Stellenbosch U

240 credits over 3 years (80 per year). Two modules, one for face-to-face taught content (776) and the other for thesis development (872). 

Mode of Teaching

• Module 776 is taught by means of interactive sessions in block format. These sessions are compulsory.
• In the first year a total of 12 days, and in the second year a total of 8 days are set aside for full time teaching.
• Module 872 is done individually under supervision of an assigned staff member.
• Contact hours between teaching staff and students: 172 (over a period of 16 months). This is more than twice the number of hours set aside for teaching an Honours programme or a full third year course.
• Follow up assignments are submitted through e-mail and continuous.
• Study material consist of prescribed books, PDF and PPT presentations by staff, printed. Readers in some cases and internet references.

Module Contents

776 (120) Advanced studies of the organisational management of knowledge and information

The Knowledge Economy and Society

• The roots and nature of the Knowledge Economy
• The global network system
• Globalisation, innovation, identity, productivity

Organisation

• General characteristics of knowledge organisations (P Drucker)
• Organisational sense-making (KE Weick)
• Organisational self-understanding (G Morgan)
• Organisational gnoseology (H Tsoukas)

Management & Leadership

• Management fundamentals
• Leadership theory
• Electronic business modelling
• Communities of practice
• Information and knowledge support systems management
• Business and competitive intelligence
• Strategy

Knowledge & Information Dynamics

• First, second and third generations of Knowledge Management
• Thought leadership and lateral thinking
• Intellectual capital
• Information management theory (DA Marchand)
• Information Space theory (M Boisot)
• Scenario building
• Cyber and information law

Systems

• Complexity theory
• General systems theory and cybernetics

Decision-making

• Decision and decision-making theory
• Decision support systems and technologies

Knowledge Technology

• Technologies such as: CMap, Mind maps, Workflow, Visualisation,
• Collaborative tools, document management, streaming
• Think Tools Suite
• Information Systems management
• Artificial intelligence

872 (120) Thesis

The independent execution under supervision at NQF level 8a of a research project which leads to a thesis of 110 to 140 pages.