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IIT Kharagpur

Knowledge Management

via NPTEL

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Overview

The objective of this course is to prepare students to understand the current theories, practices, tools and techniques in knowledge management (KM) to deal with the challenges with the organization and management of knowledge. This course addresses contemporary issues in managing knowledge, intellectual capital and other intangible assets by discussing the fundamental concepts of knowledge and its creation, acquisition, representation, dissemination, use and re-use, the role and use of knowledge in organizations and institutions, KM systems and its application in knowledge generation and transfer, and in the representation, organization, and exchange of knowledge, knowledge codification and system development, its testing, KM tools and portals, and finally ethical, managerial and legal issues in knowledge management.

Industries that will recognize this course: IT Companies/ R & D Companies/ Pharma Companies/ Manufacturing and Services sector

Syllabus 8

  1. Week 1
    • Lecture 1: Introduction to KM
    • Lecture 2: Introduction to KM (Contd.)
    • Lecture 3: Why KM
    • Lecture 4: KM System Life Cycle (KSLC)
    • Lecture 5: Aligning KM and business strategy
  2. Week 2
    • Lecture 6: Process and models of KM cycle.
    • Lecture 7: Process and models of KM cycle
    • Lecture 8: Knowledge creation and architecture.
    • Lecture 9: Capturing tacit knowledge
    • Lecture 10: Capturing tacit knowledge
  3. Week 3
    • Lecture 11: Knowledge codification
    • Lecture 12: Knowledge codification (Contd.)
    • Lecture 13: System development: system testing and deployment
    • Lecture 14: System development: system testing and deployment
    • Lecture 15: Knowledge transfer and knowledge sharing
  4. Week 4
    • Lecture 16: Knowledge Infrastructure
    • Lecture 17: Knowledge Infrastructure (Contd.)
    • Lecture 18: Knowledge Audit
    • Lecture 19: The knowledge team
    • Lecture 20: The knowledge team
  5. Week 5
    • Lecture 21: Analysis, design of KM system
    • Lecture 22: Analysis, design of KM system (Contd.)
    • Lecture 23: Developing the KM system
    • Lecture 24: Prototyping and deployment
    • Lecture 25: Prototyping and deployment (Contd.)
  6. Week 6
    • Lecture 26: Inferences from data.
    • Lecture 27: Inferences from data (Contd.)
    • Lecture 28: Data mining
    • Lecture 29: Data Management
    • Lecture 30: Knowledge Portals
  7. Week 7
    • Lecture 31: Evaluation of KM effectiveness: Tools and Metrics
    • Lecture 32 : Evaluation of KM effectiveness: Tools and Metrics (Contd)
    • Lecture 33: Legal issues
    • Lecture 34: Ethical Issues
    • Lecture 35: Managerial issues
  8. Week 8
    • Lecture 36: KM. Experiences form Indian companies
    • Lecture 37: KM practices of select industries
    • Lecture 38:KM practices of select industries (Contd.)
    • Lecture 39: Future of KM
    • Lecture 40: Future of KM (Contd.)

Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages

  • Taught by IIT and IISc professors, and it follows the Indian university syllabus closely.
  • All videos and assignments are free on NPTEL and SWAYAM.
  • The certificate is recognised by many Indian universities for credit transfer and by GATE aspirants.
  • Great for GATE and semester exam preparation.
  • Taught by Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, one of the strongest names in its field.
  • Completely free.
  • Self-paced: start any time.
  • A clear syllabus (8 parts) you can see before you start.

Disadvantages

  • The certificate needs a proctored exam at a centre, which has a fee.
  • Recorded classroom lectures: thorough, but slower than made-for-online courses.
  • New runs start on fixed dates (January and July).
  • Learning is free, but the certificate costs money.

Some points apply to every course of this kind; see how we rank.

Free to learn

  • Free: Every video and assignment is free on NPTEL and SWAYAM. Enrol when the next run opens.
  • Certificate: Optional. It needs a proctored exam at a centre, which has a fee.

Taught by

  • Prof. KBL SrivastavaIIT Kharagpur

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur is in Tier 1: world-leading universities and India's top institutes of our institution ranking (95/100).

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