Please select one of the topics listed below and send your choice of topic to assuliman@ntu.edu.sg latest by 27 July. The paper outline and the first three pages write-up are due by August 18, 2001. Please submit via Email on time.

Topic	Description
Information Management & Systems	Discusses the advances in information, communication and information systems including the development of Internet and the web. Information systems play an important capturing, organizing, and presenting information. Access to information and its role in the decision making process.
Knowledge Creation & Innovation	Discuss the importance of Knowledge and Innovation in Society. The role of knowledge and innovation in wealth creation and the societal transformation. Definition of knowledge and its relationship to data and information.
Knowledge Sharing	Touches on organizational and cultural issues pertaining to knowledge sharing. Factors affecting knowledge sharing and knowledge transfer. Knowledge Management sharing models...
Knowledge Mapping and Organization	Tools and techniques used to classify and organize knowledge. Automated indexing approach versus manual classification and cataloging system. Building taxonomies, ontologies, thesaurus, decision trees and so on.. Knowledge mapping and knowledge representation.
e-Learning and Collaboration	The importance of e-Learning and collaboration in the knowledge society. e-Learning is an important factor in retaining knowledge within the organization. E-Learning also facilitate collaborations and helps knowledge sharing.
Knowledge Management Enabling Technologies	Is technology important in knowledge management? In what way technology can help in creating a better knowledge management environment. Information management tools versus knowledge management system. Document management, collaboration tools, e-learning tools ..etc.
Competitive Intelligence	Competitive intelligence plays an important role in Knowledge management. It enables organization to stay inform and allow them to make faster and critical decisions.
Knowledge & Decision Portals	Knowledge and decision portal are becoming a popular platform for knowledge management. They provides tools for accessing explicit knowledge as well as creating an environment for people to share information, discuss various issues and contribute to knowledge creation process. What are the differences between Knowledge Portals and Web Portals?
Knowledge Measurements	For many organizations, measurements are important in assessing their position and their performance. The discussion here focus on some of the knowledge measurements techniques
Knowledge Economy	As a result of the societal transformation and the move to the information and knowledge society, Many countries have realized the importance of knowledge and the need to move to the knowledge economy. To do so, a number of issues need to be addressed. Some of these issues include national information infrastructure, regulations and policies, life long learning and so on..
Knowledge based Organizations	The Characteristic and definition of a learning & knowledge organization. When an organization recognizes itself as a learning and knowledge organization. Is learning organization an knowledge organization.