Logistics:
Online - Held Weekly

Fall:1/17/2012

Spring: 4/24/2012

Instructor:
Rafael E. Landaeta, Ph.D.

Why is Knowledge Managment needed in your organization?
Do you have problems understanding the vast amount of data generated in your organization?

Are most of your experienced employees retiring and taking with them years of hard lessons learned and best practices?

Do your employees and you feel that you are reinventing the wheel all the time?

Do you wish you could learn how other employees and organizations are approaching similar problems and challenges?

Are you concerned about information security and knowledge protection and do not know now to approach them?

Do you have knowledge management strategies, processes, projects, and tools in place that you feel are not working well or that can work better?

Do you believe that you and your organization can do better, innovate more, and be more efficient and effective using the data and information generated within and outside the organization but do not know how?

Do you have a group of employees dedicated to perform knowledge management but they have not taken training courses and certificates that have had an impact upon their performance and the performance of the organization?

The agile knowledge management certificate training at ODU addresses these and other practical questions.

The agile knowledge management certificate

The complexity of modern organizations has made learning a key capability for their sustainability. The faster an organization and its members learn, the better it is positioned to face the challenges of moving targets and uncertainty.
Knowledge management focus on promoting the learning needed to continuously enhance reflection, decision making, and actions in modern complex environment.

The vision of this agile knowledge management certificate is to develop professionals that thrive in complex environments. Through this agile knowledge management certificate any professional from any sector will acquire knowledge and skills that will enable (a)to manage knowledge for the benefit of their organization, group, or self-, and (b) to become knowledge managers that lead organizational learning and transformation efforts. Professionals in knowledge-intensive organizations (e.g., military, healthcare, research and development) will find this certificate particularly appealing.

The agile knowledge management certificate is 290 contact hours and is delivered face-to-face and through live video streaming technologies. Classes are taught late afternoon to accommodate students from the west coast of the US. Classes are taught once a week for 2 to 3 hours.

The agile knowledge management certificate focus on 22 topics, which are taught by university professors that are experts in these areas. Additionally, there is a practicum project (Capstone) that will focus on applying the knowledge and skills developed through the certificate in a real world knowledge management situation.

The agile knowledge management certificate has a minimum cohort of 15 students and a maximum of 30 students. Classes start 3 times a year in Spring, Summer, and Fall.
Additionally, the content and delivery of the agile project management certificate can be customized to organizations’ needs and problems. Special group arrangements and teaching on site are options that may fit well the demands of organizations.

The agile knowledge management certificate provides the opportunity to qualified students to apply for graduate education credits. Pre-, during, and post-training assessments are part of the evaluation of the training impact and of the students’ performance.

Students are expected to have broadband Internet connection, a telephone, and a computer that has the minimum requirements of Adobe Connect. Classes are recorded and can be watched as needed by students.