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Knowledge networks innovation through communities of practice /

This book draws on the experience of people who have worked with CoPs and presents their combined wisdom in a form that is accessible to a wide audience. CoPs are examined from a practica view. The book also examines the benefits that CoPs can bring to an organization, provides a number of case stud...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Hildreth, Paul M., 1959-, Kimble, Chris.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2004.
Subjects:
Knowledge management.
Organizational learning.
Online Access:View fulltext via EzAccess
Table of Contents:
  • Understanding the Benefits and Impact of Communities of Practice / Michael A. Fontaine and David R. Millen
  • Overcoming Knowledge Barriers with Communities of Practice: Lessons Learned Through Practical Experience / Eric L. Lesser and Michael A. Fontaine
  • Cultivating a Community of Practice Between Business and IT / Valerie A. Martin, Tally Hatzakis and Mark Lycett
  • The Paradox of Communities of Practice: Knowledge Sharing Between Communities / Donald Hislop
  • Investigating the Influence that Media Richness has on Learning in a Community of Practice: A Case Study at Oresund Bridge / Andrew Schenkel
  • CoPs for Cops: Managing and Creating Knowledge through Networked Expertise / Maarten de Laat and Wim Broer
  • Communities of Practice in the Royal National Lifeboat Institution / Roger Kolbotn
  • Innoversity in Communities of Practice / Susanne Justesen
  • User Networks as Sources of Innovation / Anders Lundkvist
  • Building Customer Communities of Practice for Business Value: Success Factors Profiled from Saba Software and Other Case Studies / Brook Manville
  • Creating a Multi-Company Community of Practice for Chief Information Officers / John Moran and Lee Weimer
  • Viable Communities within Organizational Contexts: Creating and Sustaining Viability in Communities of Practice at Siemens AG / Benjamin Frost and Stefan Schoen
  • Best Practices: Developing Communities that Provide Business Value / Wesley C. Vestal and Kimberly Lopez
  • Building Sustainable Communities of Practice / Bronwyn Stuckey and John D. Smith
  • How Information Technologies Can Help Build and Sustain an Organization's CoP: Spanning the Socio-Technical Divide? / Laurence Lock Lee and Mark Neff
  • Building a Community of Practice: Technological and Social Implications for a Distributed Team / Pete Bradshaw, Stephen Powell and Ian Terrell
  • Facilitator Toolkit for Building and Sustaining Virtual Communities of Practice / Lisa Kimball and Amy Ladd
  • The Use of Intranets: The Missing Link Between Communities of Practice and Networks of Practice? / Emmanuelle Vaast
  • Extending Richness with Reach: Participation and Knowledge Exchange in Electronic Networks of Practice / Robin Teigland and Molly McLure Wasko
  • Trusting the Knowledge of Large Online Communities: Strategies for Leading from Behind / John S. Storck and Lauren E. Storck
  • Double Agents: Visible and Invisible Work in an Online Community of Practice / Elisabeth Davenport
  • Cultivating a Public Sector Knowledge Management Community of Practice / Shawn Callahan
  • Click Connect and Coalesce for NGOS: Exploring the Intersection Between Online Networks, CoPs, and Events / Nancy White
  • Where Did That Community Go? Communities of Practice That "Disappear" / Patricia Gongla and Christine R. Rizzuto.

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