| Programme Title: | MSc. (Knowledge Management) |
| Introduction | Effective knowledge management allows individuals and company employees to innovate, problem solve, make informed decisions and communicate vital information to increase productivity within a business or organization.聽 This is a market driven programme aimed at addressing the growing demand for the management of intellectual and knowledge-based assets of modern institutions. This program imparts students with the requisite skills and competencies for managing knowledge based assets of any organization. The programme is designed to equip students with appropriate domain knowledge in knowledge management. |
| Programme objectives | Graduates from this programme should be able to:
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| Justification / Rationale | The emergence of the knowledge-based economy has created the need to effectively collect, organize, and synthesize knowledge that organizations generate. Consequently, knowledge management is an essential area of activity in various organizations if they have to remain relevant and competitive. This activity has created a need for the training of professionals who are capable of developing and implementing knowledge management initiatives within their organizations. |
| Entry Requirements | Bachelor鈥檚 degree in Library and Information Science or any other information related degree course from a recognized institution and attained Second Class Honours (Upper Division).
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| Mode and Structure of Delivery | Regular Full time (Main and City Campus)
Regular Evening (City Campus) Blended mode (ODEL) 鈥� trimester for acceleration |
| Programme Duration | 2 Years |
| Curriculum Highlights | Course work in research methods, data analysis, and contemporary knowledge management issues and a thesis in any domain area of information and knowledge management. |
| Career Opportunities | Knowledge manager, Librarian, Repository manager |
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| Why this Programme at KU | 吃瓜头条 has a well-established Department of Computing and Information Science with highly trained faculty members and modern teaching and laboratory facilities and active researchers in knowledge management. |