Going virtual distributed communities in practice /

• Main Author: Hildreth, Paul M., 1959-
• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2004.
• Subjects: Knowledge management.; Organizational learning.; Interprofessional relations.; Virtual work teams.; Information technology > Management.; International business enterprises > Case studies. > Communication systems
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

"This book contributes to the understanding of how more subtle kinds of knowledge can be managed in a distributed international environment. It describes academic work in the field of Knowledge Management, with a specific focus on the management of knowledge which cannot be managed by the norma...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Knowledge in the modern organisation
• 2. Knowledge management
• 3. What is soft knowledge?
• 4. Going virtual
• 5. Living with the CoP-Stage One
• 6. Stage two - visiting the American Core
• 7. A look at other CoPs
• 8. Lessons learned.