Countries?
  Knowledge Management in support of inclusive development in Africa, the economics
  The Transformational Future of Knowledge Economies
  Co-creation as a Breakthrough Approach for Enterprises in the New Economy
  Who Knows, Wins
  Achieving Knowledge Driven Results
  The Importance of Key Performance Indicators in Evaluating Knowledge Management Performance

  Presentations:
  M-PESA: Mobile Technology for Knowledge Economy in Kenya
  Implementation of Enterprise Content Management Systems in the Green Economy
  Institutionalisation of KM as a tool to drive Innovation and Economic Development in Kenya
  The Media as a tool for Knowledge Management in Development
  Social Intelligence Reporting: An Innovative Model of Accountability in Kenya
  Who owns South Africa: Can ECM Systems and related Technologies help the Government answer this critical question?
  Restoration, Preservation, and dissemination of the Histroy, Heritage and Culture of an Ancient African Tribe using Enterprise Content Management Systems: A case study of the Amahlubi Nation
  Nature of Illness According to Indigenous Philosophical Psychology
  Documenting and Mapping Key Business Processes: A Knowledge Management Approach
  Protecting, preserving and promoting the indigenous knowledge of South African communities through the National Recordal System initiative: a case study of the Bakgatla-Ba-Kgafela community of the Moruleng village, North West
  Knowledge Management In Nigerian Universities: Challenges and Opportunites
  Learning 2.0 in Knowledge Society : A case study of a pilot project in Zambia

  Panel Discussions:
  Repackaging Educational Content into Animations and Virtual Laboratories towards Digital Education

  Pre-conference Workshops (Oct 27):
  Online Learning Modules on Knowledge Economics (accredited by IKMAC (level 5), part of KM courses accredited by PSETA)
  Knowledge Management: Tools, Tactics, and Techniques for Success (w. pre-workshop assignment)

• 2nd International Conference on Knowledge Economy (ICKE 2011), 24-28 October 2011, East London, South Africa
  Conference Theme: Leveraging Knowledge to Grow Economy of Under-Resourced Areas of the World
  (Organizers: SANCIKMKE, South African Knowledge Management Professional Association, Informatics and Knowledge Management Academy)
  Plenary:
  A competitive advantage for Community Business Enterprise Development for Skills Development, Wealth Creation and Job Creation
  Why are knowledge organisation systems important?
  How to Leverage innovation best practices and knowledge management best practices on a small budget to get big returns
  Translating Knowledge into Knowledge Economy Development
  The Economics of Knowledge applied to African Community Learning
  TBA Virtual Talk

  Presentations:
  Overview of Innovation and Knowledge Management in Health Department, E.C.
  Inducting students into knowledge communities via literacy instruction in the Commerce Extended Studies Programme of Rhodes University
  Empowering women in Africa through eLearning
  Online Knowledge Sharing in University Academic Departments: the experience of the University of Fort Hare
  Challenges Of Knowledge Harvesting In The Public Sector
  Integrated Development Plan (Idp) Service Delivery Impact Assessment Study: A Case Study Of Buffalo City Municipality (Bcm)
  Knowledge Management (Km) Strategy And Implementation Plan
  Understanding Factors That Influence South African Consumers To Use Online Shopping
  The impact of knowledge sharing on the economic development of the community of Temba Township, South Africa
  An Assessment of the Relationship between Enterprise and knowledge centres in Nigeria
  Information and Semiotics (Poster)
  Knowledge Audit In Buffalo City Municipality (Poster)

  Pre-conference Workshops (Oct 23):
  A Leaders Guide to Knowledge Management: Drawing on the Past to Enhance Future Performance

  Post-conference Workshops (Oct 27-28):
  Developing a Knowledge Economy Strategy for South Africa (Roundtable workshop)

• International Conference on Knowledge Economy (ICKE 2009), 20-22 October 2009, Sandton, South Africa
  Conference Theme: The Dynamics of Knowledge Based Economy
  (Organizers: SANCIKMKE)
  Keynotes:
  TBA

  Plenary:
  Assessing and Developing the Global Knowledge Economy
  The Knowledge Economy – contextual imperative for Strategic Leadership in a postindustrial world
  A History of Things to Come to Where Knowledge Management Takes Us
  A structured approach on the Practice of Knowledge Management
  If Knowledge is power why am I always in the Dark
  Institutional Knowledge and Information Ecology in a Free Software Ecosystem
  UK Competitiveness in the Knowledge Driven Economy 10yrs on Review of Transformation and Progress in the UK since 1998 Government White Paper
  Social Knowledge Management and Working in a 2.0 World: The World of Work in a Brink of Transformation
  Organisation Knowledge Excellence

  Parallel Sessions:
  Knowledge Management
  Knowledge Economy

  Panel Discussion
  Information and Knowledge Management Society: formation, roles and objectives
  A Note on the Socratic Dialogue

  Pre-conference Workshops (Oct 19):
  A Leaders Guide to Knowledge Management: Drawing on the Past to Enhance Future Performance