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المملكة العربية السعودية
وزارة التعليم
الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Assignment 1
Knowledge Management (MGT 403)
Due Date: 05/10/2024 @ 23:59
Course Name: Knowledge Management
Student’s Name:
Course Code: MGT403
Student’s ID Number:
Semester: First
CRN:11443
Academic Year:2024-25-1st
For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name: Dr. Swapnali Baruah
Students’ Grade:
Marks Obtained/Out of 10
Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low
General Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
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The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated
folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced
for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other
resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No
pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Learning Outcomes:
Assignment Purposes/Learning Outcomes:
After completion of Assignment-1 students will be able to understand the
LO 1.1: Recognize the overall knowledge management processes, concepts, goals
and strategies within the context of organization.
LO 1.2: Describe how valuable individual, group and organizational knowledge is
managed throughout the knowledge management cycle.
L.O 1.3: Define the different Knowledge types and explain how they are addressed
by knowledge management in different business environments.
Assignment Questions:
(10 Marks)
This Assignment is a report-based assignment.
Imagine that you are appointed as a team member of knowledge management team in
your organisation. Your immediate boss asks you to prepare a detailed report that will
be used for training purposes to clarify the need to implement knowledge management
in your organisation. Your report must contain the answers for following questions.
Part A: Introduction (5 Marks)
Q.1: How would you define the concept of Data, Information and Knowledge.
Provide one example to differentiate these concepts. (1.5 Marks)
Q.2: Briefly describe the concept of Knowledge management. What points
you would like to add to highlight the importance of knowledge management.
(1.5 Marks)
Q.3: “Knowledge management is not anything new.” Would you argue that
this statement is largely true? Why or why not? Use suitable examples to
justify your answer. (2 Marks)
Part B: (5 Marks)
Types of knowledge, Knowledge management cycle and Models:
Q.1: Discuss the concept of “Tacit Knowledge” and “Explicit Knowledge”. Is
it important to capture both types of knowledge? Justify your argument with suitable
example. (1.5 Marks)
Q.2: There are several different approaches to the knowledge management
cycle such as those by McElroy, Wiig, Bukowitz and Willams, and Meyer and
Zack.
Discuss any one of the above knowledge management cycles highlighting its
steps or stages and its usefulness for the organizations. (1.5 Marks)
Q.3: Describe how the major types of knowledge (i.e., tacit and explicit) are
transformed in the Nonaka and Takeuchi knowledge spiral model of KM. Use a
concrete example to make your point. (2 Marks)
(Support each part and each question of the assignment with Proper references)
Answers
1. Answer2. Answer3. Answer-
وزارة التعليم
الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Assignment 1
Knowledge Management (MGT 403)
Due Date: 05/10/2024 @ 23:59
Course Name: Knowledge Management
Student’s Name:
Course Code: MGT403
Student’s ID Number:
Semester: First
CRN:11443
Academic Year:2024-25-1st
For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name: Dr. Swapnali Baruah
Students’ Grade:
Marks Obtained/Out of 10
Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low
General Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated
folder.
Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced
for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
Late submission will NOT be accepted.
Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other
resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No
pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Learning Outcomes:
Assignment Purposes/Learning Outcomes:
After completion of Assignment-1 students will be able to understand the
LO 1.1: Recognize the overall knowledge management processes, concepts, goals
and strategies within the context of organization.
LO 1.2: Describe how valuable individual, group and organizational knowledge is
managed throughout the knowledge management cycle.
L.O 1.3: Define the different Knowledge types and explain how they are addressed
by knowledge management in different business environments.
Assignment Questions:
(10 Marks)
This Assignment is a report-based assignment.
Imagine that you are appointed as a team member of knowledge management team in
your organisation. Your immediate boss asks you to prepare a detailed report that will
be used for training purposes to clarify the need to implement knowledge management
in your organisation. Your report must contain the answers for following questions.
Part A: Introduction (5 Marks)
Q.1: How would you define the concept of Data, Information and Knowledge.
Provide one example to differentiate these concepts. (1.5 Marks)
Q.2: Briefly describe the concept of Knowledge management. What points
you would like to add to highlight the importance of knowledge management.
(1.5 Marks)
Q.3: “Knowledge management is not anything new.” Would you argue that
this statement is largely true? Why or why not? Use suitable examples to
justify your answer. (2 Marks)
Part B: (5 Marks)
Types of knowledge, Knowledge management cycle and Models:
Q.1: Discuss the concept of “Tacit Knowledge” and “Explicit Knowledge”. Is
it important to capture both types of knowledge? Justify your argument with suitable
example. (1.5 Marks)
Q.2: There are several different approaches to the knowledge management
cycle such as those by McElroy, Wiig, Bukowitz and Willams, and Meyer and
Zack.
Discuss any one of the above knowledge management cycles highlighting its
steps or stages and its usefulness for the organizations. (1.5 Marks)
Q.3: Describe how the major types of knowledge (i.e., tacit and explicit) are
transformed in the Nonaka and Takeuchi knowledge spiral model of KM. Use a
concrete example to make your point. (2 Marks)
(Support each part and each question of the assignment with Proper references)
Answers
1. Answer2. Answer3. Answer-
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