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Knowledge Management in Legal Services - JURD7687

Faculty: Faculty of Law

School: Faculty of Law

Course Outline: See below

Campus: Kensington Campus

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2

Enrolment Requirements:

Pre-requisite: 36 UOC of JURD courses for students enrolled prior to 2013. For students enrolled after 2013, pre-requisite: 72 UOC of JURD courses.

Excluded: LAWS8987

CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

For the knowledge-based legal services industry, knowledge management (the process of identifying, capturing, disseminating and using an organisation's knowledge to achieve its business objectives) is a business imperative. This subject provides candidates with an in-depth understanding of the elements of knowledge management, as well as the skills to implement a successful knowledge management program in their organisations. The subject will cover the importance of knowledge management in the knowledge-based legal organisation, the key elements of knowledge management, and how to develop a knowledge management strategy and identify and implement specific knowledge management initiatives that enable the legal organisation to achieve its business objectives.

Recommended Prior Knowledge

None

Course Objectives

To provide participants with an understanding of the:

Role of knowledge management in the practice and business of law in both law firms and in-house departments
Scope of knowledge management initiatives
Cultural challenges surrounding knowledge sharing and how to address these
Components of a successful knowledge management organisation
Role of technology in knowledge management

To enable participants to:

Develop a knowledge management strategy
Identify specific knowledge management initiatives that bring value to the business
Measure the value of knowledge management

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