Global Talk

On February 22 to 24, 2006 the Knowledge Management Research Team sponsored by the National Research Foundation, in collaboration with the Information Studies Programme, School of Sociology and Social Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (Pietermaritzburg), presented Knowledge Management in Higher Education: a Gateway to Excellence and Innovation in Africa.

Academic institutions have not yet adequately addressed and evaluated the advantages offered by knowledge management tools to enhance teaching, learning, scholarship and research, and innovation. Knowledge management is a viable means in which higher education institutions may build and exploit intellectual and social capital. Institutions of higher learning in Africa should embrace knowledge management practices and principles in order to address the challenges they are facing in a society that is increasingly becoming knowledge-based.

The following themes were addressed: Academic institutions as learning organizations; Knowledge management as a strategy for capacity building; Knowledge sharing dynamics in higher education; Ethical issues that arise in managing knowledge at institutions of higher learning; Implementing knowledge management in higher education: key processes and strategies; Measurement of impact of knowledge management programmes; Organisational culture and knowledge management; Dynamics of collaboration among academics in higher education.

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