Knowledge Networks: Innovation Through Communities of Practice (repost)
Paul Hildreth, Knowledge Networks: Innovation Through Communities of Practice
ISBN: 1591402700 | edition 2004 | PDF | 357 pages | 2 mb
ISBN: 1591402700 | edition 2004 | PDF | 357 pages | 2 mb
Text examines communities of practice from a practical, rather than academic, point of view; and provides a number of case studies, lessons learned, and sets of guidelines. Communities of Practice are currently attracting much interest among academics, consultants and in commercial organisations. Academic researchers are undertaking research into how CoPs can be supported, the relationships within them and how this can help support the generation of new knowledge. Similarly, consultants in the field are developing tools and techniques for supporting, coaching and facilitating CoPs, advising organisations as to how they can identify and nurture CoPs and seeking to demonstrate how organisations can benefit from them.