Knowledge Management
Working with Knowledge and Skills
In knowledge-based societies, professional knowledge management is a prerequisite for success. The better a business or organization is able to care for its knowledge resources and knowledge owners, and support its employees in building their knowledge handling skills, the more successful it will be in reacting to change and initiating innovative processes.
Knowledge management is closely related to the individual and collective ability to learn: it can be used to realize both personal and organizational learning. Hence it contributes to the lifelong learning of individuals and groups, and to continuous processes of improvement in businesses and organizations.
The certificate programme in Knowledge Management focuses on models, methods and instruments for the systematic shaping and direction of knowledge processes in businesses and organizations. You will examine the requirements for your personal knowledge management as well as knowledge management from the point of view of your company or organization, and acquire pertinent skills for your professional practice. In this way you will prepare for management responsibilities and learn to use the methods of knowledge management effectively in the context of operational activities.
Learning Outcomes
The Knowledge Management certificate programme teaches you ways of handling knowledge professionally, both on the personal level and on the level of the company or organization.
On completion of the programme, you will be able to apply knowledge management in your working environment, and to build suitable knowledge management systems in your specific organizational environment: systems that enable you to deal efficiently and appropriately with complex stores of information and knowledge. You will learn to utilize the e-portfolio as an instrument for your personal knowledge management and for broad-based networking with others.
Furthermore, you will be able to identify advantageous conditions in specific situations for the development of a learning organization through the combination of individual and organizational learning. You will be able to specify and apply selected elements of knowledge management in appropriate organizational contexts. You will also be able to define and implement a project to bundle knowledge processes in your own professional context.
At a Glance
Final certificate:
- University certificate (5 ECTS)
ZFU certification:
No. 253409
Beginning of course:
- Students can start the course at any time.
- Introductory seminars are held regularly for an optimum start.
Current dates
Duration:
- 2 months
- The period of supervised study can be extended by three months without additional fees.
Prerequisites:
- A first academic degree
or
- Equivalent qualifications: Secondary leaving certificate with qualification for higher education, completed vocational training and at least two years’ work experience with supervisory duties,
or
- Equivalent qualifications: Completed vocational training and at least five years’ work experience with supervisory duties.
Credit:
Your achievement in the Knowledge Management certificate programme can be counted towards a master’s degree course or the General Professional Studies certificate programme at DUW if you fulfil the admission requirements for the given course.
Tuition Fees:
See the schedule of fees in our Info and Download Area.
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General Professional Studies
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General Management
Leadership
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Accreditation
All courses of study at DUW that lead to an academic degree are approved by the accreditation agency ACQUIN.
State Certification
All of DUW’s programs of study are approved by the German national Distance Learning Office (Zentralstelle für Fernunterricht, ZFU) in Cologne. This certifies that course content is complete, correct and appropriately presented to ensure that you can achieve your educational goal.
Target Group
The certificate programme in Knowledge Management is aimed at persons who want to acquire or expand their skills in the use and management of knowledge for their professional context in order to extend their radius of action in their day-to-day work.
This certificate programme is especially designed for:
- Employees with management responsibilities who want to explore a broader range of options for strategic action with knowledge management
- Employees in the field of personnel development who want to apply knowledge management to work professionally with their employees’ knowledge and skills
- Employees who want to professionalize their management of large stores of knowledge
We recommend work experience and current employment as a prerequisite for this certificate programme. This ensures that you can directly transfer the skills you acquire to your professional practice.
Course Content
In the certificate programme in Knowledge Management, you will examine knowledge management both from an individual point of view and from the perspective of companies and organizations.
You will attain a working familiarity with models, methods and diverse instruments of knowledge management, and be able to use them in working towards knowledge objectives in businesses and organizations.
You will familiarize yourself with the e-portfolio as an instrument that you can utilize to present your own skills, to structure stores of knowledge, and to network with others. The course centres on the knowledge gathering and processing needs of your specific professional environment.
You will analyze the concept of the learning organization, and identify the conditions that can favour individual and organizational learning in specific situations. To transfer these principles to your professional practice, you will develop and prepare the realization of a project to bundle knowledge processes.
Info and Download Area
You can find further information on the certificate programme in Knowledge Management, as well as a schedule of fees, a registration form, the current calendar and advice on financing your continuing education studies, in the Info and Download Area
Do you have questions about this program?
The DUW guidance counselling team is happy to help and advise you. The DUW guidance counselling team is available by phone at 0800-9 333 111,* or by e-mail at studienberatung@duw-berlin.de.
* free call from German landlines; mobile costs may vary
