Organisational Knowledge

Start: October

Duration: Full time - one year, Part time - up to three years

Course overview:

The need for organisations to capture, extract and make use of its knowledge assets is greater than ever, in particular in the area of human knowledge. Growing competition, changing customer requirements and rapid economic changes mean that Organisational Knowledge is becoming increasingly important in business.

Health is a business sector which has traditionally depended on informal and undocumented knowledge. This Organisational Knowledge course has been designed to equip MSc students who have an interest in the Health sector with the knowledge, skills and experience to maximise knowledge assets in their current and future roles. The course brings together expertise from different industries which can be applied to the Health sector.

This course is suitable for anyone looking to pursue a career in organisational management with particular reference to the Health sector, or a general management position in a variety of organisations. Previous students have come from a variety of backgrounds - some have degrees in business-related subjects such as Law, Economics or Applied IT and others have been part-time staff from the NHS.

Course structure:

This course is made up of eight compulsory one-week modules; an individual research project; a group project and a business week.

Modules include:

• Organisations and Knowledge
• Business Management and Health Economics
• The Learning Organisation
• Organisational Transformation and Change
• Knowledge Acquisition
• Organisational Modelling
• Organisational Operations
• Knowledge Management Systems

Entry requirements

A minimum of a 2nd class UK honours degree or equivalent. In exceptional cases, however, a candidate may be admitted with appropriate professional experience.

Funding

For details of any bursaries that may be available, please contact the Enquiries Office by email: enquiries.health@cranfield.ac.uk or phone: +44 (0)1234 758 008. You can also visit our website.

Contact enquiries@cranfield.ac.uk or +44(0)1234 758008 for further information.

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