OI/365

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL

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OI 365 Week 1 Knowledge Management and Intellectual Capital Overview

Choose one organization with which you are familiar. You will use this organization in each weekly individual assignment throughout the course.

You have been promoted as Vice President in charge of knowledge management (KM) and intellectual capital (IC).

Prepare a 525- to 700-word summary on how you will contribute to the organization’s growth using knowledge management (KM) and intellectual capital (IC).

Explain the purpose of knowledge management (KM) and intellectual capital (IC) within the chosen organization.

Analyze how the chosen organization can use knowledge management (KM) and intellectual capital (IC) as a competitive tool.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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OI 365 Week 2 KM and IC Analysis Presentation

Resources: Transfer of Management of Knowledge, Ch. 4 and Ch. 5

Select a familiar organization as a Learning Team. 

Your Learning Team will play the role of a consulting firm hired by the chosen organization to analyze the KM and IC.

Create a two to three minute narrated presentation in which you complete the following:

• Assess whether or not the organization understands the value of KM and IC.
• Determine what processes, if any, are in place to share knowledge.
• Analyze what procedures are in place to minimize the loss of KM and IC from employee loss and turnover.
• Summarize your findings.

Project your voice to clearly convey your ideas.

Present in a professional manner.

Use technology (e.g., audio quality, video quality, naming conventions) to convey ideas.  You can use tools such as a narrated Microsoft® PowerPoint® Slideshare, Movenote, or any similar video recording software to complete the assignment.

Use voice inflection and proper grammar.

Note: If you are using a tablet or smartphone, you will need to email the video file to yourself, then save it to a computer in order to upload to the Assignment Files. You may want to upload your video to a file sharing service, such as Dropbox, if your email will not let you send a large video file. Dropbox is accessible from all smartphones and tablets from the Dropbox app.

Students who may need additional assistance or who would like to complete this assignment in an alternative format are encouraged to contact their instructor.

Format your assessment consistent with APA guidelines.

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OI 365 Week 2 Intellectual Capital Inventory

Resource: Intellectual Capital Inventory Worksheet

Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Intellectual Capital Inventory Form using the organization you selected in Week 1.

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Intellectual Capital Inventory Worksheet

As the new Vice President in charge of KM and IC, you are required to review the company’s current intellectual capital and knowledge management components.

Part 1

Complete the following inventory from your chosen organization’s intellectual property and include the strategy or vision to which it is aligned.

Part 2

Create a 1,050- to 1,400-word assessment of your organization’s IC and KM.

Include the following:

• Explain how the company’s IC fits with its vision and strategy.
• Identify potential risks and liabilities of improperly managing IC.
• Assess what, if any, KM system your organization has in place to manage its knowledge-based
• assets.
• Determine what purposes KM serves for your organization.
• Analyze how your organization’s business goals might drive their KM strategy.
• Compare how cultural and legal factors might affect your organization’s strategic KM.

OI 365 Week 3 KM and IC Improvement Plan

Resources: Transfer of Management of Knowledge, Ch. 6 and Ch. 7

Use the organization chosen for the Week 2 Learning Team Assignment.

Your consulting team will review the current IC portfolio and KM. The team must prepare this review and create a plan for recommended changes.

Write a 525- to 700-word paper in which you identify various mechanisms your organization uses to protect, secure, and manage IC.

Identify three examples of IC owned by the organization. How does the organization secure and protect each piece of IC?

Evaluate the ways in which your organization manages knowledge using technology and other internal methods. Consider systems, policies, procedures, and written and implied guidelines.

Identify what is effective about the ways the organization manages knowledge and what could be improved.

Assume your organization has well-defined IC portfolios.

Determine what should be included in those portfolios.  Analyze how defining them would benefit the organization.

Analyze how defining the portfolios would benefit the organization.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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OI 365 Week 3 KM and IC Assessment Presentation

Refer to the organization you selected in your Week 1 individual assignment. 

Create a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with detailed speaker notes, assessing the organization. Assume that you will present the assessment to the CEO of the selected organization.

Include an analysis of the following:

• Situations in which your chosen organization would transfer knowledge.
• Potential risks and liabilities of improperly managing IC.
• Challenges your organization faces in protecting its IC.

Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.

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OI 365 Week 4 KM and IC Knowledge Transfer and Training Presentation

Resource: Transfer of Management of Knowledge, Ch. 9

Use the organization chosen in the Week 2 Learning Team Assignment.

Your consulting team will review the organizations understanding of KM and IC knowledge transfer and training. The team will prepare this review and create a plan for recommended changes.

Prepare a 7- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with detailed speaker notes to present to the C-level Officers of the organization.

Complete the following:

• Analyze the roles of key employees and how they affect KM and IC.
• Explain how an organizations’ IC can become negatively affected and devalue the organization when key employees who have specific KM leave the organization without transferring (transfer of knowledge) what they know to other employees.
• Evaluate the impact of employee KM and IC training in relation to the organization’ strategic goals.
• Describe how improper training or lack of training can devalue an organization.
• Recommend training improvements that the organization can implement.

Format your assessment consistent with APA guidelines.

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OI 365 Week 4 Intellectual Capital Valuation Worksheet

Resource: Intellectual Capital Valuation Worksheet

Select one IC type from the organization used in your Week 1 Individual Assignment.

Complete the University of Phoenix Material: Intellectual Capital Valuation Worksheet.

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Intellectual Capital Valuation Worksheet

There are many ways to value intellectual capital. The method can influence an organization and reflect its needs.

Part 1

Complete the following chart by identifying various valuation methods and the strengths and weaknesses associated with each.

Part 2

Prepare a 700- to 1,050-word proposal or a three to four minute Video Pitch in your role as a Vice President of KM and IC.  You will pitch to the CEO of your chosen organization from Week 1 and unclude the following:

• A brief introduction explaining the importance of valuing an organization’s IC
• Select a valuation method and analyze how the method could value the organization’s IC
• Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the chosen valuation method
• Explain the potential effect of selecting a less appropriate method
• Include the table as an addendum in the proposal or the Video Pitch

OI 365 Week 5 Information Technology Platform Presentation

Resources: Transfer of Management of Knowledge, Ch. 4 and Ch. 8

Your consulting team will review how KM and IC is integrated with the organization’s Information Technology (IT) platform and recommend a plan for improvement.  Consider using Microsoft® Powerpoint®, Prezi®, Movenote, OfficeMix, or a similar presentation tool.

Prepare a 7- to 10-slide presentation with detailed speaker notes for the Board of Directors in which you analyze the following:

• The relationship of IT, KM, and IC.
• The current Information Technology (IT) platform and current techniques and methods to integrate KM and IC.
• How the organization uses IT to share KM and IC.
• How the organization can remain ethical with the KM and IC stored on an IT platform.
• Recommended improvements that the organization can implement to become more competitive.

Format your assessment consistent with APA guidelines.

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OI 365 Week 5 KM and IC Policies and Practices

As Vice President in charge of KM and IC, you have realized the KM and IC policies and practices are below acceptable standards.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word executive summary that you will present to the Board of Directors.

Analyze the organizational structure and ethical behavior of the organization.

Explain how organizational changes affect the future value of its IC by promoting innovation, decision-making, and productivity.

Determine if you would consider your organization’s structure an IC asset and support your position.  Why or why not?  Support your position.

Include how the ethical policies and practices affected the organization’s IC and its value.

Identify the strengths and weaknesses existing in structure and ethics.

Recommend any changes that could increase the value of the organization’s IC based on the structure and ethics.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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