MGT 403 Saudi Electronic University Importance of Knowledge Management Questions

• Be very specific and focused on the issue while answering a question.
• Student must apply APA style guidelines and review at least three (3) scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles to support their answer for each question.
• A mark of zero will be given for any submission that includes copying from other resource without referencing it.
• No marks will be given for irrelevant details.

Assignment 1.

This Assignment is based on the Material covered in week 2 to week 4 (CH. 1-4).

Thefocus of the assignment is to evaluate the understanding level ofstudents related to basic concepts of knowledge management. Students arerequired to:

Read the material covered in Chapters 1 to 4 thoroughly from book, which attached, as well as other sources.

Some of the useful links are given below.
https://doaj.org/article/19e5413b12174f0ab1698682f36d8932

https://ideas.repec.org/p/pra/mprapa/83088.html

Based on the above material and chapters covered answer the following questions.

Assignment Questions

Question 1:

Writea short essay about evolution of Knowledge management. Provide minimumthree definitions of knowledge management with proper references.

Question 2:

• In Knowledge management why is it important to differentiate between information, data and knowledge?
• Dowe really need to convert tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge?Support your answer with proper references. According to Nonaka andTakeuchi SECI model, explain how knowledge conversion takes place?

Question 3:

Thereare four main knowledge management cycles. Briefly describe each one ofthem. Highlight the crucial stage / Stages in each one of theseknowledge management cycles.