Homework: Knowledge Management Midterm
Length: 1500 to 2000 words.
Learning Outcomes:
i. Understand the difference between data, information and knowledge
ii. Understand how data and information can be modeled in order to generate knowledge
iii. Carry out different ways of capturing information
iv. Apply a knowledge management model to a business setting
Background
You are a health consultancy and you have been asked to define data, information, information systems and applicable criteria to facilitate the decision making process for the government and a multinational. To do the two reports you will need to refer to different chapters and concepts in the Text Book as specified in the questions.
Task 1:
BACKGROUND
The government is evaluating giving financial support to one of the following medicines:
i. Blocviroc
ii. Trimonabant
iii. Hitetrapib
INSTRUCTIONS
To write the report where you will evaluate the different medicines for the government you will need to:
Write a background to the need for these medicines
Describe the Knowledge Management Cycle and how it can be applied to this case.
Define the criteria to be used to evaluate the medicines and justify why these are the most relevant criteria for the government
Write up a report comparing and contrasting the different medicines based on these criteria
Do a SAF evaluating the medicines and deciding which one is the best one for the government to support.
Come to a conclusion with your recommendation
Task 2
A multinational company with offices in Europe, Asia and America is returning to face to face working conditions and wants to introduce a vaccine passport to help guarantee the safety of their workers.
Instructions
Part I
i. Describe WiiG's Hierarchy of Knowledge and explain how you can apply it to this part of the homework
ii. Identify the advantages and disadvantages of vaccine passports
iii. Explain a way in which you can consult the employees about their willingness to use a vaccine passport within their company
iv. Put forward a proposal on how to introduce the vaccine passport into the company
Part II
i. Describe Knowledge Management's Organisational Architecture and how it applies to this part of the homework
ii. Identify the data and the databases you will need to set up to need to provide to employees, managers and activity organisers
iii. Describe the user interface and how each user (employees, managers and activity organisers) will be able to access the different application functions they want to use
iv. Disucss any ethical issues that may arise in the implementation of the vaccine passport and try to address these issues
v. Identify any levels of permission that will be needed to combine the privacy of the data with accessibility.
Part III
i. Explain how the Balanced Scorecard can be adapted to measure the success of the implementation process behind the vaccine passport.
ii. Identify measurable objectives for each of the four perspectives of the Balanced Scorecard for the implementation of your proposal
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
iii) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.