Write an argumentative text in which you declare your interests, issues or problems to deepen and investigate in relation to the chosen Master’s or Doctorate program (or macroproject if applicable). (Maximum 2000 characters). For more information consult the following link Advanced Training .
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My research interest is in learning how it is that Colombia might be able to “leapfrog” in various economic sectors by applying knowledge management techniques and adopting, or creating, new forms of software in order to exploit their knowledge.
There are a number of current examples that illustrate the power of national economic planning towards this end. In China, for instance, government sponsored telemedicine technologies has far outpaced those within the United States, meaning cheaper, better health care for its citizens. In Estonia, the development of e-government services has not only saved their government millions of human hours and lead but also increased entrepreneurship and the streamlining of numerous economic sectors.
The OECD has similarly written on the potential positive impact of such knowledge management techniques for Colombia, but thus far only as it relates to egovernance, and not the private sector.
In the private industries such as transportation, tourism, manufacturing, construction and sales, knowledge management is able to drastically increase efficiency, response times and optimize service provision, and monitoring of potential and actual bottlenecks and increasing efficiency.
The research work I will be doing would be a supplement to existent Departmento Nacional de Planeacion initiatives and would also involve Knowledge and Technology Officers in various major private industries.
Surveying the manner in which private companies deal with such issues and helping to integrate solutions on a larger scale in which they operate will mean great leaps forward in their manner in which they store, process, and use knowledge and data.
This process will also allow for a projection of the size and scope of state and privately funded educational programs necessary to implement such an economic vision. It will also allow for the potential identification of projects that could assist in the Colombian government supporting private or public enterprises that could help make it the leader of digital solutions within Latin America.