Stellenbosch University (SU)

Undergraduate Degrees/Programs

• Bachelor of Informatics Honours (Module 3/3: Information and Knowledge in Organisations & Research Assignment: Information Systems Management)
• BComHons in Information Systems Management (Module 3/3: Information and Knowledge in Organisations & Research Assignment: Information and Knowledge in Organisations²⁾)**
• BA Programme in Decision-making and Knowledge Management** ³⁾
• BPhil in Information and Knowledge Management**

Graduate Degrees/Programs

• Postgraduate Diploma in Knowledge and Information Systems Management (KISM PG Dip) ⁴⁾
• MPhil in Information and Knowledge Management (MIKM) (by research)
• MA in Socio-Informatics (by research)
• MPhil in Decision-making and Knowledge Dynamics (by research)**⁵⁾
• PhD in Socio-Informatics (by research)
• PhD in Decision-making and Knowledge Dynamics (by research)**
• DPhil in Information Science (research area: Information and Knowledge Management⁶)**

Courses**

Short Courses⁷⁾

• Information and Knowledge Auditing and Mapping (IKAM) course
• Knowledge Management – Leveraging your knowledge assets for competitive advantage
• Internet – Information Retrieval and Personal Information Management Tools and Techniques

Conferences

• 11th International Symposium on the Management of Industrial and Corporate Knowledge (ISMICK’06), August 27-30, 2006, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
  Conference Theme: Innovation and Inter-organizational Knowledge Productivity
  (Co-organized with the Free University of Amsterdam (Department of Computer Science, Section Business Informatics), the University of Amsterdam (Leibniz Center for Law), and the University of Technology of Compiègne (Computer Science Department))
  Conference Tracks:
  Managing knowledge productivity in private organizations; Managing knowledge productivity in public administrations; Managing knowledge based innovation within and among organizations; Free Track

  Workshops:
  Eleven design principles for knowledge productivity

• Knowledge, Technology and Society Week (KTS week), 15-18 May 2006

Courses

• Certificate Programme in Knowledge Management: Leveraging your Knowledge Assets for Competitive Advantage** ⁸⁾
  • 3-day foundation course: Knowledge Management: Leveraging your Knowledge Assets for Competitive Advantage
  • 1-day specialization course: Step-by-Step Guide to Knowledge Management Implementation
  • 1-day specialization course: Knowledge Networking, Social Network Analysis & Communities of Practice

Conferences

• University of Stellenbosch Knowledge Management Conference 2012, January 16-18, 2012, Cape Town, South Africa
  Conference Theme: The democratisation of knowledge: The role of knowledge in the betterment of society
  The objective of this ‘discussion-intense’ conference is to move from the theory on knowledge in social organisations, through the implications for society, to practical social policy-making to address the asymmetries of knowledge in society.

  Tracks: Keynote address; Knowledge dynamics: theory, characteristics and behaviour; Knowledge in organisations: a practice/policy viewpoint; Implications for policy-making, the economy and society; The development of a real-time system model as a response to the discussions; Input by business and policy-making attendees
  

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Events

USB Leader’s Angle Series

• Oct 2014: How knowledge management drives enterprise strategy
• Mar 2021: Making Knowledge Workers Effective: The Great Challenge for 21st Century Management