Cultivating Communities of Practice: A Guide to Managing KnowledgeToday's marketplace is fueled by knowledge. Yet organizing systematically to leverage knowledge remains a challenge. Leading companies have discovered that technology is not enough, and that cultivating communities of practice is the keystone of an effective knowledge strategy.
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LibraryThing Review
User Review - evolvemind - LibraryThingThe best and most practical volume on communities of practice (CoP), groups of people who share a passion for a topic or profession. In true CoPs, most learning is collaborative, among peers, rather ... Read full review
LibraryThing Review
User Review - hennis - LibraryThingA book that is very easily readable, and has a good structure. It gives an overview of CoP findings across different companies, and provides with some recommendations on how to sustain and "cultivate" communities of practice. Read full review
Contents
Communities of Practice and Their Value to Organizations | 1 |
Communities of Practice and Their Structural Elements | 23 |
Seven Principles for Cultivating Communities of Practice | 49 |
The Early Stages of Development Planning and Launching Communities of Practice | 65 |
The Mature Stages of Development Growing and Sustaining Communities of Practice | 93 |
The Challenge of Distributed Communities | 113 |
The Downside of Communities of Practice | 139 |
Measuring and Managing Value Creation | 161 |
CommunityBased Knowledge Initiatives | 187 |
Reweaving the World Communities beyond Organizations | 219 |
Notes | 233 |
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About the Authors | 283 |