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Developing Knowledge Management Competence at Graduate Education

1. Introduction

1.1. Background
1.1.1. The emergence of the knowledge society
1.1.2. The knowledge management phenomenon
1.1.3. The competence movement
1.1.4. Problem setting: applying the concept of competence to KM education
1.2. Objectives
1.2.1. Research questions
1.2.2. Expected outcomes
1.2.3. Significance of the study
1.3. Methodology
1.3.1. Survey on the concept of KM competence
1.3.2. Model building case study on KM competence development
1.4. Dissertation outline

2. Literature Review

2.1. Introduction
2.2. The emerging knowledge society
2.2.1. Introduction: Major social and economic trends
2.2.2. The knowledge economy
2.2.3. Implications of the knowledge economy
2.2.4. The knowledge society
2.3. The knowledge management field
2.3.1. Introduction: Perspectives on knowledge
2.3.2. Major streams of research in KM
2.3.3. Renowned models in KM
2.3.4. KM practice (implementation, techniques, roles)
2.3.5. Issues in KM (including KM education)
2.4. The competence movement
2.4.1. Introduction: Competing views on competence
2.4.2. Major streams of research on competence
2.4.3. Issues on the study of competence
2.4.4. Attempts to integrate the concept
2.4.5. The development of competence
2.5. Summary

3. KM competence

3.1. Introduction
3.2. A conceptual model of competence
3.2.1. The structure of competence
3.2.2. The dynamics of competence
3.3. Defining KM competence
3.3.1. Identifying the stakeholders
3.3.2. Delimiting the scope
3.3.3. Eliciting the components
3.3.4. Factors affecting KM competence
3.4. Survey on KM competence
3.4.1. Research design
3.4.2. Findings
3.5. Discussion: applications of KM competence
3.6. Conclusion

4. KM competence development at graduate KM education

4.1. Introduction
4.2. Development: A competence development process
4.3. Findings: Selected cases of graduate KM programs
4.3.1. A business-oriented program
4.3.2. An information science-oriented program
4.3.3. A computer science-oriented program
4.4. Discussion: A comparative analysis of the cases
4.5. Conclusion: Patterns of KM competence development

5. Conclusion

5.1. Summary of findings
5.2. Theoretical implications
5.3. Practical implications
5.4. Suggestions for future research