CiteULike: xckuk's library [225 articles]CiteULike: xckuk's library [225 articles]Understanding the Benefits and Impact of Communities of Practice- April 13, 2008 (2004), pp. 1-13.Organizations are increasingly providing Communities of Practice with resources to improve the exchange and flow of knowledge and information. However, as with any other significant investment, managers are naturally interested in, and are frequently called upon to justify, the impact that these communities have on individual performance, overall productivity and the bottom line. In this chapter, we present the results of work with thirteen Communities of Practice focusing on...http://www.citeulike.org/user/xckuk/article/2663619 Building Sustainable Communities of Practice- April 13, 2008 (2004), pp. 150-164.The authors have both been involved as designers, producers and facilitators of CPsquare's Foundations of Communities of Practice Workshop (www.cpsquare.com). Through that ongoing exposure to learning and leading in Communities of Practice (CoPs), they became convinced that stories about CoPs play a crucial role in motivation and learning for community leaders. Within communities, the swapping of stories is a means by which local theories of cause and effect are developed...http://www.citeulike.org/user/xckuk/article/2663632 Innoversity in Communities of Practice- April 13, 2008 (2004), pp. 79-95.This chapter is about innovation in Communities of Practice and introduces the term innoversity, which describes the role of d.versity in fostering innovation. The chapter sets out to discuss when and under what circumstances of innovative practice, diversity should be encouraged as opposed to similarity. The chapter furthermore explores the following questions: 1) what actually is innovation 2) how does innovation take place in Communities of Practice - and when does it not...http://www.citeulike.org/user/xckuk/article/2663626 Double Agents: Visible and Invisible Work in an Online Community of Practice- April 13, 2008 (2004), pp. 256-266.This chapter reflects on work to create computer-supported Communities of Practice among small enterprises in the tourism sector and to establish a knowledge network for destination management. The work was undertaken as part of a project funded by the European Community. The author draws on recent work by Dourish in which he makes a case for an approach to design that takes account of both 'embodiment' and 'embeddedness'. An online knowledge network is embedded in a given...http://www.citeulike.org/user/xckuk/article/2663639 Extending Richness with Reach: Participation and Knowledge Exchange In Electronic Networks of Practice- April 13, 2008 (2004), pp. 230-242.In an effort to replicate Communities of Practice online, organizations are investing in information technologies that create intra-organizational electronic networks, or "Electronic Networks of Practice". These networks are designed to enable the creation of electronic "bridging ties" between geographically dispersed organizational members to provide a communication space in which individuals working on similar problems may quickly ask each other for help on task-related...http://www.citeulike.org/user/xckuk/article/2663637 Where Did That Community Go - Communities of Practice that "Disappear"- April 13, 2008 (2004), pp. 295-307.Experience has been gained and a body of literature is building about how Communities of Practice within organizations are formed. We are learning about the progression of communities over time, how they evolve and mature, and about the factors that contribute to their sustainability. However, communities, being "living systems", do not live forever, or even very long. That said, exactly why and how does any particular Community of Practice disappear This chapter will...http://www.citeulike.org/user/xckuk/article/2663642 Click Connect and Coalesce For NGOs: Exploring the Intersection between Online Networks, CoPs and Events- April 13, 2008 (2004), pp. 282-294.This chapter notes the shift of focus from "online communities" to more purposeful and focused online groups, including distributed Communities of Practice (CoPs). The author identifies the value of CoPs for Non Governmental and Non Profit organizations, suggests that CoPs are formed, stimulated and supported by catalysts, and are richer when contained within larger, more diffuse networks of people.http://www.citeulike.org/user/xckuk/article/2663641 Facilitator Toolkit for Building and Sustaining Virtual Communities of Practice- April 13, 2008 (2004), pp. 202-215.The boundaries of a Community of Practice (CoP) have changed significantly because of changes in organizations and the nature of the work they do. Organizations have become more distributed across geography and across industries. Relationships between people inside an organization and those previously considered outside (customers, suppliers, managers of collaborating organizations, other stakeholders) are becoming more important. In addition, organizations have discovered...http://www.citeulike.org/user/xckuk/article/2663635 Cultivating a Public Sector Knowledge Management Community of Practice- April 13, 2008 (2004), pp. 267-281.ActKM is a Community of Practice for people interested in public sector Knowledge Management. Having begun in 1998, the community now numbers more than 550 members and is nurtured and maintained predominantly, but not exclusively, on-line. Utilising the Cynefin sense-making framework (Snowden, 2002a), this chapter analyses the ActKM community and provides a practical account of its history, purpose, guiding principles, goals, characteristics and dynamics. The chapter...http://www.citeulike.org/user/xckuk/article/2663640 The Use of Intranets: The Missing Link between Communities of Practice and Networks of Practice- April 13, 2008 (2004), pp. 216-229.This chapter examines how members of local Communities of Practice (CoPs) have appropriated intranet systems and how their use of these systems has contributed to the emergence of more broadly based Networks of Practice (NoPs). CoPs are groups of interacting agents who share common activities and knowledge. NoPs are composed of people who are geographically separate but who still share work-related practices. This chapter argues that intranet systems provide the means by...http://www.citeulike.org/user/xckuk/article/2663636 |