Track 1: Foundations of KM

Session 1-1: KM Curricula: Instruction and Research at Leading Universities

05/03/10

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Denise Bedford

Goodyear Professor of Knowledge Management, College of Communication and Information

Kent State University

John Hickok

Director, Knowledge Management

Defense Acquisition University; Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics

Jay Liebowitz

D.Sc.

Orkand Endowed Chair in Management and Technology

University of Maryland University College, Graduate School of Management & Technology

Arthur Murray

CEO, Applied Knowledge Sciences, and Co-director, Enterprise of the Future Program

George Washington University Institute for Knowledge and Innovation

Mark Nissen

OSD Research Chair Professor of Command & Control, and Professor of Information Sciences and Management

Naval Post Graduate School

T. Kanti Srikantaiah

Ph.D.

Director and Professor, Center for Knowledge Management

Dominican University

Intellectual legitimacy is usually established in the halls of higher education. For a young discipline such as knowledge management, it is very important to see the emergence of a robust series of KM education and research programs in leading universities. This panel will highlight some of these programs, discuss the shape of future KM curricula and degree offerings, and review some of the research currently being performed in academia.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:

 > How KM fundamentals are envisaged from academia
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How KM curricula are shaping KM careers
 > The most important areas of current KM research in leading universities