What will I learn from this course?
Summary
Managing and maximizing knowledge and continuous learning in global health programs is a development imperative. Global health programs operate with scarce resources, high stakes, and urgent needs for coordination among partners and donors. Knowledge management (KM) provides solutions to these challenges.
Through a combination of lectures, case studies, presentations, and discussions, this course:
- Introduces participants to knowledge management (KM), organizational learning (OL), and adaptive management principles, processes, and tools, and their applicability to the design and implementation of global health efforts.
- Demonstrates through real-life examples how KM and OL can be applied to strengthen public health systems and maximize available knowledge to reach public health objectives.
- Emphasizes the importance of culture and leadership as drivers for program success.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Define knowledge management and related principles.
- Appreciate KM’s role in enhancing organizational performance and improving global health outcomes.
- Understand how to systematically apply KM to global health programs.
- Determine best KM approaches to use in a given public health context.
Students will also join a global network of alumni who share experiences and resources related to using the learned KM and OL practices in their work.