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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.  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:

·         Adapt various methods and strategies for the acquisition, capture organization, sharing, use and reuse of knowledge

·         Create, preserve, retain, and organize knowledge for organizational success;

·         develop leadership in decision making that will ensure competitive advantage for institutional success

·         adapt and develop information and communication technologies in knowledge management

·         formulate cutting edge research to address institutional problems emanating from poor management of knowledge-based assets

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’s 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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Bachelor’s  degree  in Library and Information Science  or  any other information related degree course from a recognized institution and attained Second Class (Lower Division) with 1 (one) year relevant work experience.

Mode and Structure of Delivery

Regular Full time (Main and City Campus)

Regular Evening (City Campus)

Blended mode (ODEL) – 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

Tuition and Fee structure

 

Why this Programme at KU

Kenyatta University 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.
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