Using Theatre Activities to Promote Knowledge Management: An Initiative

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Mongkolchai Wiriyapinit

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            This exploratory research initiated the use of theatre activities to promote knowledge management (KM) in a context of a master’s degree level course teaching and learning KM - related subjects. Management theatre was used as a didactic instrument, as students collaborated to produce a play to share lessons learned from the course. Qualitative research was done with data collected from students by open - ended questionnaire and a class diary. Results were that theatre activities and the theatre performance director supported KM, insofar as theatre activities may be applied to develop KM - promoting skills.

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