Advanced Knowledge Management and Innovation

The course chronicles the value that innovative organizations find in better managing the flow and re-use of their knowledge, and effective practices to enhance knowledge, create and re-use for innovation. It discusses how, by managing knowledge, organizations can succeed in innovations and new product development. It addresses structural and cultural barriers to knowledge management (KM) to technical and research settings. It focuses on how leaders can overcome barriers by supporting the adoption of new behaviors and promote collaboration and knowledge sharing among their employees.